Per Diem Registered Nurse (PRN) - Penn Fertility Care

Penn Medicine; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Part time

Job summary

Penn Medicine is seeking a Per Diem Registered Nurse to support the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) team within Penn Fertility Care. This role focuses on patient education, care coordination, and ensuring continuity of care across multiple locations.

The RN will provide clinical support, participate in cycle management, and assist with medication teaching under provider direction. Telehealth and on-site coverage may be required.

Qualifications

• Diploma or ASN from an accredited school of nursing (Required).
• BSN from an accredited school of nursing (Preferred).
• More than 15 months of relevant professional nursing experience (Required).
• RN licensure in state of practice (Required).
• BLS from the AHA (Required).
• Certification in Specialty (Preferred).

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing support for REI clinical care teams based on staffing and operational needs.
• Review laboratory and diagnostic results and facilitate appropriate patient follow-up.
• Manage patient communications through telephone triage and the patient portal.
• Assist with medication teaching, prior authorization, cycle management, and treatment plan implementation under provider direction.
• Support administrative and clinical workflows related to fertility care coordination and patient management.
• Collaborate with physicians, APPs, embryology staff, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality care.

Skills

RN licensure

Patient education

Care coordination

Collaboration

Education

Diploma or ASN from an accredited school of nursing

BSN from an accredited school of nursing

Job description

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Job Title:Ambulatory Nurse II
Department:OB-Gyn Infertility
Entity:Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania (CPUP)
Location:Penn Outpatient Lab - 3701 Market Street
Hours:Per Diem based on operational needs

This Per Diem Registered Nurse position is within the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI), specifically Penn Fertility Care. Penn Fertility Care is dedicated to helping individuals and families build their families through compassionate, patient-centered care and the use of advanced reproductive technologies.

The primary role of the Per Diem RN is to provide clinical support to the REI nursing team on an as-needed basis to ensure continuity of patient care and operational efficiency across the practice. The RN will provide patient education, emotional support, and coordination of care for patients undergoing fertility evaluation and treatment.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Providing nursing support and coverage for REI clinical care teams based on staffing and operational needs.
• Reviewing laboratory and diagnostic test results and facilitating appropriate patient follow-up.
• Managing patient communications through telephone triage and the patient portal.
• Assisting with medication teaching and prior authorization, cycle management, and treatment plan implementation under provider direction.
• Supporting administrative and clinical workflows associated with fertility care coordination and patient management.
• Collaborating with physicians, advanced practice providers, embryology staff, and multidisciplinary team members to ensure high-quality patient care.

The Per Diem RN may be assigned to any Penn Fertility Care location based on operational needs and is expected to provide both on-site and virtual cross-coverage across practices as needed.

Ambulatory Nurse II Summary:

• The Ambulatory Nurse II Colleague is an RN that practices as a full partner on the health care team and consistently demonstrates safe practice within the organizational professional practice model.
• The Ambulatory Nurse II Colleague possesses the knowledge, skills and the attitude to effectively meet standards for competent professional nursing practice as specified in the Ambulatory Nurse II position description addendum.
• The Ambulatory Nurse II Colleague exhibits UPHS organizational behavioral competencies which reflect its mission and are embedded in the professional practice competency domains.
• The Ambulatory Nurse II Colleague independently provides patient care through the application of the nursing process and accepts accountability for the nursing care of assigned patients. Assigned patients may range in age from infancy to the elderly.
• The Ambulatory Nurse II Colleague demonstrates within the competency domains of Continuous Quality Improvement, Evidence Based Practice and Research, Leadership, Person and Family Centered Care, Professionalism, Safety, Technology/Informatics, and Teamwork (Definitions listed below).
• The Ambulatory Nurse II Colleague works closely with the interprofessional health care team to facilitate the coordination of care across the continuum. The nurse focuses on expanding the knowledge and skills necessary to provide individualized care based on physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, safety, and age-appropriate considerations of assigned patients.

Responsibilities:

• Evidence Based Practice and Research: The nurse evaluates and integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient and family preferences and values for the delivery of optimal health care and system effectiveness.
• Safety: The nurse minimizes risk of harm to patients, families, providers and self through system effectiveness and individual performance.
• Professionalism: The nurse demonstrates a commitment to the nursing profession through lifelong learning, adherence to ANA's Code of Ethics for Nurses, participation in a professional organization and advancing community outreach.
• Person and Family Centered Care: The nurse recognizes the patient (or the patient's designee) as the source-control and a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient's preferences, values, and needs.
• Leadership: The nurse effectively collaborates and applies innovative, systems thinking to engage in systematic, evidence-based problem solving and decision making to promote effective changes within a complex care delivery system supporting the vision of Penn Medicine.
• Informatics/Technology: The nurse utilizes appropriate information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making across the continuum.
• Teamwork: The nurse effectively engages in the process of cooperation, coordination, and collaboration in an effort to provide for safe, quality outcomes for patients within inter and intra-professional teams, including virtual teams.
• Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI): The nurse utilizes data and QI methods to identify potential and actual problems and opportunities to provide care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable.
• Performs duties in accordance with Penn Medicine and entity values, policies, and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned to support the unit, department, entity, and health system organization.

Qualifications:

• Diploma or ASN from an accredited school of nursing (Required)
• BSN from an accredited school of nursing (Preferred)
• More than 15 months of relevant professional nursing experience (Required)

Licensures, Registrations, and Certifications:

• RN with State Licensure (Required)
• If providing telehealth (video or phone) or direct patient care to individuals residing outside Pennsylvania, the employee must obtain and maintain an appropriate multi-state compact license or individual state licenses as required prior to service delivery
• BLS from the AHA (Required)
• Certification in Specialty (Preferred)

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.