Surgical Registered Nurse

Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties has a full-time opportunity for a Surgical Registered Nurse in San Bernardino, CA.

Schedule: (4/10)

Provide family planning, prenatal, and/or abortion services to patients in accordance with Board of Registered Nursing and Planned Parenthood regulations and protocols. Provide quality patient care by providing contraceptive, prenatal and abortion education and assessment. Facilitate referrals to internal and external referral sources.

At PPOSBC, we understand the importance of a well-rounded benefits program and are dedicated to providing you with unique benefits that meet the needs of you and your family. We are proud to offer a range of plans that help protect you in the case of illness or injury including:

• A competitive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and eligible dependents, life insurance, and long term disability. 
• Benefits coverage starts after one full month of employment!
• Generous vacation, sick, and holiday benefits!
• Generous 401(k) matching contributions and more!
• To view our detailed benefits guide, please visit our career site at www.pposbccareers.org

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:  Essential functions encompass the required tasks, duties and responsibilities performed as part of the job and the reason the job exists.

General Requirements:

• Adhere to agency’s policies, procedures, and protocols in regards to performing physical exams, procedural skills, judgement, charting and communication with patients. This may include successfully completing agency, regional and/or state certification requirements.
• Adhere to all OSHA requirements.
• Provide clinical and surgical services as outlined in the PPOSBC Medical Standards and Guidelines, Standardized Procedures, and Policies and Procedures, and any other guidelines recommended by the affiliate.
• Meet quality metrics and goals.
• Participate in a team approach to patient care, and deliver care in a professional, confidential, and expeditious manner.
• Act as resource person to medical staff.
• Adhere to affiliate goals and policies on professionalism, wait time in-clinic and on the system for addressing client complaints.
• Use nonjudgmental approach to patient care.
• Demonstrate teamwork and dependability with colleagues.
• Attend medical meetings, as required.
• May be deployed to other sites including San Bernardino County locations.
• Required to take after hours call (on-call rotation)

Heath Center Duties:

• Meet or exceed customer satisfaction survey benchmarks as set by the Patient Services Administration team.
• Participate in health center efforts to achieve established goals for productivity, cycle times, and wait times.
• Document patient data accurately and completely in the medical record.
• Provide pregnancy test, contraception, and STI treatment visits per RN Standardized Procedures, as approved.
• Dispense/administer medications and contraceptive devices as per physician/clinician or standing orders.
• Provide information and education regarding reproductive health care; family planning, pre-term labor, labor and delivery, breast feeding, postpartum care, abortion procedure (surgical and medical) and discharge instructions.
• Monitor lab reconciliation process per policy. Review lab reports and initiate follow-up. Provide laboratory tests as needed, including phlebotomy.
• Manage emergency situations as they arise in the center and consult with other licensed providers as necessary.
• Daily performance of controls and completion of control logs for moderate complexity tests.
• Daily monitoring and recording of medication, controls, and specimen refrigerators for temperature accuracy.
• Manage medication inventory including ordering, confirmation of expiration dates when stocking and administering medications.
• Assist with clinic upkeep: sterilization of instruments, clean lab and exam rooms, set up and restock rooms as appropriate.
• Complete and submit incident report when necessary.
• Perform monthly chart audits, as required,
• Participate in a regularly scheduled peer review process, as required.
• Cross-train with case management duties.

Surgical Duties:

• Provide continuity of care for abortion services in a patient centered flow environment.
• Counsel and perform physical exams on abortion patients.
• Review medical history and perform pre-operative assessment
• Perform Ultrasound
• Perform appropriate lab work
• Insertion and removal of IV line
• Provide contraceptive counseling
• Provide conscious sedation
• Perform recovery room responsibilities
• Review discharge orders and counsel patient on discharge instructions
• Assist Sedation Provider with opening and closing narcotic inventory management
• Assist Physician and other licensed staff as required

Non-Essential Functions:

Other duties as assigned by health center management team

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Licensure and/or Certification Requirements:

• Current California Nurse License. 
• CPR and ACLS certification required. 

Minimum Education:

• AS/BS in Nursing. 
• Preferred Maternal Child Health (MCH) education, including family planning

Minimum Work Experience:

• Two years ambulatory, reproductive health care, prenatal, and/or abortion services preferred.
• Maternal Child Health (MCH) education, including family planning preferred.

Other Requirements:

• Possess a warm, caring manner and excellent customer service skills and relate well to diverse communities.
• Ability to work cooperatively as part of a team, communicate and interact well with staff, volunteers and patients.
• Required to take after hours call up to six (6) days annually.
• Availability to work flexible hours and at all locations within PPOSBC as required.
• Ability to work cooperatively within a team approach and communicate and interact well with staff, volunteers and patients. 
• After orientation, must be capable of adjusting to patient flow per agency guidelines. 
• Ability to relate to diverse communities. 
• Accuracy and attention to detail essential. 
• Ability to physically assist a patient in distress. 
• Maintain professional demeanor at all times.
• Availability to work flexible hours including weekends and locations within PPOSBC as required. 
• On-call responsibility required.
• This position requires travel to other sites and locations; if using a personal vehicle to meet this requirement, a valid CA driver’s license and current auto insurance in compliance with the minimum requirements of CA vehicle code are required.
• Bilingual Spanish preferred. Some positions require bilingual skills (reading, writing, and speaking). If required, candidate will be tested for proficiency prior to offer.