Per Diem Registered Nurse

Position Summary:
Provide nursing care and counseling services as part of the healthcare delivery team in all medical services provided according to approved protocols. Provide support to the Clinician staff for all clinical services. Provide direct patient care in all clinical services, including Family Planning, Prenatal, Abortion and Colposcopy.

Essential Functions :

• Provide nursing care and counseling services in family planning, prenatal, colposcopy, abortion, and HIV services according to protocols and as assigned.
• Coordinate care with the clinician, screening for psychosocial, medical and nutritional problems. Provide counseling, education and referrals, when problems are identified.
• Assist in all aspects of the provision of abortion care for patients including acting as Charge Nurse in charge of patient flow.
• Provide counseling for patients having a medical or surgical abortion. Work in the post-procedure room on surgical abortion day, overseeing the care of post-operative patients. Supervise medical assistants who work in the recovery room.
• Assist in emergency situations by providing nursing assessment and intervention.
• Perform post-surgical abortion phone calls to patients within 24-48 hours of procedure and complete follow-up paperwork.
• Triage family planning and gynecological patients, and assist providers as needed.
• Prepare and administer medications and immunizations according to standing orders.
• Assist clinicians in patient follow-up activities with abnormal laboratory results, pap smears, etc.
• Provide phone triage for patients with medical problems and questions.
• Perform laboratory tests and provide follow-up for abnormal laboratory results in collaboration with clinician.
• Screen hormonal contraceptive users for warning signs and minor side effects, and authorize refills as ordered by the clinician.
• Assist in management of the pre-natal program and assure that patients are receiving coordinated care. Provide pre-natal education for patients. Track and follow up on labs and referrals, follow-up on missed appointments, track delivery outcomes of patients and assure that patients return for postpartum visits. Maintain and keep up to date pre-natal logbook and perform quarterly pre-natal audits as requested.
• Perform chart audits/surveys, as assigned.

Other :

• Understand and provide care according to PPHP Medical Standards and Guidelines.
• Support and encourage a culture that: Provide a rich conduit of information and ideas between sites and other PPHP departments.
• Participate in ongoing feedback with colleagues; Revised 2/2018; 5/2019 Page 2 of 4.
• Incorporate customer satisfaction into all aspects of the work.
• Encourage Team to take responsibility for evaluating and improving systems.
• Demonstrate flexibility and teamwork; understand the interaction between this position and others with whom the position works directly and indirectly.
• Ensure that interactions incorporate PPHP values of integrity, partnership, customer focus, communication and quality.
• Support effort of the PPHP’s diversity program to provide services that are culturally and linguistically competent; takes the initiative to develop own awareness and knowledge of diversity matters.
• Complete all responsibilities according to established protocols, policies and standard practices in the areas of customer service, quality assurance and regulatory compliance programs such as HIPAA (Health Information Portability & Accountability Act), OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Act) CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Administration) and Title X.

Non-Essential Functions:

• Participate in Compliance, Quality Assurance & Risk Management program, medical committee meetings and other center meetings.
• Assume in-charge responsibility as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned and related to position.
• Regularly checks personal PPHP email account for important affiliate-related communications, at least every 24 hours.

Qualifications Experience, Education, and Licensure:

• Registered Nurse with a current NYS license in good standing.
• Must have current CPR/BLS certification.
• One to two years clinical experience in women’s health or ob/gyn nursing or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired.
• Ability to work as a team with a diverse group of staff and clients.
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.
• Ability to use a computer for charting, documenting, communicating and researching.
• Maintain a professional commitment in representing the philosophy and goals of Planned Parenthood.

$55.00 an hour.

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job posting and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable including location, specialty, service line, years of relevant or relatable experience, education, credentials, budget and internal equity.