Registered Nurse

Department: Clinic

Position Type: Full-Time

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Job Summary

Join us and be a part of Trillium - a mission driven team committed to expanding access to high quality, compassionate care for everyone we serve. The RN provides direct patient care in a clinical setting, ensuring safe, high-quality care and supporting the interdisciplinary team in achieving optimal patient outcomes.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Clinical

• Provide direct patient care, including assessments, treatments, and interventions within NYS RN scope of practice.
• Room patients, obtain vital signs, and update patient information in the EMR.
• Administer medications, injections, and immunizations as ordered.
• Assist providers in delivering patient care and during examinations and treatments.
• Explain procedures and treatments to patients to gain cooperation, understanding, and reduce apprehension.
• Collect and process specimens (e.g., urine) and perform diagnostic tests such as EKGs.
• Observes patients, records significant reactions/conditions, and notifies providers of reactions to drugs or treatments.
• Assists providers with written prescriptions, refills, pharmacy phone-ins, and medication list documentation.
• Reinforce patient education regarding medications, treatments, and self-care.

Documentation

• Document patient care accurately within the medical record system.
• Update patient information in the EMR and maintain complete, timely records.
• Track and coordinate follow-up needs, including overdue labs and clinical outreach.

Administrative Duties

• Maintain clean, organized, and fully stocked exam rooms while ensuring infection control standards are met.
• Triage patient concerns and coordinate care using established protocols.
• Contact patients for follow-up care and other clinical needs.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and team meetings.
• Demonstrate professionalism, effective communication, and teamwork across departments.

Miscellaneous

• Requires the ability and commitment to respect and support patients, other employees and visitors with various lived experiences.
• Requires individual demonstration of commitment to the mission, vision, One Trillium values, behaviors and modeling them in the organization.
• Responsible for maintaining confidentiality of all patient, client, employee, protected and proprietary information.
• Employees are accountable for meeting the performance standards of their departments and must participate as requested in compliance audits and quality improvement plans.
• Required to participate in continuous improvement of job responsibilities and organizational or work processes to advance the organization or department.
• Other specific duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Strong organizational, multitasking, and communication skills.
• Strong critical thinking and assessment skills.
• Proficiency in EMR systems; Epic strongly preferred.
• Commitment to patient-centered care and continuous improvement.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Education and Experience

• Current RN license in New York State.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience working as an RN.
• Experience working in outpatient or team-based care settings preferred.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, sit, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk; and hear. Occasionally, the employee must stoop, bend, and lift or move up to 25-50 lbs. The employee may also be required to push and pull medical equipment and assist with patient positioning. Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

In support of the Americans with Disabilities Act, this job description lists only those responsibilities and qualifications deemed essential to the position.