Job Summary: Looking for an enthusiastic individual, who is a team player to join the Olson Pediatrics Nursing Team! A Pediatric Nurse, or Children’s Nurse, is a healthcare professional who provides basic medical support to children, often alongside a pediatrician or Family Doctor. Their duties include communicating with children of different abilities and developmental levels about their symptoms, talking to patients and their families about medical issues and recording the child’s vital signs and lab results.

Responsibilities

Prepare for clinic to include looking at schedule and anticipating patients’ needs like vaccines, Tier 1 or 2 patient, medications, type of insurance etc.

Organize, clean, and prepare exam room

Check in patients, evaluating their symptoms and checking their vital signs

Complete diagnostic tests

Administer vaccines, medications, and minor procedures

Create a treatment plan or coordinate follow-up medical care

Educate family members on treatment options

Provide phone triage for patients that includes addressing issues, scheduling patients and routing encounter to appropriate Provider pool

Coordinate care as a care team with Provider they are assigned to

Manage Provider patient schedule, while providing guidance to Front Desk staff for patient scheduling needs

Provide all nursing care to patients as needed and in assistance to Provider

Attend Nursing and Quality Improvement Meetings

Other Nursing task as assigned by Clinic Manager

Qualifications

Currently Certified or Registered Medical Assistant

Previous experience as a medical assistant is preferred

Excellent interpersonal and client care skills

First aid/CPR certification required