Qureos Mentor

Vassar College

<div><div>Nurse-D</div> 
R00032333 
Poughkeepsie, NY 
 
Department 
 
Health Services 
 
Job Family 
 
Staff - Union 
 
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Job Description 
 
Position Status: Full Time / AY (34 Wks/ Yr) 
 
Position Summary 
 
The Nurse in Health Services is a professional role that requires the ability to work in collaboration with a dynamic team as well as to work independently. The Nurse provides routine, urgent, and emergent nursing care to adolescent/young adults and employees both in the clinic and responding to emergencies on campus. The nurse should possess strong critical thinking, time management, and organizational skills. This a CWA Union position and is benefit eligible. 
 
Responsibilities 
Administer care according to established nursing protocols and standards of care. 
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Nursing triage care and treatment of routine and urgent health care problems including patient appointments, walk-ins, phlebotomy, EKG tracing and immunizations. 
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Administer medications as ordered including oral, injectable, nebulizer treatments, and intravenous fluids. Post treatment monitoring for adverse reactions and efficacy. 
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Support employees exposed to or diagnosed with an infectious illness and provide clearance when appropriate. Assist with the process of contact tracing infectious diseases. 
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Assist injured employees by triaging, providing first aid care, and initiating an incident report. 
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Provide travel health counseling for students and employees. 
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Collaborate with off campus Allergists to obtain orders and administer allergy injections. 
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Evaluate and treat individuals on campus when emergencies arise. It requires preparation and the ability to quickly change priorities from routine tasks to emergency assessment and response. 
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Maintain quality control testing of all diagnostics testing equipment including Autoclave sterilization log and quality. 
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Maintain necessary equipment, inventory and supplies including crash cart safety checks. 
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Collect and process laboratory specimens from patients. 
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Manage medical records and documents in the electronic health record. 
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Represent Health Services and Vassar College at campus events. 
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Cross train to fill in for the front office Administrative Assistant and Certified Medical Assistant for lunch breaks and sick calls. 
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Follow all regulations regarding OSHA and hazardous waste and perform respirator fit testing. 
 
Required knowledge, skills and abilities 
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Two- or four-year nursing degree and valid RN license. 
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A minimum of one year of acute care nursing experience. 
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CPR certification. 
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Well-developed physical assessment skills. 
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Ability to work independently. 
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Strong interpersonal and communication skills 
 
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Experience in college health, public health, urgent care or emergency medicine. 
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Allergy desensitization injection experience. 
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Phlebotomy and IV Skills. 
 
Pay Rate: $35.01 hourly 
To apply, visit https://vassar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Vassar-External/job/Poughkeepsie-NY/Nurse-D_R00032333-1?jobFamilyGroup=71e2c39500161003e7c4fa7b8078820e&amp;jobFamilyGroup=71e2c39500161003e7c4fed539988210&amp;jobFamilyGroup=71e2c39500161003e7c506cf57a48214. 
 
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