Details
Nurse Practitioner
Setting: Women's Health / Reproductive Healthcare Clinic
Location: Alexandria, VA
Typical Pay Range: $60 - 80/hr weekly pay
Facility Operations: Monday - Saturday, 8-5
Shift: Monday - Friday 8a - 5p
Overview
Clinical Services- Gynecological Care
Provide health screening such as pap smears, pelvic exams, breast checks, STI screening.
Counsel patients regarding birth control options and provide birth control including diaphragms and IUDs. Follow up as appropriate.
Dispensing Mifepristone or Misoprostol under MD orders as per the Whole Woman'sHealth medical abortion protocol.
Counsel, educate, and provide resources on women's health issues.
Provide treatment for gynecological problems such as infection, abnormal bleeding, or abnormal pap results.
Identify non-gynecological medical problems and provide management or referral.
Review and triage patient labs, in accordance with physician orders and protocols. Liaison with other health care providers concerning client management and referral.
Return calls from established patients encountering problems or questions.
Chart all findings accurately and clearly.
Basic skills: manual blood pressure, temperature, pulse, finger stick, venipuncture, height, weight, injection, IVs, microscopy.
Clinical Services- Abortion Care
Practitioners primarily provide non-surgical gynecology care (and are not directly involved in abortion care), it is very important that every employee in our practice be pro-choice and fully empathetic to the women and families who receive abortion care at our facility.
Providers with conflicts about abortion will not be good candidates
Ultrasound, surgical set up or assistant, aftercare (recovery room) during surgical abortion
Potential for laminaria insertion or provision of Mifepristone under physician delegation and supervision.
Perform follow up visits for patients experiencing post-abortion problems.
Health Promotion
Act as a resource for local area women and other community area providers.
Provide training and education to staff and nurses, as appropriate.
Work with the Quality Assurance team to initiate improvements in protocols, educational materials, internal forms/paperwork, and patient care.
Coordinating travel arrangements
Planning/scheduling conference calls and meetings
Creating and maintaining files and records for historical and informational reference
Maintaining a high level of discretion and confidentiality while maintaining accurate, current and accessible administrative files.
Skills/Qualifications
Possess a VA state license as a Nurse Practitioner.
Prescriptive authority preferred.
Certification in colposcopy, training in IUD insertion, and Nexplanon a plus
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, or relevant experience preferred.
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