Registered Nurse
- Employer
- Georgia State University
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
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- Institutional & Business Affairs, Health & Medical Services
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Georgia State University has a great career opportunity for a Registered Nurse who is committed to providing outstanding culturally competent, evidence based care for college students on our growing campus community. This position reports directly to the Clinical Director. It is a lead position for the STI testing program within the clinics and would complete and notify patients for follow-up care with STI labs. We seek a committed individual who is dedicated to providing high quality care to our diverse college student population. Experience with primary health care, internal medicine, or urgent care is preferred. Clinical hours are provided weekdays across multiple campuses. No week-ends and no on-call. Georgia State has health clinic locations at the Atlanta, Clarkston, and Dunwoody campuses. This position is based at the Atlanta campus and will occasionally travel to the other campuses as needed.
The scope of responsibility associated with the Registered Nurse will include the following duties but is not limited to the following,
- Administer oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular medications as directed by the clinician
- Measure vital signs
- Perform assessments and obtain medical histories
- Participate in campus health fairs and screening days
- Provide patient education
- Triage patients
- Assist with medical procedures routinely performed in primary or urgent outpatient care
- Utilize electronic medical records to document assessment and treatment
- Assist in making referrals to community providers when needed
- Counsel patients for STI and HIV testing and prevention
- Collect and process specimens including blood
- Perform point of care diagnostic tests and controls
- Clean and sterilize instruments
- Medications and supply inventory
- Oversee the medical assistants as needed
- Perform other professional duties as assigned or required
QualificationsBachelor's degree and one year of related experience; or a combination of education and related experience. A current Georgia Registered Nurse (RN) nursing license and CPR certification is required.
College/Business Unit07/15/19, 10:59:00 PM
College/Business Unit: Student Services
Location: Clarkston Campus
Job Posting: 07/02/19, 10:36:21 AM
Organization
Founded in 1913 in Atlanta, Georgia State University is the second-largest and one of four research institutions in the University System of Georgia. The University serves one-fourth of the graduate students in the university system; it is within a one-hour commute of more than one-third of the state’s population. Approximately 80 percent of all Georgia State alumni live and work in Georgia.
Georgia State’s main campus is located on 34 acres in downtown Atlanta. University centers in Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Buckhead and Henry County offer students convenient suburban locations for graduate courses in business and education.
More than 50,000 students annually attend Georgia State University. While 90 percent of the students are from Georgia, students also come from all 50 states and 160 countries. More than 1,400 international students attend Georgia State and graduate students comprise 31 percent of the student population.
The University offers more than 52 degree programs in more than 250 fields of study – from public policy and African-American studies to biology and health sciences. Degrees are offered at the bachelor’s, master’s, specialist and doctoral levels through six units: the College of Arts and Sciences, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, College of Education, College of Health and Human Sciences, College of Law and Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. In addition to the numerous degree programs, Georgia State offers full- and part-time programs and day, evening and weekend classes.
Students have many choices in extracurricular activities including more than 22 fraternities and sororities; and some 250 chartered student groups, including 60 degree-related student groups, seven religious, 24 law-oriented and 22 multicultural/international groups; and 10 honor societies. There is also an active student government association which includes the student senate and the judicial board.
The Georgia State Panthers are members of the Colonial Athletic Association and compete in 16 NCAA Division I intercollegiate men’s and women’s sports, including basketball, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, track and volleyball. The university announced in April 2008 that is will begin Division I-AA football in 2010.
The university’s innovative Touch the Earth program brings outdoor recreation ranging from backpacking, rock climbing, sailing, kayaking, rafting and water-skiing to out-of-state snow-skiing and snorkeling trips. And WRAS, Georgia State’s popular 100,000-watt radio voice, is the most powerful student-run radio station in the United States.
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