Primary Care Clinic Registered Nurse Ii

Under general direction, provides advanced skilled nursing care, patient and staff education in an ambulatory care setting, committee participation, quality assurance monitoring, and statistical data information.
Distinguishing Characteristics:
The Primary Care Clinical Registered Nurse series is distinguished from other nursing classifications in that it is assigned to ambulatory care programs affiliated with the Ventura County Health Care Agency and requires that incumbents demonstrate advanced competency skills and knowledge specific to specialty areas (i.e., family care, women's services, pediatrics, infusion/oncology, surgery/orthopedics, etc.). Incumbents are expected to work at the full scope of their licensure providing clinical care with a decreasing amount of supervision commensurate with their experience. The levels are distinguished by experience and leadership assignments.
What we offer:

• Float Nurse Premium Pay - $2.50 per hour
• Preceptor Pay – $2.50 per hour
• Weekend Shift Differential - $2.00 per hour
• Pension Plan: Participation in the County's defined benefit plan.
• House Supervisor Pay - $4.00 per hour
• Certification Pay: $0.813 per hour based on scheduled work week hours for each qualified certification up to a maximum of five (5) certifications. One of the five certifications may be paid at $2.00 per hour for a National Certification. List provided in the MOA, Exhibit 10 (please see attached list). CNA_Regular_Unit_Amendment_#5 (Download PDF reader) (Download PDF reader)
• In-House Registry Pay:
  • Non-overtime is 1.75 straight time base hourly rate
  • Overtime is 2 times base pay straight time base hourly rate
• Evening Shift Differential - 7.5%
• Night Shift Differential – 15%
• Charge Nurse Premium Pay - $1.50 per hour
• Standby Premium Pay – ¼ of regular hourly wage or Federal minimum wage (whichever is greater)
• Non-overtime is 1.75 straight time base hourly rate
• Overtime is 2 times base pay straight time base hourly rate
• Flexible Credit Allowance: Biweekly contribution towards medical, dental, and/or vision insurance from authorized plans.
• To learn more about the benefits, please follow the link below:
• Continuous County Service Incentive Pay: 1% for 7 years, 1.25% for 12 years and 1.5% for 17 years
• Educational Incentive for completion of: 2.5% for an Associate's degree, 3.5% for a Bachelor's degree, or 5% for a Master's degree.

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Maintains current knowledge in specialty areas and ability to apply same in-patient care; and
• Performs and interpret diagnostic tests, quality control and quality assurance activities;
• Participates in the development of clinic policies, procedures, and protocols for patient care;
• Executes medical orders;
• Provides care coordination, case management, and utilization management;
• Provides patient education, counseling, and advocacy;
• Assists Supervisor with training of new hires;
• Maintains effective and continuous communications with physicians, patients and staff;
• Develops and implements patient and family education programs;
• Assists with patient hygiene, mobility, ambulation, and nutrition functions;
• Prepares and administer medications, solutions, and or treatments safely;
• Performs other duties as required.
• Promotes efficiency and safety in clinic flow and clinic operations;
• Participates in internal auditing of clinic performance for compliance;
• Participates in process improvement activities, ambulatory care and hospital committees, and/ or policy and procedure development;
• Assists in establishing patient care standards and tracks the performance of nursing staff in the assigned area;
• Participates in nursing committee activities;
• Implements age specific, cultural, infection control, safety, pain management, and BLS competencies, and/ or other unit specific competencies;
• Delegates duties and oversee Licensed Vocational Nurses and Unlicensed Assistive Personnel;
• Orients and trains staff and provides in-services;
• Provides nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation;
• Documents timely and legibly using SOAP or other acceptable format, including the delivery of medications, vaccinations, diagnostic tests and results, and treatments;

These are entrance requirements and assure neither continuance in the process nor placement on an eligible list.
EDUCATION, TRAINING, and EXPERIENCE
Primary Care Clinic Registered Nurse II requires six (6) months of full-time professional registered nursing experience.
Special Requirements:

• Must have a current, valid Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) certification by first day of employment.
• Must possess and maintain a current, valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the State of California.

FINAL FILING DATE: This is a continuous recruitment and may close at any time; therefore, apply as soon as possible if you are interested. Your application must be received by County of Ventura Human Resources in Ventura, California, no later than 5:00 p.m. on the closing date.
To apply on-line, please refer to our web site at ventura.org/jobs. If you prefer to fill out a paper application form, please call (805) 654-5129 for application materials and submit them to County of Ventura Human Resources, 800 South Victoria Avenue, L-1970, Ventura, CA 93009.
Note to Applicants: It is essential that you complete all sections of your application and supplemental questionnaire thoroughly and accurately to demonstrate your qualifications. A resume and/or other related documents may be attached to supplement the information in your application and supplemental questionnaire; however, it/they may not be submitted in lieu of the application.
LATERAL TRANSFER OPTION: If presently permanently employed in another "merit" or "civil service" public agency/entity in the same or substantively similar position as is advertised, and if appointed to that position by successful performance in a "merit" or "civil service" style examination, then appointment by "Lateral Transfer" may be possible. If interested, please click here (Download PDF reader) for additional information.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE – qualifying: All applicants are required to complete and submit the questionnaire for this examination AT THE TIME OF FILING. The supplemental questionnaire may be used throughout the examination process to assist in determining each applicant's qualifications and acceptability for the position. Failure to complete and submit the questionnaire will result in the application being removed from consideration.
APPLICATION EVALUATION – Pass/Fail: An application evaluation will be conducted to determine whether each applicant possesses the required licensure and certification for this recruitment. Those candidates who do will be placed on the eligible list.
Candidates successfully completing the examination process may be placed on an eligible list for a period of one (1) year.
BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: A thorough pre-employment, post offer background investigation which may include inquiry into past employment, education, criminal background information, and driving record may be required for this position.
For more information about this recruitment, please contact Nathan Wood by e-mail at [email protected] or by telephone at (805) 677-5232.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The County of Ventura is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.