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.
Do you want to make a difference in the lives of others?
At the Cedars-Sinai Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center, we deliver a full range of fertility treatments to help you manage a fertility condition. Our experienced team of specialists, nurses and other caregivers are committed to helping you choose the right options for you.
The Department of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility has an immediate opening for opportunity for an LVN II - Days - 8hrs Shift.
Summary Of Job Duties:
The Licensed Vocational Nurse II, under the direct supervision of the Physician, is responsible for identifying the needs of each patient and assisting in the planning and delivering of patient care.
The LVN II will provide excellent quality care including patient care and phlebotomy. The Licensed Vocational Nurse II will identify the needs of each patient and assist in the planning and delivering of patient care to meet those needs. The Licensed Vocational Nurse provides nursing care consistent with the Plan for Provision of Nursing Care, the Plan for the Provision of Care to Patient, CSMC Code of Conduct, The Performance Improvement Plan and The Patient Education Plan. They maintain competency skills including the ability to deliver care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds. They can identify safety concerns and institute measures to provide a safe environment and deliver care to patients with consideration of developmental turning points in the adult and geriatric patient population.
In addition, the LVNII will provide excellent quality care including patient education, phlebotomy, high level disinfection, and assisting the MD with patient visits in the Fertility clinic and other settings as appropriate. The LVN II may participate in coordinating specific services as directed. This position may require rotation through weekend days for morning coverage. Perform other duties as required.
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, administering 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.
