Registered Nurse - OBGYN/Fertility

UCSF•San Francisco, CA

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, guided by the policies and procedures of the Center for Reproductive Health (CRH) and UCSF Ambulatory Services, and in collaboration with the physician staff, the Registered Nurse (RN) role crosses care settings to promote health and healing for a specific patient population. The primary focus of the role is to improve access, timeliness to treatment and care coordination within the healthcare organization. The nurse performs established nursing procedures using clinical knowledge to care for patients. The RN collaborates with physicians and other members of the multidisciplinary team in providing excellent clinical care to all patients attending CRH for medical services and treatment. The nurse consistently projects a professional and courteous demeanor. The RN is a licensed registered professional nurse who is a clinical expert and actively promotes the delivery of evidence-based nursing interventions, demonstrates competence in the management of patient flow and daily clinic operations, and possesses expertise in the specialty nursing area and specific patient population of REI (Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility). The RN provides expert nursing care to all patients who are receiving assisted and routine reproductive techniques and services. These duties include in-person consultations with patients and/or their partners throughout the care continuum; patient treatment and medication instruction; EMR charting and documentation, preparing treatment schedules; assessment, management, and monitoring of patient medication needs; assisting with various clinical procedures; efficiently communicating all patient treatment and scheduling needs with the patient and the multidisciplinary team involved in their care; triaging patient phone calls and coordinating patient care between the various practice teams. The nurse will assess patient needs and, in collaboration with physicians, plan appropriate treatment interventions and evaluate patient response to treatments. The RN will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team comprised but not limited to: physicians, fellows, medical assistants, Practice Coordinators, front desk staff, billing staff, Patient Financial Navigators, anesthesiologists, embryologists, embryology and lab team members, procedure nurse team members and administration. The nurse shall comply with the medical center house and telephone standards and EMR standards. The RN will assess health needs and perform functions specific to routine and assisted reproductive techniques, including but not limited to andrology, gynecological treatments, in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures, fertility preservation for patients (oncology and gender transition), PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome), endometriosis, and male urology patients (microsurgical sperm extraction). The RN will assess patient needs, develop appropriate plans of care according to nursing practice standards, and evaluate and participate in care for patients/couples during their reproductive health treatments, office visits, and IVF cycles. The nurse will utilize specialized knowledge and skills for evaluation and teaching within this patient population and may act as a resource person within the organization and/or community.

Requirements

Licensed registered professional nurse.
Clinical expertise.
Competence in the management of patient flow and daily clinic operations.
Expertise in the specialty nursing area and specific patient population of REI (Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility).
Ability to provide expert nursing care to patients receiving assisted and routine reproductive techniques and services.
Ability to conduct in-person consultations with patients and/or their partners.
Ability to provide patient treatment and medication instruction.
Proficiency in EMR charting and documentation.
Ability to prepare treatment schedules.
Ability to assess, manage, and monitor patient medication needs.
Ability to assist with various clinical procedures.
Ability to efficiently communicate patient treatment and scheduling needs.
Ability to triage patient phone calls.
Ability to coordinate patient care between various practice teams.
Ability to assess patient needs and plan appropriate treatment interventions in collaboration with physicians.
Ability to evaluate patient response to treatments.
Ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.
Compliance with medical center house and telephone standards and EMR standards.
Ability to assess health needs and perform functions specific to routine and assisted reproductive techniques.
Ability to develop appropriate plans of care according to nursing practice standards.
Ability to evaluate and participate in care for patients/couples during reproductive health treatments, office visits, and IVF cycles.
Ability to utilize specialized knowledge and skills for evaluation and teaching within this patient population.

Responsibilities

Improve access, timeliness to treatment and care coordination within the healthcare organization.
Perform established nursing procedures using clinical knowledge to care for patients.
Collaborate with physicians and other members of the multidisciplinary team in providing excellent clinical care.
Promote the delivery of evidence-based nursing interventions.
Demonstrate competence in the management of patient flow and daily clinic operations.
Provide expert nursing care to all patients who are receiving assisted and routine reproductive techniques and services.
Conduct in-person consultations with patients and/or their partners throughout the care continuum.
Provide patient treatment and medication instruction.
Perform EMR charting and documentation.
Prepare treatment schedules.
Assess, manage, and monitor patient medication needs.
Assist with various clinical procedures.
Communicate patient treatment and scheduling needs with the patient and the multidisciplinary team.
Triage patient phone calls.
Coordinate patient care between various practice teams.
Assess patient needs and, in collaboration with physicians, plan appropriate treatment interventions.
Evaluate patient response to treatments.
Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team (physicians, fellows, medical assistants, Practice Coordinators, front desk staff, billing staff, Patient Financial Navigators, anesthesiologists, embryologists, embryology and lab team members, procedure nurse team members and administration).
Comply with medical center house and telephone standards and EMR standards.
Assess health needs and perform functions specific to routine and assisted reproductive techniques, including andrology, gynecological treatments, IVF procedures, fertility preservation for patients (oncology and gender transition), PCOS, endometriosis, and male urology patients (microsurgical sperm extraction).
Develop appropriate plans of care according to nursing practice standards.
Evaluate and participate in care for patients/couples during their reproductive health treatments, office visits, and IVF cycles.
Utilize specialized knowledge and skills for evaluation and teaching within this patient population.
Act as a resource person within the organization and/or community.