Prenatal Nurse (RN) - Full Time | No Nights or Weekends!

Prenatal Nurse (RN) – Full Time

GSCH is looking for an energetic RN to join our prenatal team! The Prenatal Nurse provides patient-centered care in close collaboration with the prenatal team, medical assistant, and multidisciplinary departments; including but not limited to: triaging acute illnesses, patient education, monitoring of medication refills, transition of care to specialists and hospitals, and nurse visits such as non-stress testing.

Come to work every day knowing your efforts make other people’s lives better. You will be part of a supportive, dynamic, multidisciplinary team – including medical, dental, and behavioral health care providers, social workers, family workers, and others – working together to meet the needs of the whole person. Your days will be busy, varied and interesting, and you will have opportunities for career growth; many employees take on new challenges and increasingly responsible positions during their years with us.

Salary Range: $31.00 per hour and onward

Job Duties

• Effectively triages acute patients’ complaints.
• Provides accurate, detailed, and effective medical assessments to provide safe, efficient and accurate nursing knowledge.
• Supports the patient in improving access to health resources and social services.
• Supports the prenatal care team in meeting performance measures and quality improvement goals.
• Collaborates with all members of the care team to coordinate and manage care for the patient.
• Provide a Culture of Safety by providing safe, high quality care to patients.
• Performs health-screening procedures under the direction of the Provider, including lab procedures, non-stress tests, immunizations, injections, hematocrits etc.
• Participates in the preparation of patients’ charts.
• As directed by the Provider, assists with the patient intake and discharge procedures.
• Actively builds and keeps positive relationships with outside OB providers and local birth centers.
• Proactively engages patients in their care with strategies to improve self-management, including assisting patients in identifying and improving upon self-management goals.
• Provides patient, family, and caregiver education, and acts as patient advocate in the delivery and coordination of patient care.
• Collaborates with all clinical staff to ensure care coordination elements of a Patient Centered Medical Home are being met.
• Facilitates coordinated continuity of care for patients, thus reducing or eliminating fragmentation, duplication, and gaps in treatment plan, especially as a result of care transitions.
• Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration with provider and other members of the care team.

Qualifications

• Experience with nursing in OB/GYN preferred
• Will consider inexperienced and/or new grads for the right candidate
• Active NH (or compact state) nursing license required
• Familiarity with interpretation of fetal monitoring devices preferred.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
• Experience with electronic health records a plus

The ideal candidate will also have:

• Ability to work harmoniously with coworkers and patients
• Experience working with diverse and vulnerable populations
• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Organizational skills
• Strong clinical and assessment skills
• Compassionate and nonjudgmental attitude

Work Location(s):

• Goodwin Community Health, Somersworth, NH
• Families First Health & Support Center, Portsmouth, NH

Hours Per Week: 32 - 40 (8:00am – 5:00pm)

Days: 4 - 5 (Monday – Friday)

Job Status: Full Time, Hourly (Non-Exempt)

Eligible for Benefits: Yes

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical and dental insurance with an agency subsidy. One of the GSCH health insurance plans has a no-premium option for employee-only coverage. GSCH offers a 401(k) plan with an employer match, employer-paid group term life insurance, and short-term disability coverage. Voluntary benefits include vision, long-term disability coverage, Flexible Spending Account, and access to local discounts. GSCH offers earned time accrual (15 days in your first year [pro-rated by FTE]), plus seven (7) paid holidays. Eligibility starts at 24 hours/week, with full benefits offered at 32 hours/week and above.

This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $5,000.00

About Us

Greater Seacoast Community Health’s mission is to deliver innovative, compassionate, integrated health services and support that are accessible to all in our community, regardless of ability to pay.

The Greater Seacoast Community Health network includes Families First Health & Support Center in Portsmouth, Goodwin Community Health in Somersworth, and Lilac City Pediatrics at both locations. Strafford County Public Health Network and WIC Nutrition Program are also affiliated with Greater Seacoast.

Greater Seacoast Community Health is a network of community health centers providing primary care, pediatrics, dental care, prenatal care, behavioral health counseling, substance use disorder treatment, mobile health services, WIC, social work services, a pharmacy, parenting classes, playgroups, and home visiting.

We believe everyone should be empowered to maximize health and well-being and strive to make our array of programs and health services integrated, high quality, affordable, recovery friendly, trauma informed, inclusive, and easy to access.

As not-for-profit community health centers and family resource centers serving the Greater Seacoast region of New Hampshire and southern Maine, our services are for everyone — infants to seniors, single people and families, insured or uninsured, all income levels. Learn more at GetCommunityHealth.org.

Greater Seacoast Community Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, color, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by state, federal, or local law. Qualified Veterans are encouraged to apply.