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Per Diem Registered Nurse

Planned Parenthood

Smithtown, New York

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$55
SKILLS
Auditing, Basic Life Support (BLS), CPR Certification, Clinical Laboratory, Clinical Medicine, Customer Relations, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Service Evaluation, Diversity, Documentation, Emergency Medicine, Family Planning, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), HIV/AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), Healthcare, Identify Issues, Insurance Regulations, Laboratory Testing, Medical Assistance, Medical Billing, Medical Protocols, Medical Treatment, Medication Administration, Nursing, OSHA, PHP Scripting Language (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor), Patient Assessment, Patient Care, Patient Education, Patient Follow-up, Philosophy, Quality Assurance, Registered Nurse (RN), Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Safety/Work Safety, Side Effects, Surgical Procedures, Team Player, Telephone Triage, Testing
LOCATION
Smithtown, New York
POSTED
30+ days ago
Per Diem Registered Nurse - Friday's

Position Summary: Per Diem RN needed for Fridays  Provide nursing care and counseling services as part of the healthcare delivery team in all medical services provided according to approved protocols.  Provide support to the Clinician staff for all clinical services. Provide direct patient care in all clinical services, including Family Planning, Prenatal, Abortion, and Colposcopy.
 
Essential Functions:  
  • Provide nursing care and counseling services in family planning, prenatal, colposcopy, abortion, and HIV services according to protocols and as assigned.
  • Coordinate care with the clinician, screening for psychosocial, medical, and nutritional problems.  Provide counseling, education, and referrals, when problems are identified.
  • Assist in all aspects of the provision of abortion care for patients including acting as Charge Nurse in charge of patient flow. Provide counseling for patients having a medical or surgical abortion.Work in the post-procedure room on surgical abortion day, overseeing the care of post-operative patients. Supervise medical assistants who work in the recovery room.
  • Assist in emergency situations by providing nursing assessment and intervention.
  • Perform post-surgical abortion phone calls to patients within 24-48 hours of the procedure and complete follow-up paperwork.
  • Triage family planning and gynecological patients, and assist providers as needed.
  • Prepare and administer medications and immunizations according to standing orders.
  • Assist clinicians in inpatient follow-up activities with abnormal laboratory results, pap smears, etc.
  • Provide phone triage for patients with medical problems and questions.
  • Perform laboratory tests and provide follow-up for abnormal laboratory results in collaboration with clinician. 
  • Screen hormonal contraceptive users for warning signs and minor side effects, and authorize refills as ordered by the clinician.
  • Assist in the management of the pre-natal program and assure that patients are receiving coordinated care.Provide prenatal education for patients. Track and follow up on labs and referrals, follow-up on missed appointments, track delivery outcomes of patients and assure that patients return for postpartum visits. Maintain and keep up to date pre-natal logbook and perform quarterly pre-natal audits as requested.
  • Perform chart audits/surveys, as assigned.
 
Other:
  • Understand and provide care according to PPHP Medical Standards and Guidelines.
  • Support and encourage a culture that:
    • Provide a rich conduit of information and ideas between sites and other PPHP departments.
  • Participate in ongoing feedback with colleagues.
  • Incorporate customer satisfaction into all aspects of the work.
  • Encourage Team to take responsibility for evaluating and improving systems.
  • Demonstrate flexibility and teamwork; understand the interaction between this position and others with whom the position works directly and indirectly.  
  • Ensure that interactions incorporate PPHP values of integrity, partnership, customer focus, communication and quality.
  • Support effort of the PPHP’s diversity program to provide services that are culturally and linguistically competent; takes the initiative to develop own awareness and knowledge of diversity matters.
  • Complete all responsibilities according to established protocols, policies and standard practices in the areas of customer service, quality assurance and regulatory compliance programs such as HIPAA (Health Information Portability & Accountability Act), OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Act) CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Administration) and Title X.
 
Non-Essential Functions:  
  • Participate in Compliance, Quality Assurance & Risk Management program, medical committee meetings, and other center meetings. 
  • Assume in-charge responsibility as assigned.
  • Perform other duties as assigned and related to the position.
  • Regularly checks personal PHP email account for important affiliate-related communications, at least every 24 hours.
 
Qualifications:
  • Registered Nurse with a current NYS license in good standing.
  • Must have current CPR/BLS certification. 
  • One to two years clinical experience in women’s health or ob/GYN nursing or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired.
  • Ability to work as a team with a diverse group of staff and clients.
  • Ability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends. 
  • Ability to use a computer for charting, documenting, communicating, and researching.
  • Maintain a professional commitment in representing the philosophy and goals of Planned Parenthood.

$55.00 an hour. 

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job posting and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable including location, specialty, service line, years of relevant or relatable experience, education, credentials, budget and internal equity. 

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