Staff Careers

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides comprehensive, patient-centered nursing care in a primary care, on-campus college health clinic serving students, faculty, and staff. The RN supports preventive care, acute and chronic condition management, health promotion, and population-specific education. This role includes performing and maintaining quality standards for an in-office CLIA-waived laboratory, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and contributing to a safe, inclusive, and culturally responsive healthcare environment.

Duties/Responsibilities

Primary Care & College Health Nursing:
• Provide direct nursing care to students, faculty, and staff in an outpatient primary care setting.
• Perform patient intake, health histories, vital signs, and focused assessments.
• Administer medications, injections, Tb testing, and immunizations per provider orders and standing protocols.
• Perform minor medical procedures, including ear lavages, electrocardiograms (ECGs), wound care, venipunctures and specimen collection in accordance with nursing standards and clinic protocols.
• Assist healthcare providers with examinations, procedures, and treatments.
• Provide triage services for walk-in, scheduled, and telephone encounters.
• Perform in-office X-ray imaging procedures following clinic protocols and safety standards, with required training provided as needed.
• Support management of common acute illnesses, minor injuries, and stable chronic conditions.

Health Promotion & Preventive Care:
• Support campus-based preventive health initiatives (e.g., immunization compliance, screenings, wellness programs).
• Deliver age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate patient education, including preventive care, wellness, health maintenance, communicable disease prevention, sexual health, and self-management.

CLIA-Waived Laboratory Responsibilities:
• Perform CLIA-waived in-office blood and laboratory testing (e.g., urinalysis, rapid strep, pregnancy tests, COVID/flu testing, basic hematology and chemistry analyses) in accordance with established procedures.
• Ensure proper specimen collection, handling, labeling, storage, and disposal.
• Accurately document laboratory results in the electronic health record (EHR).
• Conduct and document quality control (QC) testing per CLIA requirements.
• Monitor laboratory supplies, test kits, reagents, and expiration dates.
• Adhere to CLIA, OSHA, infection control, and campus safety standards.
• Communicate abnormal or critical results promptly to the provider.

Care Coordination & Clinic Operations:
• Coordinate referrals, follow-up care, and diagnostic testing as directed.
• Track the status of diagnostic testing and assist providers with follow-up of abnormal findings.
• Follow up with patients to evaluate treatment effectiveness, monitor changes in health status or reactions to treatment, and update the electronic health record accordingly.
• Provide guidance, training, and day-to-day support to student workers and collaborate closely with the Medical Assistant to support clinic operations.
• Collaborate with providers, counseling services, and campus partners as appropriate.
• Support efficient clinic flow, patient access to care, and patient advocacy throughout the care process.
• Participate in staff meetings, orientations, and continuing education.

Care Coordination & Clinic Operations:
• Coordinate referrals, follow-up care, and diagnostic testing as directed.
• Track the status of diagnostic testing and assist providers with follow-up of abnormal findings.
• Follow up with patients to evaluate treatment effectiveness, monitor changes in health status or reactions to treatment, and update the electronic health record accordingly.
• Provide guidance, training, and day-to-day support to student workers and collaborate closely with the Medical Assistant to support clinic operations.
• Collaborate with providers, counseling services, and campus partners as appropriate.
• Support efficient clinic flow, patient access to care, and patient advocacy throughout the care process.
• Participate in staff meetings, orientations, and continuing education.

• Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in Alabama.

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from accredited nursing program
• Familiarity with electronic health records (EHR)

$52,000 - $59,623