Recovery Room Nurse

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The PPSAT Recovery Room Nurse provides essential care to patients before and after surgical procedures. The Recovery Room Nurse works closely with the Physician and assists them during surgical procedures. They ensure that the health center teams provide family planning and abortion services in accordance with PPSAT and PPFA polices, protocols, and procedures.

Who You Are:

• Passionate about reproductive health care and justice.
• Believe sexual health is essential to every person’s overall health, well-being, and happiness.
• Passionate about providing direct patient care in clinical abortion care.
• Firm believer in providing non-judgmental care.
• Experience working across a diverse service area.
• Growth and learning are important to you.

What You’ll Do (but not limited to):

• Provide nursing care to the patients in recovery room in accordance with all PPSAT policies and procedures, and all applicable state and federal regulations.
• Assist and monitor patients in recovery room, including taking vital signs, administer medication, giving verbal and written aftercare instructions and birth control information.
• Provide excellent customer service, eliciting client needs, and educating clients on PPSAT services and community resources.
• Provides education in a non-judgmental manner to patients by providing support and information on reproductive and sexual health issues, including birth control methods and pregnancy options including abortion, STI’s/HIV and safer sex.
• Responsible for stocking recovery room with necessary supplies such as snacks, drinks, pads, brochures, and PPSAT consent/patient education sheets.
• Assist with health center preparations and patient education as necessary and directed.
• Prepare and administer medications per provider orders.
• Maintain complete and accurate log of controlled substances administration.
• Ensure patient charts and logs are completed and maintained in a timely, accurate and thorough manner, including staff signatures and initials where required.
• Assist with the completion and documentation of Quality Control tasks, audits, and other quality assurance/management procedures as assigned.
• Participate in health center staff meetings and emergency drills.
• Assist Health Center Manager (HCM) in the development and implementation of new staff training.
• Participate in research activities, including recruitment and screening, as appropriate and as needed.
• Establish and maintain IV access as needed.
• Assist provider with routine procedures and emergencies during clinical sessions.
• Participate in maintaining a clean and safe environment.
• Monitor emergency cart inventory and equipment log on a monthly basis for all routine and emergency expired medications and supplies per PPSAT protocol. Report any concerns to HCM or ND. T
• Take responsibility to remain informed about family planning methods, abortion options, services offered by PPSAT, and PPSAT protocols, policies, and procedures.
• Maintain ACLS certification.
• Assess patient during procedure and in recovery per protocols.
• Assist provider with management of complications.
• Provide the North Carolina state-mandated informed consent to patients seeking abortion in accordance with state law.
• Use EHR to document consent form completely and appropriately.
• Assist with scheduling abortion visit for patients receiving 72hour consent as needed.
• Triage patient daytime emergency calls to ensure timely response and documents interaction in the EHR.
• Consult with PPSAT clinicians and CMO for guidance on providing medical advice to patients as needed.

Schedule:

Full time position working 35 to 39 hours per week.

• Monday: 8:30AM – 4PM
• Tuesday: 7:30AM – 4PM
• Wednesday: 9:30AM – 4PM
• Thursday: 7:30AM – 4PM
• Friday: 7:30AM – 4PM

Please note that work schedule reflects the clinic schedule, and actual hours worked may vary due to day-to-day operations. All staff are expected to remain at the health center until all patients are checked out, documentation is completed, and the health center is cleaned.

What You Get:

• Full benefits: medical, dental, and vision
• Health Reimbursement Account
• 403B Retirement Plan with matched contributions
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• Employee Assistance Program
• Continuing Medical Education tuition

Compensation:

The pay range for this position is $35.00 to $43.40 per hour. If working on a Saturday, you will receive a differential of an additional $7.00 per hour. Starting offers are determined by both the candidate's experience and internal equity within the pay grade. PPSAT's compensation philosophy is based in equity and transparency. Built from data driven compensation studies, our positions are placed within a developed pay grade.

For a century, Planned Parenthood has been one of the nation's leading providers of excellent, affordable health care for women, men, and young people, and the nation's largest provider of sex education. Planned Parenthood health centers provide contraception, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, and lifesavings cancer screenings. We serve women, men, and young people from every community and income level. Our work has staying power. We serve our communities with non-judgmental, compassionate care, no matter what their circumstances.