Job Description
Job Description
About You
Education:
- Certified and registered as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP), Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), or Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) to practice as a WHNP, FNP, or CNM in New York
- Currently registered and licensed as a registered professional nurse (RN) in New York State.
- Graduated from a nurse practitioner education program acceptable to NYSED or certified as a nurse practitioner by a national certifying organization acceptable to NYSED.
- Completed pharmacology coursework acceptable to NYSED
- Applied for nurse practitioner certification with NYSED
Experience:
- Previous experience as a WHNP, FNP, or CNM, 3-5 years
- Preferred experience in women’s health programs as a licensed clinician
- Experience with underserved populations facing socioeconomic barriers to healthcare
- Fluency in a language in addition to English is a plus
- Immunization and phlebotomy skills
About the Job
The Women’s and Maternal Health Nurse Practitioner will have the following responsibilities:
- Conducting well-woman exams
- Reviewing preventive health needs
- Educating and prescribing available contraception
- Inserting long-acting reversible contraception such as Intrauterine devices and Implanted devices
- Educating and counseling on unexpected pregnancies
- Ordering and interpreting blood and imaging tests
- Addressing infertility concerns
- Sexually transmitted infection diagnosis, treatment, and education
- Managing women through the perinatal period, such as confirming/dating pregnancy; educating on pregnancy health; performing ultrasounds; and monitoring fetal activity
- Menopause education and counseling
- Intimacy and sexual health counseling
- Screening for domestic violence, substance use disorder, depression, anxiety, and high-risk behaviors
- Diagnosing female-related disease processes
- Performing primary care procedures like pap smears and endometrial biopsies
- May work alongside OBGYNs as to provide prenatal care
- Perform comprehensive evaluations including history and physical exams for risk adjustment and other regulatory assessments
- Order pertinent diagnostic laboratory and radiology testing for the medical diagnoses or presenting symptoms; able to work within an environment of limited resources and therefore use diagnostic tests judiciously and appropriately Create and implement a medical plan of care
- Provides care coordination and preventative care services for geographical as well as virtual targets who are stratified by risk
- Provide post-discharge coordination to reduce hospital readmission rates and emergency room utilization
- Perform face-to-face in-person visits in clinic and in-home settings
- Additionally, perform face-to-face synchronous video communications using Tele-Health platforms based on business needs and leadership direction
- Prescribe medications as appropriate
- Perform timely documentation in an electronic medical record computer system or other method of documentation
- Engage in practices constituting the practice of medicine in collaboration with and under the medical direction and supervision of a licensed physician to the degree required by state laws.
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