Nurse Practitioner, Women's Health Practice, Wilmington, DE

Job Details

Christiana Care is looking for a full-time Nurse Practitioner who has a passion for Women’s Health. The Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) will evaluate, manage, and provide care to women seeking obstetrical and gynecologic care, including family planning and prenatal services.

• Provides direct management and ambulatory health care to adolescent, adult and geriatric women seeking OB/GYN services.
• Responsible for ambulatory health care to women seeking OB/GYN services – including health screening, health education, family planning, screening for sexually transmitted diseases, obstetrical care, and prenatal care of pregnant women.
• Assesses the female patient by performing a comprehensive health history and physical examination.
• Performs, obtains, and/or orders appropriate laboratory tests to assist in screening and diagnostic evaluation and follow-up.
• Prescribes all forms of contraceptives, including LARC.
• Monitors progress of prenatal patients and assesses risk status.
• Performs evaluation of normal and high‑risk obstetrical patients.
• Performs limited OB and GYN ultrasounds.
• Formulates an assessment and diagnosis.
• Performs endometrial biopsy.
• Looks after patients both in‑person and virtually.
• Recommended skills include colposcopy and vulvar biopsy.

• Eight‑story, 400,000 square foot tower at Christiana Hospital in Newark.
• State‑of‑the‑art NICU with private rooms and sleep‑in space for families; one of the only hospitals in the United States to provide “couplet care.”
• New and expanded labor and delivery suites.
• Christiana Care was ranked number 24 in the country for gynecology by US News and World Report due to a large volume of obstetrical and gynecologic patients and a robust scope of subspecialists. It is a tertiary care center for the region and receives the most acute and complicated patients.
• Over 6,000 deliveries a year; consistently among the top centers in volume of gynecologic care and surgery.
• Nationally recognized and accredited Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency program with 28 residents.
• Academic affiliation with Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.
• Established research division and recognized NICHD Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network site.
• Strong commitment to improving care.

• Competitive base salary plus annual quality incentive bonus.
• Generous CME paid time and allowance.
• Six weeks of paid time off.
• 12 weeks paid protected parental leave.
• Opportunities for career growth.
• 403(b) and defined contribution plan retirement options with employer match.

• Completion of a master’s degree program and board certification as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner.
• License or license‑eligible status in the State of Delaware.
• Minimum of two years clinical experience preferred.
• Experience in in‑office GYN procedures, including IUD and Nexplanon insertion and removal, I&D of abscess, endometrial biopsy, vulvar biopsy, and wound care preferred.
• Prescriptive authority, DEA registration, BLS required.

Christiana Care is one of the country's most dynamic health systems, centered on improving health outcomes, making high‑quality care more accessible, and lowering health care costs. It includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, medical aid units, three hospitals (1,300 beds), a Level I trauma center, Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center, and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care, and women’s health.

Working for Christiana Care offers the best of urban and suburban living with multiple housing options, excellent restaurants and entertainment venues, quality public and private schools, and a short driving distance to popular Delaware and New Jersey beaches. The location provides easy access to Washington, DC;
Philadelphia; and New York City—all within a short drive or train ride from Newark, DE.

Annual Compensation Range
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Christiana Care Health System is an equal‑opportunity employer, firmly committed to preventing discrimination and considering qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Christiana Care offers a competitive suite of employee benefits to maximize the wellness of you and your family, including health insurance, paid time off, retirement, and an employee assistance program. To learn more about our benefits for eligible positions, visit Christiana Care Benefits & Compensation.