Perinatal Triage RN

Summary

Join Pomelo Care, a technology-driven healthcare company focused on improving maternal and child health, as a Registered Nurse. This role involves providing virtual care to patients, conducting assessments, addressing care gaps, and responding to urgent concerns. The position requires a multi-state nursing license, fluency in Spanish, and 4+ years of experience in maternal-child health, with at least 3 years in labor and delivery. The schedule includes three 12-hour overnight shifts per week, with rotating weekend and holiday commitments. Pomelo Care offers competitive healthcare benefits, generous equity compensation, and a generous vacation policy. The company values diversity and inclusion and is committed to improving outcomes for all mothers and babies.

Requirements

• Be a Registered Nurse with a current unrestricted multi-state (compact) license (residence in a nursing compact state required)
• Be fluent in Spanish
• Have 4+ years experience in a hospital and/or healthcare practice, serving maternal-child health populations (minimum 3 years in labor and delivery)
• Be a flexible and agile thinker who embraces change
• Be internet-connected and able to work remotely via video, phone and text
• Be willing to travel occasionally (infrequent)
• Be willing to work nights, weekends and holidays
• Understand the prevalence of birth inequity and role that structural racism plays in maternal morbidity and mortality
• Be professionally engaged
• Be able to commit to the working hours: Three 12-hour overnight shifts per week (9:00 PM to 9:00 AM). Over a six-week period, you would work six weekend shifts total, which averages to about one weekend shift per week, though the exact schedule may vary. Additionally, there is a rotating holiday commitment, alternating between summer and winter holidays

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing clinical and psychosocial assessment of new patients, providing reassurance and building rapport
• Identify and address barriers to care that have been identified by patients and/or the care team
• Reduce care gaps (missed appointments, medication management, etc.) by frequent and personalized engagements with patient
• Assess the need for and educate patients on the equipment they will use to monitor their health remotely
• Respond timely to abnormal diagnostic results (labs, radiology, etc.)
• Assess urgent concerns and proactively triage patients to support appropriate utilization of emergency services
• Document all care/interactions timely and escalate to appropriate multidisciplinary teams, as needed
• Support the development of programs and product by providing user feedback

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience working with perinatal patients who have had complicated pregnancy-related conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, perinatal loss, etc
• Have experience providing virtual care

Benefits

• Competitive healthcare benefits
• Generous equity compensation
• Generous vacation policy