RN - OB/GYN Office

391 Myrtle Avenue Albany, NY 12208

Full time

71677

Department/Unit:

HBD - General Gynecology Practice

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Salary Range:

$85,280.00 - $132,184.00

Registered Nurse (RN)

Ob/Gyn Office – Albany, NY

Work schedule: Monday – Friday

Our Ob/Gyn outpatient practice located in Albany, NY is seeking an RN to join our dynamic Women's Health team! We offer a friendly team-oriented work environment centered on efficient, compassionate patient care.

Under the Supervision of the Nursing Supervisor and/or Nurse Manager, the RN provides nursing support to primary and subspecialty providers. This is demonstrated using the nursing process to work collaboratively with the health-care team in planning, directing, providing and evaluating patient care. The RN is defined within the department to provide patient care, triage, consultation and referral among team members.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Completes organized and quality documentation as required by the department.

• Facilitates the utilization of resources to meet patient outcomes (case management).

• Provides age appropriate direct patient care from the preparation of patients through the end of the office visit and all tasks in between including diagnostics, venipuncture, administration of medications, and assistance of physicians as needed.

• Performs telephone triage including coordination of care and documentation.

• Schedules tests and procedures as indicated within the division and obtains prior authorizations as needed.

• Works with other departments inside and outside of AMC to coordinate multidisciplinary care

• Participates in the patient throughput process in the clinic as indicated and needed (including vital signs, updating medical records, performing diagnostic procedures, assisting the physician and practitioners, facilitating teaching, end of appointment coordination of care)

• Works with division physicians, administrative staff and Nurse Manager to assure compliance with regulatory conditions and policies and procedures

• Delegates daily tasks to appropriate clinical staff and ensures completion of tasks

• Reviews and triages incoming test results as indicated within the division

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree of a state accredited Registered Nursing program is required

• NYS current RN licensure is required

• Previous nursing experience in an ambulatory care setting or at least 1 year of nursing experience obtained outside an ambulatory care setting

• NST and/or Fetal Heart Monitoring training/certificates are highly desired

• Labor & Delivery, Ob/Gyn, or Maternity Services experience is preferred but not required

Thank you for your interest in Albany Med Health System!

Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

Albany Medical Center is the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education in New York’s CapitalRegion and is the area's largest private employer with more than 10,000 employees.

Albany Medical Center offers excellent career opportunities in a wide range of roles in both patient care andadministration. We value all our staff members and offer outstanding employee benefits (https://www.albanymed.org/careers/albany-medical-center-careers/employee-benefits-and-advantages/) including:

• Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers

• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing

Anchored in the state’s historic capital city, Albany Medical Center offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient careand is home to the region’s largest hospital, only Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma centers, and only children’s hospital. Thedowntown campus also offers opportunities at Albany Medical College.

Albany Medical Center (https://www.albanymed.org/albany/) , along with Columbia Memorial Health (http://columbiamemorialhealth.org/) , Glens Falls Hospital (http://glensfallshospital.org/) , Saratoga Hospital (http://saratogahospital.org/) , and the Visiting Nurses (https://www.albanymed.org/visitingnurses/) , form the Albany Med Health System, serving more than three million people over 25 counties.