Float Registered Nurse (North Stockton)

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Careers•Stockton, CA

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

This Float RN position is a 0.2 FTE role, requiring 8 hours per week, and is primarily on-site with travel required to various Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (PPMM) locations in North Stockton. The role involves overseeing non-licensed staff, managing patient triage for both reproductive health and primary care, and contributing to health center productivity and customer service standards. Specific duties include preparing the recovery room for in-clinic abortion services, assessing post-operative patients, administering intraoperative sedation, and managing post-operative care. The RN will also provide education and services for various reproductive health needs, including hormonal contraception, emergency contraception, STI screening, and medication abortions. Additionally, the role involves accepting and reviewing lab reports, developing follow-up plans, and referring complex cases to clinicians. As a Triage RN in the Response Center, the individual will provide advice and triage services to patients, identify medical urgency, schedule appointments, and manage calls and patient portal messages according to policy.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited Nursing Program
Current CA State RN license
Current BLS Certificate
Current ACLS Certificate
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
Valid driver’s license and ability to travel throughout the assigned region on a weekly basis
Ability to communicate effectively

Responsibilities

Travels to PPMM locations as required.
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.
Prepares recovery room for all in clinic abortion services.
Prepares pre-operative medication.
Assesses 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.
Follows standardized procedures for patient visits: hormonal contraception, Emergency Contraception (EC), and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) screening.
Provides patient education, counseling, lab work and ultrasound for medication abortions.
Provides immunizations per approved guidelines and standardized procedures, such as HPV vaccination.
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.
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 EHR.