Registered Nurse (Bakersfield)

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte•Bakersfield, CA

15h•$48 - $52•Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves a Registered Nurse responsible for various duties including overseeing non-licensed staff, patient triage, and providing direct patient care in reproductive health and primary care settings. Specific duties include preparing patients for procedures, administering medications, monitoring post-operative patients, and providing patient education. The role also encompasses managing lab reports, developing follow-up plans, and providing triage services via phone and electronic patient portals.

Requirements

Ability to perform the duties described above.
Graduation from an accredited Nursing Program
Current CA State RN license
Current BLS 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
Ability to communicate effectively

Nice To Haves

Current ACLS Certificate (CFU RNs exempt)

Responsibilities

Assuring non-licensed staff are qualified in performing back office/lab skills and achieve core competency levels annually.
Providing input for the medical component of non-licensed staff performance reviews.
Overseeing patient triage for medical problems and acute versus routine appointments for both reproductive health and primary care patients.
Working with Center Manager or designee to facilitate flow and triage.
Contributing to achieving health center productivity goals.
Demonstrating PPMM customer service standards.
Preparing recovery room for all in clinic abortion services.
Preparing pre-operative medications.
Assessing post-operative patients for pain and bleeding control and early detection of complications.
Overseeing HSS functions: vital signs, post-operative instructions, education of patient identified birth control method.
Providing intraoperative sedation medication and patient monitoring.
Providing post-operative medications.
Maintaining and ensuring emergency cart and equipment are stocked and current.
Following standardized procedures for patient visits: hormonal contraception, Emergency Contraception (EC), and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) screening.
Providing patient education, counseling, lab work and ultrasound for medication abortions.
Providing immunizations per approved guidelines and standardized procedures, such as HPV vaccination.
Accepting and signing off lab reports from clinician’s PAQs.
Evaluating and developing a plan for follow-up.
Referring paps/other labs that are outside the scope of CFU RN to the health centers’ clinicians.
Verifying that all lab reports are handled appropriately and within the appropriate time frame.
Providing advice/triage services to both reproductive health and primary care patients.
Identifying medical urgency and scheduling appointments with the health centers.
Answering all calls placed in queue by the Response Center as outlined in the Triage Policy.
Responding to patient emails through the Patient Portal in HER.