Perinatal Care Coordination Nurse

• Collaborates with the perinatal team to ensure that comprehensive, high quality prenatal care is delivered to all pregnant clients- including, but not limited to:
  • scheduling appointments, pregnancy tests, prenatal intakes, triaging, case management, NSTs, injections.
• Develop linkages with medical and community agencies to receive and provide client referrals. Maximizes these relationships with referral agencies.
• Assess and triage patient’s need for treatment or advice via telephone call or personal encounter (walk-in).  
  • Determine, based on patient need, if patient needs to be seen by a provider and how quickly.
  • Consults with provider whenever necessary in order to advise patient of most appropriate action.
• Maintains and manages nurse visit schedule including but not limited to program intake, Non-Stress testing, Rhogam and immunization administration. B/P follow up.
• Respond to patient calls in a timely manner.
  • Maintain accurate, timely documentation in the client’s medical record of client contacts, visits, case planning, and client’s plan of care. 
• Assist in the implementation of a MIS tracking system for CDF’s, OB referrals and case management of all prenatal clients.  Create a recall system via mailings and telephone reminders.
• Assist in the maintenance of prenatal health education materials.
• Provide clear written and oral communication to both clients and employees.
• Attend and participate in other internal Health meetings as directed. 
  • If absent, responsible for reading of minutes and signing the documentation.
• Attend mandatory safety-related and infection control in-services as designated by Senior Management.
• Maintain licensure for RN status by ongoing professional education; maintain professional development.
• Sensitivity to cultural diversity of population being served. 
• Maintain client age-related competence.

• ASN Required/BSN Preferred.
• Current NH RN license.
• BLS Certification Required

EXPERIENCE: 

• At least 5 years’ Nursing experience.
• 2 year’ to include inpatient L&D or Outpatient Obstetrics.
• Experience in community health and women’s health, preferred.
• English language skills required. Bilingual (Spanish) Preferred.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:

• Physical requirements include ability to extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction;
  • pick, pinch, type or otherwise work primarily with fingers;
• Stand for sustained periods of time and move about on foot to accomplish tasks.
• Apply pressure to an object with fingertips;
  • sustain substantial movement of wrists, hands and/or fingertips.
• Ability to interact effectively with people of varied educational, socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, skill levels and value systems.
• Excellent listening skills.
• Excellent written, verbal communication and social skills.
• Knowledge of data base and spreadsheet software systems. 
• Computer skills preferred and basic financial skills, as well as analytical skills for trend and situational analysis desired.
• Ability to transport self to meetings, events and affiliated vendors.
• Ability to delegate tasks to other team members.  Health assessment skills and coordination and delegation skills necessary.
• Intermediate electronic fetal monitoring certified or the ability to obtain within one year required.

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