About the job
About Branch Care:
Branch Care is a seed stage startup on a mission to make fertility care accessible to all. Our vision is to build a world where technology and science increases access to family creation. Initially, our technology will enable this by making it easier for patients to begin their fertility journey with their OB/GYN, regardless of their location – increasing access to care.The opportunity to work with Branch Care is an opportunity to work on solving the biggest emerging global medical challenge of our lifetime: infertility.
We’re the most recent incubation of AlleyCorp, an incubator and early-stage investor based in NYC. Some of AlleyCorp’s prior investments and incubations include: Business Insider, Gilt Groupe, MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB), Zola, Nomad Health (raised $250M to date), Pearl Health ($100M to date), Transcend Therapeutics ($100M to date) and more. Moreover, our board consists of seasoned reproductive care leaders who have invested in companies like Maven Clinic (raised $200M+), Carrot Fertility (raised $100M+), and more.
The problem we’re setting out to solve:
Despite growing demand, there is a very limited supply of reproductive endocrinologists (“fertility specialists”) in the US, compounded with an expectation of 20% of the workforce slated to retire in the next two years. These specialists are typically concentrated in coastal cities, limiting access to fertility care for many who seek access.
From a training and licensure perspective, OB/GYNs are a natural extension to enable fertility specialists to see more patients with the right tech and partnerships in place. They are the first point of contact for patients seeking fertility services and are looking for new ancillary revenue streams, but lack the means to easily coordinate fertility care with specialists. Meanwhile, fertility specialists could increase their patient volumes – and patient impact – if they concentrate their efforts on the highest complexity fertility procedures.
Branch Care is building a tech-enabled network of fertility and OB/GYN practices to address this workforce shortage, improve patient outcomes through data, and make fertility care accessible to all.
The role:
As an IVF Nurse Coordinator at Branch Care, you will be responsible for remotely supporting patients in their IVF stimulation cycle care at their OB/GYN clinic in partnership with a Reproductive Endocrinologist. As one of the inaugural fertility nurses on the Branch team, you will also have the opportunity to shape the processes, procedures, and hiring for this team – and influence the broader Branch team, laying the groundwork for scale.
Key responsibilities:
- Your primary responsibilities are to support patients considering or moving forward with an IVF or egg freezing cycle. Example responsibilities to support that patient journey include:
- Give patients information about the stimulation cycle process and setting them up for getting started
- Create a treatment calendar with a patient’s cycle day 1
- Prep patient for cycle via video, including reviewing the calendar and appropriate medication storage and usage with patients
- Place the order for medications for the patient’s treatment cycle and doing med teach
- Sign off that all prerequisites are in place before a patient begins their treatment
- Move patients through their treatment journey, including scheduling initial and subsequent ultrasounds and bloodwork
- Escalate issues to partner OB/GYNs and REIs to come to resolution and communicating with care ops team to help develop new workflows
- Support patient transition to an REI for oocyte retrieval
- Additionally, you will participate in weekly meetings to help inform our product, data science efforts, clinical & onboarding processes and answer questions from other team members and patients as needed
- This position should expect to work West Coast hours, supporting in-cycle patients through roughly 6pm PT. While this position is remote and has flexibility, we are focused on driving a stellar patient experience, ensuring patients receive that day’s medication guidance in a timely manner
- This is a full time position that occasionally will require weekend patient monitoring and/or managing a team that covers weekends
What we’re looking for:
- 3+ years of demonstrated experience working in a fertility clinic as an IVF Nurse Coordinator
- People management or lead experience within a fertility clinic (desired, not required)
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate treatment for patients undergoing Egg Freezing and IVF
- Ability to provide courteous and compassionate care
- Bias-to-action and hands-on experience delivering results – you’re not afraid to roll up your sleeves and drive to results
- Positive “can do” demeanor, self-motivated, and self-directed
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Mastery of Google suite; experience with an EHR a plus
Education, Licenses, Certifications
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Licensed Registered Nurse (active)
Compensation Range and Benefits:
By joining Branch Care, you will get in on the ground floor of a fast-moving, well-funded, and mission-driven startup where you will have a profound impact on the overall business.
We strive to create an environment where employees from all backgrounds are respected. We value working across disciplines, moving fast, data-driven decision making, learning, and always putting the patient first. We also offer:
- Competitive healthcare benefits
- Competitive equity compensation
- Unlimited PTO
At Branch Care, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe that diverse teams make stronger teams, and we are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive.
Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our company’s size and industry, and are one part of the total compensation package that also includes equity, benefits, and other opportunities at Branch Care. In accordance with New York City and other applicable laws, Branch Care is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. Individual pay decisions are ultimately based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, geography, and balancing internal equity. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range is $100,000-$130,000. We expect most candidates to fall in the middle of the range. We also believe that your personal needs and preferences should be taken into consideration, so we allow some choice between equity and cash.