Lead Clinical Nurse

Responsibilities

• Supervision of a team of nurses and clinical assistants
• Coordination of the daily clinical flow to ensure smooth running daily office functions; including creating and monitoring nursing staff schedules and responsibilities
• Providing leadership and management to nursing team and cultivating a culture of teamwork and camaraderie
• Ensuring safe, kind and compassionate care for our patients
• Dealing with patient queries arising throughout the day in the department and liaising with medical teams and ensuring appropriate escalation
• Providing a high level of clinical support in outpatient surgical procedures e.g. Hysteroscopy, egg retrieval
• Demonstrating good communication skills with colleagues, patients and their careers
• Being open to change in the department and learning new skills as needed
• Demonstrating teamwork by being flexible and building good working relationships with colleagues
• Providing education and support to nursing team
• Responsible for the safe administration and custody of medications
• Aid in the implementation of new KindWAYS as it relates to nursing workflows; challenging those who are not meeting the standards of the trust or following the KindWAYs
• Act as a liaison between CX and clinical support
• Help to ensure timely follow up for all coordinated patients to navigate them in their journey
• Coordinates patient treatment plans, such as Egg Freezing, IUI, In Vitro Fertilization and Frozen Embryo Transfers, third party reproduction cases
• Provides patient/couple counseling, procedure/injection teaching, communicates physician orders and instructions
• Ensure all patient information is documented appropriately in our EMR according to our procedures
• Routine phlebotomy as needed, administering injections as needed, placement of IVs as needed
• Works independently to assure the program goals are achieved
• Works closely with Physicians and Collaborates with the clinic team
• Assists physician with lab reviews and patient communications
• Other nursing duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience as a nurse in a fertility practice or Ob/GYN
• A passion for women’s health, fertility
• A current Registered Nurse license in the state of IL
• Active BLS and ACLS Certification
• Experienced in EMR and G-Suite
• Ultrasound experience preferred
• Strong phlebotomy skills
• Strong communication skills & a team player
• Willingness to be flexible and can adapt to challenging situations
• Detail oriented
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Exemplifies strong customer service skills and professionalism
• Care Coordination
• Be comfortable taking on calls when needed
• Experienced working with high patient volume.