Affiliate Registered Nurse (Reno)

Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest; Reno, Northern (NV, KY); Hybrid; USD 51,000 - 73,000; Part time

Job summary

Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest is hiring a part-time Registered Nurse to supervise non-licensed staff, oversee triage, and support reproductive health and primary care services.

The role covers in-clinic abortion support, contraception and HPV vaccination, with a 0.2 FTE schedule (8 hours every Thursday) at $45/hour. Requires NV RN license, BLS/ACLS, and nursing program graduation.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited Nursing Program.
• Current NV State RN license.
• Current BLS Certificate.
• Current ACLS Certificate.

Responsibilities

• Ensure non-licensed staff are qualified in back-office lab skills and achieve competency annually.
• Provide input for medical component of non-licensed staff performance reviews.
• Oversee patient triage for medical problems and appointment types.
• Facilitate patient flow and triage with Center Manager.
• Contribute to achieving health center productivity goals.
• Demonstrate PPMM customer service standards.

Skills

Patient triage

Staff training

Back office lab

Ultrasound awareness

Customer service

Education

RN license in NV

BSN or higher in Nursing

BLS Certification

ACLS Certification

Tools

Microsoft Windows

Job description

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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