The Center for Reproductive Medicine offers an innovative and active program of advanced reproductive and fertility treatment to assist patients who may require such approaches to achieve a healthy baby. State-of-the-art techniques are available for a full array of services, including:
- In vitro fertilization/embryo transfer (IVF/ET)
- Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH)
- Cryopreservation of gametes and embryos
- Ovulation induction
- Gamete micromanipulation/intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
- Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
- Ultrasound-guided embryo transfer
- Comprehensive fertility evaluation
- Embryo biopsy for preimplantation genetic diagnosis or screening
- Reproductive endocrinology not related to fertility care.
Job Specific Responsibilities Include:
- Provide the delivery of culturally sensitive, age-specific team-based care models in delivering nursing care for patients seen at the Center for Reproductive Medicine.
- Coordinating the Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) Program, including patient tracking and data monitoring, patient education and assessment, and quality assurance.
- Directing care and management at the Center for Reproductive Medicine (CRM), including patient/family education, counseling and support, collaboration with and referrals to other health care providers, and provision of education to nursing staff, students, fellows, residents, and the community.
- Managing the care and education of patients undergoing ovarian induction, controlled ovarian hyperstimulation, and male factor infertility treatments.
- Collaborating with and serving as a resource to the clinical team, including social workers, embryologists, and physicians regarding patient care.
- Supporting clinical and translational research.
- Following standard-of-care patient management and investigational clinical trial protocols.
- Assisting physicians with all clinical activities and medical procedures such as intrauterine insemination, sonohysterograms, hysteroscopies, and ultrasounds.
- Attending and participating in conferences and continuing education/staff development programs to maintain knowledge of current literature.
- Assisting physicians during procedures and monitoring IV sedation and recovery.
- Participating in clinic-wide quality assurance programs, root cause analyses, and facilitating implementation of telephone triage and inbasket management.
- Performing phone triage, including assessment, screening, clinical advice, education nurse visits (in-person/video visits), in-clinic hands-on procedures, and other duties assigned.
- Accurate and efficient documentation of nursing care.
- Knowledge and appropriate use of internal and external resources.
- Provide functional supervision to assistive personnel; collaborate with colleagues, other disciplines, and health care/community services to promote continuity of care.
Expectations:
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills through the use of the nursing process, excellent problem-solving skills, and demonstrated ability to set priorities.
- Demonstrated customer service, interpersonal communication skills, and the ability to build respectful relationships within and between units and individuals.
- Demonstrated accountability and dependability, including a good attendance record and punctuality.
- Demonstrated adaptability to changing needs and priorities based on unit, department, and institutional goals/objectives.
- Demonstrated knowledge and skills in providing patient and family education and coaching related to chronic conditions.
- Proficiency with typing and electronic health record documentation.
- Ability to manage complex clinical issues utilizing assessment skills, protocols, and evidence-based interventions.
- Willingness to adapt to different populations, i.e., pediatrics, OB/GYN, and adult medicine, as patient demands.
Minimum Requirements:
- Current license to practice as a registered nurse in the State of Michigan
- Required Educational Requirement: The applicant must meet one of the following:
- Bachelor's degree in nursing OR
- Associate degree or diploma in Nursing and a Master's degree or higher in Nursing
- Three years recent, in the past five (5) years, RN experience providing direct care to patients receiving reproductive endocrinology and fertility care in an office or clinic setting.
- Current ACLS
NOTE: Required qualifications must be met by the candidate in order to be interviewed and considered for the position.
What Benefits can you Look Forward to?
Hourly range for RSAM Registered Nurses: $41.44 - $64.45 / hour
Evening Shift Differential: $3.00 / hour
Night Shift Differential: $4.00 / hour
Day Shift Weekend Differential: $2.90 / hour
Evening Shift Weekend Differential: $5.90 / hour
Night Shift Weekend Differential: $6.90 / hour
Charge Nurse Differential: $1.00 / hour
The benefit package includes:
- Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
- 2:1 Match on retirement savings and immediate vesting
- Generous Paid Time Off Allowances
- Robust Tuition and Certification support programs
- Large offering of no cost CEs and professional development for advancement
Hours/Week: 24 hours per week.
Shift/Hours/Days: Mon-Fri with weekend and holiday requirements with variable start times based on clinic needs. Hours may be variable based on patient and volume needs.
This position consists of a hybrid work schedule of at least 50% of appointment fraction onsite but is subject to change as the needs of the unit change.
Location: Center for Reproductive Medicine at Briarwood Building 1, 475 Market Street, Ann Arbor, and other work locations as needed to support patient populations seen in different places.
Note: All new employees will be expected to float to designated unit(s) in times of low census.
This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Michigan Nurses Association and the U-M Professional Nurse Council union.
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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