About

• Description
• Are you a compassionate Registered Nurse who thrives on empowering patients and making a lasting impact? At Cowlitz Family Health Center we’re more than a clinic — we’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to advancing community wellness, one patient at a time. Bring your skills, heart, and leadership to a place where you can practice to the top of your license and help transform lives every day.

• The Registered Nurse (RN) plays a vital role in providing comprehensive, patient-centered care within our multidisciplinary health team. This position supports CFHC’s mission by delivering high-quality, evidence-based nursing care; coordinating health services across acute, chronic, and preventive care; and fostering long-term wellness through health education and patient advocacy. Working collaboratively with medical providers, behavioral health, and care coordination staff, the RN ensures that each patient receives personalized support — from maternity care and family planning to chronic disease management and health promotion. The RN will perform clinical assessments, dispense prescribed birth control per protocol, manage care transitions, and coach patients toward self-management goals.
• This role also emphasizes proactive engagement with patients and families, integrating home visits, case conferencing, and data-driven quality improvement initiatives.

• Wage Range: $41.00 - $44.15 per hour
• Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30am - 4:30pm
• FTE: 1.0 - Hourly / Non Exempt

Benefits

We offer competitive wages and benefits including

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Plans – 100% for employee, up to 50 % for spouse/dependent(s) depending on plan
• Vacation: 160 hours per year to start, accrued bi-weekly
• Sick Leave
• 9 Paid Holidays + 1 floating holiday
• 403b Retirement Plan - With Employer Match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance- $50,000 employer paid
• Long Term Disability and AD&D employer paid
• Employee Assistance Plans
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance.

• Cowlitz Family Health Center provides a wide range of services to all individuals, regardless of background or socio-economic status, including medical, dental, family planning, substance abuse treatment, and behavioral health services. We believe every person has value, is worthy of respect, and deserves quality care regardless of their financial situation. Cowlitz Family Health Center is growing and evolving. We are looking for people who share our vision, want to use their skills to provide exceptional customer service to our patients, and can adapt as we continue to make positive changes.

• Cowlitz Family Health Center is a drug-free workplace and performs drug testing consistent with federal guidelines in the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988. All candidates who receive a written offer of employment will be required to undergo testing for commonly abused controlled substances

• Requirements

• Three-year diploma, two-year Associate, or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing; Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.
• As appropriate to education, maintain the following clinical licensure and certifications without restriction, probation, or limiting conditions or threats thereof, including meeting all requirements for ongoing training and supervision: Registered Nurse (WAC 246-840).
• Two years of nursing experience, preferably in an outpatient setting.
• Clinical care management experience.
• Knowledge of evidence-based preventive health, chronic disease, and primary care.
• Solid background in patient education and lifestyle risk reduction.
• Experience using and managing electronic health records systems; analyzing and using data from EHR systems to improve quality; optimizing use of EHR.
• Demonstrated ability to work with a low-income, multi-ethnic patient population and relate respectfully and effectively to people of diverse racial, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds.
• Must be a confident, self-directed individual who can work within a team as well as independently.
• Strong communication, organization, documentation and record keeping skills necessary.
• Ability and willingness to be cross-trained and function in other support roles in the clinic.
• Valid, unrestricted driver’s license required.
• Experience as a professional employee of a community health center.
• Strong customer service skills.