Reproductive Health Nurse Consultant
- Oregon Health Authority
- Portland, OR
- Jul 29, 2021
Job Description
REQ-69418
Close date: 8/09/2021
Salary: $5977 to $9073 monthly
Location: Portland, OR
The salary listed will increase to $6393 to $9703 after six months when eligible for PERS retirement benefits.
NOTE: This position requires an unencumbered Oregon Registered Nursing License or the ability to acquire an Oregon Registered Nursing License within the first three months of employment.
This is a full-time, permanent classified position and is represented by a union.
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division (PHD), Adolescent, Genetic and Reproductive Health (AGRH) Section, Oregon Reproductive Health (RH) Program in Portland, OR is recruiting for a Reproductive Health Nurse Consultant to provide expert consultation and technical assistance for the Oregon Reproductive Health Program. The RH Program is dedicated to ensuring people in Oregon have access to high-quality reproductive and sexual health services, knowledge, and resources through partnerships with clinics, community organizations, and policy makers. The RH Program provides program planning, policy development, guidance, organization, support and implementation for activities and projects related to ensuring that every person in Oregon has reproductive autonomy.
This position is based in Oregon as frequent travel throughout the state is required. Some of this work may be conducted remotely at an alternate worksite with full access to the needed operating systems and technology. However, there are times when the work will need to be conducted at the primary work location listed in this announcement, the Portland State Office Building located at 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland, OR 97232. Work location can be changed at any time at the discretion of the hiring manager.
What will you do?
As the Reproductive Health Nurse Consultant, you will provide clinical leadership related to reproductive health to assure the provision of culturally responsive, high-quality reproductive health care among certified clinics across the state.
Duties include, but are not limited to the following:
- Providing clinical and programmatic support to the Reproductive Health Program team in the developing and maintaining clinical protocols, analyzing clinical data, program planning, and other activities.
- Working collaboratively with the Reproductive Health Program team to assess and provide education, training, and technical support to clinics serving diverse communities.
- Identifying innovative approaches to meeting community needs, particularly as they relate to current challenges in the delivery of healthcare.
- Supporting clinics across the state that primarily serve low-income communities, youth, rural and frontier communities, LGBTQ+ communities, and Black, Indigenous, Tribal communities, and communities of color.
- Embracing and utilizing a culturally responsive, innovative, and client centered approach to assuring all people have reproductive health autonomy.
- Assuring compliance with RH program requirements through a variety of monitoring and review activities, including remote and onsite clinical reviews.
What's in it for you?
The public health division is a team of passionate individuals working to promote health across the lifespan of individuals, families, and communities. We value and support unique perspectives using a trauma-informed approach and aim to reflect these values in our hiring practices, professional development, and workplace. We are committed to racial equity as a driving factor to improve health outcomes for all communities that experience inequities.
We offer full medical, vision, and dental benefits with paid sick leave, vacation, personal leave, and 10 paid holidays per year plus pension and retirement plans. This position allows for a flexible schedule and a good work-life balance. If you are an experienced public health nurse with reproductive health experience, apply today.
What are we looking for?
Minimum Requirements
A bachelor's degree in nursing and five years of recent (within the last ten years) reproductive health nursing experience, which includes two years of nurse supervising, administrative or teaching experience or a master's degree in nursing and four years of recent (within the last ten years) reproductive health nursing experience, which includes two years of nurse supervising, administrative, or teaching experience;
OR
A current unencumbered Oregon Registered Nursing License or the ability to obtain an Oregon Registered Nursing License within the first three months of employment.
Requested Skills
- Bi-lingual and bi-cultural preferred, with the opportunity to receive a pay differential.
- Significant clinical experience and expertise in reproductive and sexual health in a safety net clinic
- Extensive knowledge about the practice and principles of nursing and public health nursing
- Understanding of systemic and structural racism and how it affects communities of color.
- Experience training and educating providers on cultural responsiveness; contraceptive management and counseling; how to take patients’ sexual history; non-biased options counseling including abortion; HIV/STD testing, counseling, and management; reproductive health screenings, guidelines, and issues.
- Experience effectively communicating and collaborating with health officials and decision makers in community organizations.
- Experience developing and writing policies, procedures, and protocols.
- Experience developing clinic workflows and trouble-shooting areas of improvement.
- Experience working with diverse populations, such as immigrant, refugee, tribal and Latino communities within Oregon.
- Experience supervising or managing in a clinical setting.
- Technology skill set to keep all data secure whether working onsite or remotely.
- Experience promoting a culturally competent and diverse work environment.
How to Apply
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Contact Information
Cyndi Phipps-Roman
503-569-0066
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Salary
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is a state agency dedicated to helping people and communities achieve optimum physical, mental and social well-being through partnerships, prevention and access to quality, affordable health care. We are absolutely committed to ongoing innovation in the delivery of services, and to recruiting, developing and retaining dedicated employees.
OHA includes most of the state's health care programs, including Public Health, Health Policy and Analytics, Health Systems Division, and Oregon State Hospital. Incorporating the state's health care programs within one agency gives the state greater purchasing and marketing power to begin tackling the issues of cost, quality, and access to care.