Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant​/Certified Nurse Midwife - Duke Maternal Fetal Medicine

Overview

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.

• 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.

Duke Perinatal Consultants of Durham, Duke Perinatal Consultants of Cary, Duke Perinatal Consultants of Raleigh

We are seeking an Advanced Practice Provider for the Duke Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
, primarily at Duke Perinatal Consultants of Durham as well as Duke Perinatal Consultants of Cary and Raleigh.

The APP will work in collaboration with the attending physicians and advanced practice providers, providing direct patient care, performing consultations, collecting and documenting data, assisting in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and ordering and scheduling laboratory studies.

Primary hours will be Monday through Friday. Clinical and administrative sessions are generally 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, with hours flexible to meet patient needs. There is a possibility of weekend hours in the future with extended and alternative hours expected upon request/scheduling needs. There is a possibility of assignment to other General OB-GYN sites as needed to provide the best patient access.

• Collect patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and record data in the patient’s record; write progress notes; prepare patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings; obtain psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and develop therapeutic relationships with patients.
• Order, schedule and review laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explain necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.

Obstetrical care including but not limited to:

• Provide obstetric care to prenatal patients from the initial obstetric visit through pregnancy and postpartum visit.
• Perform new obstetric exams with identification of problems complicating pregnancy or pre-existing to pregnancy.
• Perform FHR assessment, NST interpretation, pelvic exams for antepartum and labor assessment.
• Initiate plan of care/diagnostic testing/interpretation of labs/treatment plan based on the individual patient medical/surgical history; prescribe necessary treatment and services for quality patient care; report progress to collaborating physician and maintain record of each patient’s progress.
• Provide patient education relating to pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care.
• Collaborate with other NP/PAs to ensure clinic and telephone triage coverage.

Gynecological care including but not limited to:

• Methods of family planning and counseling for reproductive life planning
• IUD/Nexplanon placement/removal
• Screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections

• Nurse Practitioners:
  Work requires completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, with a Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• Physician…