Float Registered Nurse; San Jose

Affiliate Registered Nurse

Part-Time (0.6 FTE at 24 hrs/wk - Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday; option of providing 2 Fridays per month)

Travel to San Jose and Oakland

Hiring Wage: $44-45/hr

Location:
San Jose, CA

• General Duties
  • Travels to PPMM locations as required
  • Responsible for assuring non-licensed staff are qualified in performing back office/lab skills
  • Achieve core competency levels on an annual basis
• In Clinic Abortion Duties
  • Prepares recovery room for all in-clinic abortion services
  • Prepares pre-operative medications
  • 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
  • Provides intraoperative sedation medication and patient monitoring
  • Provides post-operative medications
  • Maintains and ensures emergency cart and equipment are stocked and current
• Sexual and Reproductive Health Duties
  • 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
  • Provide immunizations per approved guidelines and standardized procedures, such as HPV vaccination
• Centralized Follow-Up RN
  • 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
• Triage RN - Response Center
  • 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

• Ability to perform the duties described above. A typical means of acquiring those abilities would be:
• 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