• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance
• Wellness resources
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance

• Serves as the on-site lead for medical assistants, providing supervision and day-to-day support.
  
  
• Assists in ensuring clinical protocols are followed and contributes to quality improvement efforts within the nursing team.
  
  
• Manage schedules for cardiology providers including cardiac testing performed at St Thomas Heart and Vascular Center.
• Monitors and balances the appointment schedule to support clinic flow and efficiency.
  
  
• Coordinates additional clinical needs and follow-up appointments to support providers.
  
  

• Collaborates with providers and care teams to coordinate care and initiate referrals for Cardiology patients.
  
  
• Provides patient education on disease processes, medications, and clinical devices to support self-management.
  
  
• Reinforces medication adherence strategies and offers guidance to patients.
  
  

• Starts peripheral IVs on in-clinic patients.
  
  
• Administers other IV medications to in-clinic patients per provider orders.
  
  
• Manages subcutaneous therapies requiring registry tracking and proactive patient outreach for upcoming doses.
  
  
• Assists providers with prior authorizations for cardiology medications and procedures, including appeals when needed.
  
  

• Attends nursing and general staff meetings as scheduled.
  
  
• Supports and helps review clinic policies and procedures.
  
  
• Demonstrates consistent and timely attendance.
  
  
• Promotes positive communication and uses established channels for problem-solving.
  
  
• Assists in documentation of incidents and participates in safety and emergency preparedness drills.
  
  
• Performs other duties as requested by the Chief Nursing Officer and Medical Director.
  
  
• Maintains HIPAA compliance.
  
  

• Current RN license in the State of Louisiana.
  
  
• Experience in Cardiology, inpatient and outpatient.
  
  
• Demonstrated experience starting peripheral IVs.
  
  
• Familiarity with IV contrast media, including allergy and adverse reaction management, preferred.
  
  
• Experience with prior authorization processes and payer appeals preferred.
  
  
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  
  
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced clinical environment.
  
  
• Bilingual skills (English/Spanish) a plus.
  
  
• Familiarity with EPIC EHR strongly preferred, particularly for maintaining medication registries; not mandatory.
  
  

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and retirement plan.
  
  
• Opportunities for professional development and continuing education.
  
  
• Potential eligibility for loan repayment through the HRSA Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program.
  
  

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other
characteristic protected by law.

St. Thomas Community Health Center is committed to equal employment opportunity as a sound business practice. Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or any characteristic protected by law.