Registered Nurse, Transcare, Days

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system at UChicago Medicine as a Nurse Navigator with our TransCare team in OBGYN. In this role you will partner with the rest of the clinical team to provide patients the highest quality of care.

The Transgender Clinic for Affirmation and Reproductive Equity (CARE) Nurse Navigator is the cornerstone of clinical adhesiveness and flow between disciplines. They play a primary role in patient satisfaction by providing continuity of care that is timely and accessible. The TransCare Nurse Navigator will have a critical role in the safe management of these complex patients by shepherding them through hormone surveillance, pre- an post-operative follow-up, and monitoring of routine health screening.

Essential Job Functions:

• Assure that clinical plan from office visit is: scheduled, completed, interpreted by MD, disclosed to the patient and documented in EMR
• In clinic bedside assistance for visits and procedures (e.g. pap tests, injection teaching, wound examination/drainage, etc.)
• First contact patients to answer clinical and logistic questions. This includes active management of routine medication refills, response to normal laboratory results, and collection of pre-surgical letters of support, and response to EPIC in-box and clinical phone questions/concerns. Escalate to provider when necessary or coordinate a clinic visit when needed
• Clinic templates pre-screen for correct provider, correct timing/appropriateness for appointment, items needed for appointment
• May be responsible for direct patient care
• Consult with clinic MAs to optimize EPIC documentation and clinic workflow
• Develop a personal relationship with patients in long-term follow-up in Trans Care, particularly those on gender-affirming hormone therapy and/or receiving gender-affirming surgery
• Develop (with clinic admin) and implement a clinical tracking system to assure that patients followed in Trans Care remain on schedule for screening tests, surveillance, and office visit
• Answer clinical questions escalated to RN by other clinical support staff (MAs, RNs)

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of two years clinical nursing experience with demonstrated clinical competence in patient care, teaching and management of patients.
• Experience or willingness to learn Core Concepts of sensitivity toward Gender Diverse (transgender, non-binary, gender non-confiming) patients
• Familiarity with screening and survellance guidelines for gender-affirming care
• General understanding of the spectrum of gender-affirming care including primary care, hormone, and surgical options
• Registered Nurse with a current Illinois license. Bachelor's of Science in Nursing referred.
• Must have general computer skills and be adaptable to changing working situations and work assignments.
• Excellent interpersonal skills required, with specific ability to communicate effectively with patients, family members, and physicians.

• Certified Nurse in Specialty area preferred or in process.

Position Details:

• Unit/Department: OBGYN Trans Care
• Shift: Days – 8-Hour Shift
• Job Type/FTE: Full Time (1.0 FTE)
• CBA Code: Non-Union

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