Nurse Practitioner- Women's Health (Pool)

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:

Promotes and maintains patients health by providing OB/GYN medical services to the extent to which she/he is licensed and/or certified.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Plan, direct, and evaluate patients in ambulatory health services
• Identify short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommend options and course of action
• Assess patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, obtaining, updating and studying medical histories
• See ambulatory patients in the Clinic for selected laboratory testing, examination, diagnosis, and treatment of both chronic and acute episodic illnesses and minor injuries
• Perform physical examinations to include Pap smears. Determine abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests such as Pap smears and laboratory studies and interpreting test results