Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Obstetrics and Gynecology - Full Time

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) delivers medical care to a wide variety of patients. The APRN is also examines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other health care professionals. Ensures proper illness and injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. May prescribe medications and order diagnostic tests. Advises patients about continuing care.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Master's degree in a relevant field

Certification and Licensing:

• Valid State of Florida APRN License
• Current and valid ACLS and BLS Certification from the American Heart Association.

Experience:

• One year of experience as an APRN, preferably in OB/GYN or MFM.

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.
• Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work under pressure while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.

Department Specific Functions

• Provide medical care to patients in outpatient setting by collecting comprehensive histories, making physical, neurological and gynecological/obstetric assessments on women in consultation with physicians, according to divisional protocols.
• Perform screening and diagnostic medical procedures as training and experience allow and with physician supervision (for example: pap smear or vaginal culture collection, colposcopy, LEEP (loop electrosurgical procedure), cryotherapy, biopsies of the endometrium, cervix, vagina, and vulva, endocervical curettage, insertion and removal IUD)
• Consult and refer complicated medical problems to appropriate division physicians or other sub-specialties as needed
• Recruit and manage patients for participation in OBGYN Research Trials
• Make independent decisions in monitoring and altering of drug therapies, and in the initiation of appropriate therapies according to established protocols.
• Function within the legal scope of the practice of the APRN and prescribe medication in conjunction with the legal scope of the APRN.
• Follow-up on abnormal laboratory tests.
• Perform patient education and participate in patient/family interventions
• Assist with clinic nursing staff development
• Promotes, supports, and facilitates individuals engaging in research activities to advance research in practice: evidence-based practice, the conduct of research, research utilization, and dissemination of research results.
• Organizes and implements various clinical research projects with care and accuracy. Monitors the care and protection of patients in research studies.
• Conducts research needs assessments and uses results to construct a strategic plan to develop clinical research for nursing.
• Screens and recruits subjects for clinical studies. Reviews and assesses data for clinical studies.
• Collaborates and develops innovative programs to educate, mentor, and enhance the knowledge of nursing staff.
• Fosters the development of an environment conducive to the conduct of inquiry; research and practice.
• Facilitates the development of interdepartmental and interdisciplinary research activities, including generating research interest groups.
• Participates in performance improvement activities, quality improvement and patient safety activities.
• Assists in maintaining compliance accreditation and other internal and external regulatory standards including the code of conduct.
• Ordering labs, diagnostic imaging and medications as needed
• Communicating with patients their treatments options and plan
• Following up with patients regarding test results
• Helping nursing staff formulating and communicating treatment plans to patients
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Full time

Employee Type: Staff