Registered Nurse- 360 Positive Care/ Women’s Specialty Clinic

The Registered Nurse (RN)and guided by the policies and procedures of Ambulatory Services, the Registered Nurse works in collaboration with the clinical team in delivering high quality care to patients in the 360 Positive Care/ Women’s Specialty Clinic and the Transgender Care Program. Patients treated in the 360/Women’s Specialty Clinic receive primary and consultative care for HIV and PrEP.

Patients treated in the transgender clinic include patients who are receiving primary care or consultative services for surgical interventions (gender affirming surgery), and other gender affirming services. The Registered Nurse is responsible for providing nursing care to patients in the ambulatory setting.

All components of nursing care will be individualized to meet the patient’s physiological and psychosocial developmental level and needs. Works collaboratively with Clinic Manager and Provider Staff and provides nursing supervision that is within the scope of practice to Medical Assistants and LVN Staff.

The Registered Nurse supports the clinical team that consists of physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, medical assistants, outreach coordinators, and program coordinators.

UCSF Transgender Care is a growing multidisciplinary group of providers and services at UCSF Health offering gender affirming medical and surgical interventions for adults. Services currently include primary care and hormone therapy, chest surgery, gynecology and gynecologic surgery, vocal health, and reproductive health. Genital surgery (vaginoplasty and phalloplasty) are planned to launch in the near future.

UCSF Transgender Care’s mission is to provide high quality, evidence-driven, patient-centered gender affirming medical and surgical care to all transgender, gender non-binary, and gender non-conforming people, to conduct cutting edge research on transgender medical and surgical care, guided by community participation, and to teach our key principles of evidence-based, community-informed transgender care and research to the next generation of medical providers.

The program’s vision is to eliminate disparities in access to transgender medical care, and improve the quality and quantity of transgender medical and surgical research.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduated from an accredited nursing program with the ability to perform phlebotomy
• Minimum r ecent 6 – 12 months of RN experience in an ambulatory setting, preferably in a medical specialty setting
• Familiarity with process of prior authorizations to obtain specialty biologic medications.
• Must have worked in a medical team consisting of several providers and an administrative assistant, knowing in-basket management, assisting with medication refills, coordinating services and scheduling of appointments and procedures
• Strong computer skills and use of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to prioritize work efficiently and independently, demonstrating strong self initiative
• Excellent communication to patients and all levels of personnel with excellent writing skills.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to use electronic medical record.
• This position requires flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Medical Center locations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATION

• 3-6 months experience working with LGBTQ patients.

REQUIRED LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS

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• Current California Registered Nurse Licensure
• CPR