Job Description

*** AMENDED DUTY ADDED 11/4/2022

The Bureau of Public Health Clinics (BPHC) has the mission of improving the sexual heath of all New Yorkers. To achieve this the Bureau provides direct clinic services to people seeking sexual health care and services for their sex partners.

The BPHC operates 8 sexual health clinics throughout New York City (NYC) and a telemedicine hotline.

The Bureau seeks to hire 2 Administrative Public Health Nurses Non-Managerial to serve as Nurse Practitioners for the Abortion Access Initiative.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

*Obtaining medical and sexual history
*Conducting physical examinations
*Ordering relevant stat and microbiologic testing
*Making presumptive diagnoses of STIs
*Providing treatment for patients with STIs and HIV.
*Providing counseling for medication abortion and dispensing abortion medications to patients in the clinic
*Providing Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention
*Providing all forms of contraception, including long-acting reversible contraception (LARC)
*Providing vaccination for Hepatitis A and B, Meningitis, and HPV
*Arranging referrals to clinics for other services as needed
*Providing health education to patients
*Rotating on the telemedicine service
*Providing counseling and follow up for medication abortion on the sexual health Telemedicine hotline
*Rotating through the role of Admin NP on the Telemedicine service, including managing medication abortion and ultrasound appointments and supervision of clinicians providing counseling on medication abortion and LARC
*Rotating through the role of Admin NP in the clinics as a supervisor of clinicians providing medication abortion and LARC
*Obtaining consent and dispensing medication for medication abortions in the clinics for both appointment and walk-in patients
* Providing simple ultrasound evaluations for pregnancy dating and identifying IUD placements
* Working closely with mental health specialists to provide comprehensive psychosocial and behavioral care
* Adhering to Bureau Standards for productivity.
* Performing other duties as assigned by the Assistant Commissioner and the Medical Directors.
* Rotational after-hours coverage for medication abortion emergencies calls.

Qualifications

1. A valid New York state license as a Registered Nurse, a baccalaureate degree in Nursing from an accredited college and a master’s degree in Nursing, Public Health or a related field, plus four years of recent experience in public health or hospital nursing or a related field; at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive, consultative or educational capacity, or in supervision of professional public health nursing personnel working in any of the above mentioned areas; or

2. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must possess a valid New York State license as a Registered Nurse, and a baccalaureate degree in Nursing from an accredited college; and must possess the 18 months of specialized experience as described in "1" above.