Are you passionate about patient care and interested in leadership opportunities? Cedars-Sinai Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center, one of the nations premiere academic leaders in the field is looking for a nurse leader to join our expert team. Interested in using your experience in clinical care and leadership? Our team will be excited to have you join us. You can be part of our growing center that cares for individuals and couples with infertility interested in starting a family now and in the future. We also offer fertility preservation opportunities for couples and individuals for medical and nonmedical reasons!

Our team includes physicians who conduct new research on infertility, treatments, and reproductive hormone conditions to improve patient care. If you are interested in joining our clinical leadership team that is on the forefront of caring for patients with reproductive needs and passionate about delivering the highest quality of care and patient satisfaction at one of the best places to work in Southern California, we would be happy to hear from you!

Summary of Essential Duties:

• Manages clinical nursing staff in the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and the Gynecologic Specialties clinics. This includes educating staff and completing annual review evaluations in collaboration with the Associate Director.
• Participates in the recruitment and onboarding process for new staff including interviews, department orientation, and probationary reviews.
• Assists in maintenance of employee files, updates training binders, submits agenda items for staff meetings, and serves as an integral member of the leadership division meetings.
• Provides direct and indirect patient care services including coordination of care for fertility treatment cycles and early pregnancy, coordinating medications, performing phlebotomy, chaperoning physicians during procedures and initiating emergency procedures.
• Schedules Per Diem LVNs and/or full time RN and LVN staff to ensure coverage for weekends.
• Serves as back-up for the other CN IV on the OB (MFM) side of the clinics and for placing nurses into Ambulatory Float Pool staff assignments.
• Obtains test results, provides extensive patient education, reviews and prepares charts for clinic, follows FDA guidelines for third party donors, and supervises other nursing staff.
• Coordinates clinic on the weekends and holidays, ensures outside lab kits are available, refills medications and submits for prior authorization if needed. Acts as the super trainer for Point of Care urine and glucometer and performs NST testing in the Prenatal Diagnostic Center when coverage is needed.

Qualifications:

Education:

• GED or Highschool Diploma

License/Certifications:

• Current, unrestricted California LVN License required
• One year acute care experience
• BLS from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross required
• Certified phlebotomist

Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years of nursing experience in a specialty that involves the coordination of care required
• At least 1 year of experience in a Fertility Clinic preferred
• 1 year acute care experience
• Supervisory experience preferred

Physical Demands:

The physical ability and perceptive acuity to satisfactorily perform all direct and indirect patient care functions crucial to the job.

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