Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant/Certified Midwife – Harris & Smith OB-GYN

As a part of Duke Health’s outpatient clinic network, you will enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits plans, convenient work hours, and many opportunities for career advancement. Become a part of a team that values and invests in you.

Duke Advanced Practice Highlights:

• The nation’s first Physician Assistant Program was created at Duke in 1965 and is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country.
• The Duke School of Nursing is consistently ranked as one of the top nursing schools and their MSN and DNP programs offers eight advanced practice registered nurse majors and specialty certifications, as well as post master’s certificates and certification alignment programs.
• Commitment to ongoing learning for APPs through annual CME funding and access to high-quality Duke CME offerings including APP Grand Rounds and a professional advancement program. APPs are leaders in multiple arenas within Duke.
• Duke offers APPs opportunities to practice within team-based integrative care in a tremendous variety of specialties.  APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke’s missions which include clinical practice, education, and research.
• Practice locations can include Duke Health’s three hospitals or over 140 primary care and specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina.

Job Locations

Harris & Smith OB-GYN - 5324 McFarland Dr - Durham, NC and Harris & Smith OB-GYN - 4116 Capitol St - Durham, NC 

Job Summary

We are seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) for the Duke Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Harris & Smith OB-GYN withclinic locations in Durham, NC. The APP will work in collaboration with attending physicians and APPs providing direct patient care, performing consultations, collecting and documenting data, assisting in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and ordering and scheduling laboratory studies.

Job Hours

Primary hours will be Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM, however, flexibility in scheduling is expected and may be required, based on clinical needs, patient volumes, access initiatives, or operational requirements. Hours may include extended morning or evenings (i.e., before 8am or after 5pm) and/or weekends.

Experience

Prefer 1+ years of work experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistantin Women's Health.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Obstetric and Postpartum Care 

Will provide obstetric care to prenatal patients from the new obstetric visit throughout pregnancy including the postpartum visit as follows:

• Performance of the new obstetric exam with identification of problems complicating pregnancy or pre-existent to pregnancy.
• Initiation of plan of care/diagnostic testing/interpretation of labs/treatment plan based on individual patient medical/surgical history. 
• Patient education relating to pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care.
• Performance of FHR assessment, NST interpretation, pelvic exams for antepartum and labor assessment and triage patients.

Gynecological Care

Will be responsible for management of gynecological patients for routine care and/or treatment of common gynecological problems including but not limited to:

• All methods of family planning and counseling for reproductive life planning.
• Routine Well Woman Exams and Pap Smears.
• Screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
• Treatment for symptoms of Menopause/perimenopause.
• Postmenopausal bleeding
• Breast changes or masses
• Pelvic/abdominal pain 
• Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
• Routine Postoperative follow up and problem visits.

Job Eligibility Requirements

Education           

• Nurse Practitioners: Work requires completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, with a Master's degree in Nursing.
• Physician Assistants: Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program. A Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred.

Certification

• BLS required.

License 

• Nurse Practitioners: Must have current or compact RN licensure in the state of North Carolina. National certification as a NP required.
• Physician Assistants: Must be licensed in the state of NC and be certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
• DEA license required.

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