Perinatal Case Manager (Registered Nurse)
Starting Pay Range - $31.77 - $37.38 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.
Benefits
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 CPR 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
Ability to work independently.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Essential to have ability to understand verbal information, exchange verbal information with others and present information verbally.
Essential to have ability to read and understand written materials and compose information/instruction in written form.
Essential to have ability to memorize.
Essential to be able to reason mathematically and have analytical and problem‑solving skills.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
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.
Adhere to the guidelines and procedures of Pueblo Community Health Center, Inc.
Function as primary obstetric nurse for routine prenatal care and medical screening for Pueblo Community Health Center, Inc.
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.
Medically case‑manage the obstetric population:
Perform initial OB screening
Schedule OB visits
Provide patient education
Follow up on no shows and labs
Maintain OB patient charts
Perform triage of OB phone calls
Transfer information to L & D
Perform daily hospital round
Perform routine point‑of‑care testing in the lab and assist in keeping urine lab clean and orderly.
Adhere to policies and procedures in the laboratory manual.
Maintain inventory of exam room supplies, stock and order supplies as needed.
Provide patient education including quarterly Lamaze class series and one‑to‑one prematurity prevention counseling sessions.
Maintain monthly statistics on the OB population.
Assist in scheduling HROB, case‑managing HROB visits and assisting in HROB clinic.
Assist in maintaining linkages with community agencies.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.
Maintain patient confidentiality.
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.
Maintain knowledge of current technology related to perinatal nursing.
Assist with gynecologic procedures and case management of gynecology patients.
Maintain CPR certification.
Adhere to infection control policies and procedures.
Participate in the peer review process in the department.
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.
The employee may be required to provide supervision of students and medical residents providing care at the health center’s facilities.
Perform other duties assigned.
Closing Date
Open until filled.
Pueblo Community Health Center is a tobacco‑free workplace. EOE.