Registered Staff Nurse
Our Story:
First Choice serves women and men in unplanned pregnancies, by providing counseling, medical services and practical support.
Since 1985, First Choice Women’s Resource Centers has served over 36,000 women in unplanned pregnancies and reached over 99,000 high school students with our Real Talk sexual risk avoidance presentation. Clients are served through five strategic locations in New Jersey, receiving accurate information, select medical services, and support to help them make healthy decisions. All services are provided free of charge. We rely on the volunteer efforts, financial support and dedicated prayer of supporters.
Statement of Faith
- We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
- We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
- We believe that for the salvation of the lost and sinful, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential and that this salvation is received through faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and not as a result of good works.
- We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life and to perform good works.
- We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
- We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
- We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female and that Christian marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture.
About the Position:
The Staff Nurse will reach out to women who are experiencing, or at-risk for an unplanned pregnancy with the mercy and compassion of Jesus Christ by offering emotional, spiritual, and practical support in both word and action, primarily through assisting with medical services. The nurse will be responsible for providing direct care, performing assessments, participating in the continuity of patient care, being a servant-leader, and helping improve patient outcomes.
Hours: Full-Time or Part-Time
Salary: $68,000-$72,000 annually (or $34,000-$36,000 annually for part-time)
Benefits: Health insurance, vacation, and sick leave
Reports to: Director of Health Services and Medical Director
Location: Travel between locations (primarily New Brunswick and Morristown)
Training: Ultrasound training will be provided if needed
Job Duties
- Provide ultrasound exams, STI screens and appropriate medical recommendations for each client in an atmosphere of warmth and compassion.
- Provide accurate information and education on adoption, abortion, prenatal care and sexual health.
- Follow all policies and procedures regarding ultrasound, STD screens, counseling, helpline, and office flow-through.
- Offer counsel, material resources and referrals appropriate to a clients’ situation.
- Look for teachable moments with a client in order to share the love of Jesus and His plan of salvation.
- Appropriately follow-up with clients according to the policies and guidelines of the Center.
- In scans, identify all markers of a viable pregnancy (i.e. heartbeat, crown rump length and gestational sac).
- In STI screens, provide intake procedures, sample collection and processing, appropriate counseling based on results, follow up and discharge procedures and state required STD reporting.
- Observe and care for patients throughout examinations to ensure their safety and comfort.
- Obtain and record accurate patient history.
- Clean, check, and maintain sonographic equipment, submitting maintenance requests or performing minor repairs as necessary.
- Perform clerical duties, such as scheduling exams or special procedures, keeping records, or archiving computerized images.
- Perform legal and ethical duties, including preparing safety or accident reports, obtaining written consent from patient to perform invasive procedures, or reporting symptoms of abuse or neglect.
- Record all client contact in client files and eKyros software.
- Keep current on statistics and information relating to ultrasound techniques, pregnancy, abortion, sexual health and adoption through in-services; magazines; journals; and newspaper articles.
- Keep current on the information in the First Choice Women’s Resource Centers referral book.
Minimum Qualifications
- Be a committed Christian who demonstrates a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
- A regular attender/member in good standing of a local, Bible-believing church.
- Exhibit strong commitment to the sanctity of human life and sexual activity within the confines of marriage.
- Full agreement with and willingness to uphold the Statements of Faith & Principle and all policies of First Choice.
- Dependable, stable and capable of following through on commitments.
- Possess a sincere desire to reach out with the love of Jesus to abortion-vulnerable women and at-risk sexually active women.
- Ability to respect confidentiality.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and basic computer operations.
- Completion of First Choice’s volunteer training seminar.
- Hold a current Registered Nurse’s license and be in good standing with the State Medical Board.
- Current CPR/BLS certification.
- Proof of most recent TB test, MMR and HBV vaccine.
- Knowledge of clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Computers and Electronics-Knowledge of computer hardware and software, including applications.
