Nurse Practitioner, Certified Nurse Midwife, or Physician Assistant

Since 1928, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota has supported women and men of all ages in making responsible choices and planning their futures. We are the leading provider of, educator, and advocate for confidential, affordable and quality reproductive health care and information across the region, serving more than 64,000 patients per year.

We are an organization committed to creating and fostering an environment that leads to engaged employees, and we believe engaged employees results in satisfied customers and exceptional experiences. Our employees are guided by our commitments to assume the best from each other, ensure a safe environment by communicating respectfully with others, focus on solutions, and work together to solve problems. We treat each customer/patient as a unique individual, communicating in a way that is relevant to their needs and striving to exceed their expectations consistently. Together we create a culture of trust, respect, and integrity for each other and our customers/patients.

Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, the region’s leading provider, educator and advocate for sexual and reproductive health care, currently has an opening for a Nurse Practitioner, Certified Nurse Midwife, or Physician Assistant in our Willmar Clinic with the opportunity for a full-time position or additional hours if interested in combing hours with our Alexandria location. This position provides clinical services, including reproductive health care, to PPMNS patients ensuring customer-focused care and smooth and efficient patient and clinic flow processes.

Why work at our Willmar Clinic: Our Willmar Clinic staff work together well as a team, and really strive to provide the best possible service for our patients. Our patients also love us according to our recent patient satisfaction surveys! We also have non - patient and former patient supporters stop in from time to time and say thank you for all that we do! We even have patients who have been coming to our Willmar clinic for over 30 years, & continue to receive services from us. One patient stated "Why change a good thing?"

Work Hours: This is a nonexempt position at approximately 24 hours/week with the option of picking up additional per diem hours at other clinics. Opportunity for a full-time position or additional hours if interested in combing hours with our Alexandria location. This position is eligible for a full compensation and benefits package including medical/dental, PTO, mileage reimbursement, retention bonus, travel pay and CEU reimbursement.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Obtains pertinent patient history and performs a physical exam, as indicated by the visit type.
• Performs, orders, and interprets both screening and diagnostic testing; addresses abnormal findings.
  
• Develops plan, which may include treatment, medical or other referrals, and/or prescribing of medications.
  
• Provides patient instruction regarding plan of care, preventive education, and health promotion and maintenance.
  
• Collaborates with the health care team and other community agencies and resources, as indicated.
  
• Assesses interventions and/or referral progress as indicated.
  
• Supervises routine orders with clinic RNs.
  
• Collaborates with Clinic Manager to meet clinic goals, productivity benchmarks, and assigned tasks.
  
• Interprets scientific studies based on knowledge of basic research principals; Provides input and current information for the on-going process of protocol development.
  
• Recognizes ethical, legal and professional issues inherent in providing reproductive health care.
  
• Communicates clinical and professional issues and questions to the APN/PA Director.
  
• Follows protocol and training requirements for expanding scope of practice and/or learning new procedures, i.e. colposcopy, IUD insertion.
  
• Prescribe all FDA approved methods of birth control.
  
• Provide medication abortion follow up or refer patients for medical abortion.
  
• Refer patients for surgical abortion, prenatal care or adoption services.
  
• Counsel HIV+ clients.

Required:

• Current state license as a Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant
• National Certification as a Nurse Pracitioner, Certified Nurse Midwife, or Physician Assistant
• Any additional requirements for practice/prescriptive authority in MN or SD
• Any additional requirements to be credentialed by third party payors, i.e. Master’s Degree
• Current CPR certification (or obtained within six months of employment)
• Preferred: One year clinical experience in reproductive or family health care
• Desired: Experience working with high risk minority populations and bilingual language skills

Planned Parenthood is committed to hiring and fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce that leverages the skills and talents of all employees in our organization, regardless of race, gender, national origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, size, physical ability or socioeconomic status. We encourage diverse candidates to apply for this position. To Apply visit the following website:

https://plannedparenthoodext.hire.com/viewjob.html?optlink-view=view-68043&ERFormID=newjoblist&ERFormCode=any

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