Nurse Practitioner

Overview
Title: Nurse Practitioner
Setting: Women's Health
Schedule/Shift: Monday-Friday, 8a-5p
Pay: 60-80/hr
Location: Alexandria, VA 22314

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.
Dispensing Mifepristone or Misoprostol under MD orders
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.
Basic skills: manual blood pressure, temperature, pulse, finger stick, venipuncture, height, weight, injection, IVs, microscopy.

Clinical Services- Abortion Care
Mid-level practitioners are invited to support the practice of abortion care in as many ways as they see possible. While traditionally our 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.

Optional duties for practitioners wishing to participate directly in abortion care:
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.

Experience And General Requirements:
Possess a VA state license as a Nurse Practitioner.
Prescriptive authority preferred.
Certification in colposcopy, training in IUD insertion, and Nexplanon preferred not required
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, or relevant experience preferred not required
Certification in Basic Life Support
Comfortable performing abortion care
Has to be okay with not having Physician supervision 24/7, they will be on call, just not on-site