Description

In collaboration with the attending physician, this role is responsible for providing skilled health care to patients in a clinical setting dedicated to women's health and facilitating clinical management of these patients by collaborating with attending providers, clinical nurses, and other members of the health care team. 

• Provides direct patient care, including assessment, workups, triage, and other patient care activities.
• Obtains and documents health history, performs and documents physical exam, and orders and interprets diagnostic tests.
• Provides counseling to patients regarding diagnosis and expected course of treatment.
• Collaborates with physicians to provide appropriate direct care interventions within scope of practice.
• Collects, organizes, records, and discusses data as appropriate and uses sound clinical judgment based on best practice standards and evidenced based medicine.
• Prescribes pharmaceuticals according to patient needs and conducts appropriate patient follow-up & outreach.
• Demonstrates commitment to ongoing education and improvement as evidenced by documentation of attendance at conferences, in-services, seminars, and committee meetings.
• Performs other related duties in support of efficient department operations and superior patient care.

Requirements

Licenses and Certifications:

– Required current CT Practitioner License with prescriptive authority

-National Certification in Advanced Practice and current CPR certification

-Training or certification in Family Medicine or Women’s Health

• At least 3-5 years of experience in women’s health primary care, emergency, or urgent care required.
• Ability to work autonomously in fast paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to communicate in other languages highly desirable.
• Positive, customer-focused approach, with commitment to providing excellent patient care.
• Excellent clinical management skills and proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and take lead when appropriate