Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Duke Gynecology

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.

 

Duke Advanced Practice Highlights:

• 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.

 

Job location

Duke Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Arringdon – Duke Health Center Arringdon – 5601 Arringdon Park Drive – Morrisville, NC 

 

We are seeking an Advanced Practice Provider for the Duke Department of OB-GYN at our Arringdon Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery clinic located in Morrisville, NC. The APP will work in collaboration with physicians and advanced practice providers providing direct patient care services, collecting and documenting data, performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, ordering and scheduling laboratory studies and professional consultations.

 

Primary hours will be Monday through Friday with flexibility in your schedule and assignment to support operational needs, including but not limited to rotation across practice sites, adjustments in start/end times and participation in extended or alternative clinic hours when necessary.

 

Prefer 1+ years of work experience as a Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner and/or RN in Women's Health. If a new PA or NP graduate, OB-GYN clinical rotations

 

Job Responsibilities

Primary - Gynecological Care

The APP will be responsible for management of gynecological patients for routine care and/or treatment of common gynecological problems including but not limited to:

• All methods of family planning and counseling for reproductive life planning including IUD Placement and removal and Nexplanon insertion and removal
• Routine Well Woman Exams and Pap Smears
• Screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections
• Treatment for symptoms of menopause/perimenopause
• Breast changes or masses
• Pelvic/abdominal pain
• Abnormal uterine bleeding
• Routine Postoperative follow-up and problem visits
• Endometrial, cervical and vulvar biopsies
• Treatment of vulvar absences

 

Primary - Duke Today

The APP will play a significant role in the Duke Today program by caring for patients who need same day – next day gynecology appointments.

 

Occasional - Obstetric and Postpartum Care
Based on clinic – patient need, the APP will occasionally provide obstetric care to patients from the new obstetric visit throughout pregnancy and including the post-partum visit as follows:

• Complete the new obstetric exam with identification of any problems complicating pregnancy or pre-existent to pr