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Perinatal Case Manager (Registered Nurse)

Starting Pay Range - $33.31 - $39.19, per hour

Pueblo Community Health Center offers a flexible benefits program to full-time and part-time employees working 20 hours or more per week. 

Benefit opportunities presently available to employees (Part Time 20, Part Time 30 & Full-Time employees only) are listed below:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 403(b) Tax-Sheltered Annuity Plan
• Cafeteria 125 Flexible Spending Account

In addition to the benefits available for purchase through the Cafeteria 125 plan, Pueblo Community Health Center offers supplemental insurances and generous paid time off benefits including holidays and personal time off (PTO). The organization also contributes to the employee’s tax-sheltered annuity plan after one year of service.

Job Summary:  To provide medical case management services to the obstetric patients of Pueblo Community Health Center, Inc

Reports to:  Perinatal Service Manager

Supervision Exercised:  None

Education/Experience/License/Certification: 

• Registered Nurse with valid Colorado license.
• Additional training in health education.
• Experience in obstetric or perinatal care preferred.
• Valid driver’s license and auto insurance as required by law.
• Current B.L.S. with skills demonstration C.P.R. certification for Healthcare Providers required

Required Travel:  Frequent travel is required including day-to-day local travel for patient care, business meetings, community events, etc, some of which may occur during evenings and weekends.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

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.

1.  Ability to work independently.

2.  Excellent interpersonal skills.

3.  Essential to have ability to understand verbal information, ability to exchange verbal information with others and ability to present information verbally.

4.  Essential to have ability to read and understand written materials and ability to compose information/instruction in written form.

5.  Essential to have ability to memorize.

6.  Essential to be able to reason mathematically and to have analytical and problem solving skills.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

1.  Ensure the function and activities of this department to embrace the philosophy, mission, values and Communicate with Heart service model supported by the Board of Directors of Pueblo Community Health Center, Inc.

2.  Adhere to the guidelines and procedures of Pueblo Community Health Center, Inc.

3.  Function as primary obstetric nurse for routine prenatal care and medical screening for Pueblo Community Health Center, Inc.

4.  Function as primary nurse for gynecological and other patients seeking care at Pueblo Community Health Center, Inc. to include birth control visits, CPE’s, etc.

5.  Medically case manage the obstetric population:

Perform initial OB screening

 Schedule OB visits

 Provide patient education

 Follow up on no shows and lab

 Maintain OB patient charts

 Perform triage of OB phone calls

 Transfer information to L & D

 Perform daily hospital round

6.  Perform routine point of care testing in the lab and assist in keeping urine lab clean and orderly.

7.  Adhere to policies and procedures in the laboratory manual.

8.  Maintain inventory of exam room supplies, stock and order supplies as needed.

9.  Provide patient education including quarterly Lamaze class series and one-to-one prematurity prevention counseling sessions.

10.  Maintain monthly statistics on the OB population.

11.  Assist in scheduling HROB, case managing HROB visits and assisting in HROB clinic.

12.  Assist in maintaining linkages with community agencies.

13.  Ensure that all points of contact with the patient are adequately documented in the medical record, including patient phone calls, visits, and contact with other community agencies.

14.  Maintain patient confidentiality.

15.  Provide gynecological and perinatal care appropriate to the age-specific needs of all patients in accordance with the principles of growth and development for infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric life cycles.

16.  Maintain knowledge of current technology related to perinatal nursing.

17.  Assist with gynecologic procedures and case management of gynecology patients.

18.  Maintain CPR certification.

19.  Adhere to infection control policies and procedures

20.  Participate in the peer review process in the department

21.  The employee may be required to provide services to an individual who is not a patient of the health center when the provider is then asked, called upon, or undertakes at or near the location of an emergency to provide service to a non-health center patient in an emergency situation or temporarily treat or assist in treating the non-health center patient.

22.  The employee may be required to provide supervision of students and medical residents providing care at the health center’s facilities.

23.  Perform other duties assigned.

  
The above duties are not all inclusive and are not intended to limit or define the duties that may be assigned.

Closing Date:  Open until filled.

Pueblo Community Health Center is a tobacco-free workplace. EOE

Apply online at www.pueblochc.org