Registered Nurse (Seaside)

Registered Nurse 0.2 FTE, 8 hrs/wk Location: Seaside, CA Hiring Range: $48-$52/hr General Duties * Responsible for assuring non-licensed staff are qualified in performing back office/lab skills and achieve core competency levels on an annual basis * Provides input for the medical component of the non-licensed staff performance reviews * Oversees patient triage for medical problems and acute versus routine appointments for both reproductive health and primary care patients

• Works with Center Manager or designee to facilitate flow and triage
• Contributes to achieving health center productivity goals
• Demonstrates PPMM customer service standards

In Clinic Abortion Duties

• Prepares recovery room for all in clinic abortion services
• Prepares pre-operative medications
• Assess post-operative patients for pain and bleeding control

and early detection of complications * Oversees HSS functions: vital signs, post-operative instructions, education of patient identified birth control method

• Provides intraoperative sedation medication and patient monitoring
• Provides post-operative medications
• Maintains and ensures emergency cart and equipment are stocked and current

Sexual and Reproductive Health Duties * Follows standardized procedures for the following patient visits: hormonal contraception, Emergency Contraception (EC), and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) screenin * Provides patient education, counseling, lab work and ultrasound for medication abortions * Provide immunizations per approved guidelines and standardized procedures, such as HPV vaccination Centralized Follow-Up RN * Accepts and signs-off GC/CT, pap and other designated lab reports from clinician’s PAQs

• Evaluates and develops plan for follow up
• Refers paps/other labs that are outside the scope of CFU RN

to the health centers’ clinicians * Verifies that all lab reports are handled appropriately and within the appropriate time frame Triage RN- Response Center * Provides advice/triage services to both reproductive health and primary care patients * Identifies medical urgency and schedules appointments with the health centers * Answers all calls placed in queue by Response Center as outlined in the Triage Policy * Responds to patient emails through the Patient Portal in HER Qualifications Ability to perform the duties described above. A typical means of acquiring those abilities would be:

• Graduation from an accredited Nursing Program
• Current CA State RN license
• Current BLS Certificate
• Current ACLS Certificate (CFU RNs exempt)

Requirements

• Current experience using computer and mouse
• Experience using a Microsoft Windows based program and willing to learn new

computer skills

• Willingness to work flexible hours and locations
• Strong customer service orientation
• Ability to communicate effectively