Urban Health Plan is currently recruiting for regular Part Time Registered Nurses to work within our school health department for 2 school sites located in Corona Queens. Seeking availability to work 2 regularly scheduled weekly shifts between Monday and Friday 8:00am-4:30pm.
Compensation: Minimum: $53.50/hour, Maximum $53.50/hour. 16 hours per week, regular part time work.
Requirements- Associates or Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Licensed NYS Registered Professional Nurse, and Bilingual English/Spanish is required. Previous experience working with school aged/adolescent populations is a plus.
Duties:
- Provides quality nursing care and medication administration.
- Observes patients conditions and assesses and records symptoms, reactions, etc.
- Assists with coordination and execution of 504 Plans and Medication Administration Forms
- Distributes non-prescription medication as indicated by provider.
- Assists with prepping patients and providing patient education.
- Ensures proper sterilization procedures.
- Administers medications, vaccines, and immunization to age-specific patients.
- Maintains health records by documenting patient contact and updating patient profile.
- Checks medical kits, equipment, supplies, and places orders as needed.
- Maintains daily logs, ensures nursing protocols, and infection control standards.
About Urban Health Plan:
At Urban Health Plan (UHP) our mission is to continuously improve the health of communities and the quality of life of the people we serve by providing affordable, comprehensive, quality, primary and specialty health care and by assuring the performance and advancement of innovative best practices. At UHP, our commitment to provide patient-centered, holistic, quality health care, is part of a tradition started by our founder, Dr. Richard Izquierdo, more than 50 years ago. That tradition continues today by promoting excellence in everything that we do.
UHP is an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin/ancestry, citizenship status, disability, age, marital or family status, and military or veteran status.