LifeLong Medical Care has an amazing opportunity for a highly motivated Registered Nurse II to join our multidisciplinary team providing exceptional primary care services at our East Oakland Health Center in Oakland and our Eden PATH location in San Leandro. This position will split time between both locations. Under the general supervision of the Supervising Registered Nurse RN IV and Center Director, the Registered Nurse II is responsible for providing clinical care and working to integrate whole person care into our new team model. The registered nurse will participate in telephonic and in person patient triage, education and counselling, participating in the ongoing education of the care team and collaborating with medical providers to ensure optimal health of our patient populations. The ideal candidate must have a commitment to providing high quality primary care for complex patients, dedicated to building a collaborative team model of care, and experience working with behavioral health diagnoses.

We offer ongoing education and collaboration with medical and behavioral health providers to ensure optimal health outcomes for our patient populations. If you are looking for an exciting and fulfilling career in a supportive and innovative work environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

This position is represented by SEIU-UHW. Salaries and benefits are set by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), and an employee in this position must remain a member in good standing of SEIU-UHW, as defined in the CBA.

About us:

As a Federally Qualified Health Center in Northern California with over 45 years of dedicated service to the community, LifeLong serves over 66,000 patients in the East Bay Area's socio-economically underserved regions. We provide medical, dental, behavioral health, and school-based services at more than 15 primary care sites across Oakland, Berkeley, and West Contra Costa County. From opening a residential respite program for homeless persons discharged from the hospital to offering free testing to the community, we are innovative and responsive to our times' social and medical needs. We provide an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and with which our patients can identify. To this end, we seek candidates who reflect the diversity of the East Bay communities we serve.

Benefits:

Compensation: $51.00 to $59.13 per hour, depending on years licensed, additional 3% pay increase for candidates with a Master’s degree.. Excellent benefits, including medical, dental, vision (including dependent and domestic partner coverage), generous leave benefits including nine paid holidays, Flexible Spending Accounts, 403(b) retirement savings plan, and commuter benefits. 

• Coordinate team-based care by focusing on the intersection between medical and social needs of our patients.
• Acts as a resource for support staff for triaging walk in and telephonic care. Plays a role in the new patient intake process, working closely with primary care providers to ensure complete evaluation of patient needs.
• Facilitates chronic disease management activities.
• Coordinates primary care clinic services with other providers and agencies.
• Coordinates with Care Transitions team for all hospitalized patients to ensures timely follow up and return to primary care.
• Uses clinician-approved standing orders to order labs and preventive screenings, and to refill routine medications.
• Coordinates care closely with other team members to identify patient self-care goals and to assure that medical and psychosocial needs are met.
• Works as an essential team member in the Integrated Medical and Mental Health collaboration with Alameda County case management partners.
• Commitment to the provision of services for the underserved with demonstrated ability and sensitivity in working with a variety of people from low-income populations, with diverse educational, lifestyle, ethnic and cultural origins.
• Ability to work effectively and calmly while prioritizing multiple work demands.
• Strong organizational, administrative and problem-solving skills, and ability to be flexible and adaptive to change.
• Ability to effectively present information to others, including other employees, community partners and vendors.
• Ability to seek direction/approval from on essential matters, yet work independently with little onsite supervision, using professional judgment and diplomacy.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written skills.
• Conduct oneself in internal and external settings in a way that reflects positively on LifeLong Medical Care as an organization of professional, confident and sensitive staff.
• Ability to see how one’s work intersects with that of other departments of LifeLong Medical Care and that of other partner organizations.
• Make appropriate use of knowledge/ expertise/ connections of other staff.
• Be creative and mature with a “can do”, proactive attitude and an ability to continuously “scan” the environment, identifying and taking advantage of opportunities for improvement.
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Qualifications   

• Ability to effectively coordinate care with medical assistants and other support staff, encourage and nurture development and growth, to build a strong and productive team.
• Commitment to the provision of primary care services for the underserved with demonstrated ability and sensitivity in working with a variety of people from low-income populations, with diverse educational, lifestyle, ethnic and cultural origins.
• Strong organizational, administrative and problem-solving skills, and ability to be flexible and adaptive to change.
• Ability to effectively present information to others, including other employees, community partners and vendors.
• Ability to seek direction/approval on essential matters, yet work independently with little onsite supervision, using professional judgment and diplomacy.
• Work in a team-oriented environment with a number of professionals with different work styles and support needs.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written skills.
• Conduct oneself in internal and external settings in a way that reflects positively on LifeLong Medical Care as an organization of professional, confident and sensitive staff.

Job Requirements          

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
• Current and valid California Registered Nurse license and BLS.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Electronic health records, Epic preferred.

Job Preferences

• 2 years’ nursing experience.
• Minimum one year experience in community health as an RN.
• Advanced working knowledge of outpatient care, triage and clinic flow.
• Demonstrated ability and sensitivity to provide services to persons who are disabled, homeless, substance users, HIV (AIDS) infected, and/or psychologically impaired.
• Experience with patients with behavioral health diagnosis

Physical Demands and Work Environment          

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  The employee frequently works with a video display terminal for prolonged periods; vision abilities include close vision and ability to adjust focus.