Affiliate Registered Nurse (Reno)

    Highlights

    Oversees patient triage for medical problems and acute versus routine appointments for both reproductive health and primary care patients. - Oversees HSS functions: vital signs, post-operative instructions, education of patient identified birth control method.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationReno, Nevada
    Websitehttps://www.ppmmcareers.org

    Description

    Affiliate Registered Nurse
    Reno, NV
    2 part-time positions available
    Part-time schedule: 0.2 FTE; 8 hours every Thursday
    Hiring at: $45/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) screening
    - 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 PAQ
    - 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 NV State RN license
    - Current BLS Certificate
    - Current ACLS Certificate

    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

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