APRN, Women's Health (66249)

Department: Women’s Health

Position:  APRN - Women’s Health

Employee Category:  Exempt

Reporting Relationship:  Director of Women’s Health

Character Qualities:

• Discretion- Recognizing and avoiding words, actions, and attitudes that could bring undesirable consequences.
• Responsibility- Knowing and doing what is expected of me.
• Alertness — Being aware of what is taking place around me so I can have the right responses.
• Dependability — Fulfilling what I consented to do, even if it means unexpected sacrifice.
• Sensitivity — Using my senses to perceive the true attitudes and emotions of others.

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:

Advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) cares and addresses health care issues that are specific to women of all ages and are specially trained to provide care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. Provides health care to the patients of Variety Care, following the standards of the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) and at the direction of the Director and/or Supervising Physician.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

1. Provides quality, comprehensive, accessible and cost effective patient care through clinical expertise, role modeling, mentoring, consultation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
2. Performs clinical decision-making that is professional and based on evidence-based practice.
3. Practices excellence and technical assistance is promoted through helping relationships among clinical staff and across other disciplines - nurses, support staff and administrative staff.
4. Follows protocols which provide medical authority when such are indicated in providing care.
5. Performs physical examinations, screenings and assessments of patients.
6. Selects orders and/or perform tests and procedures to augment physical findings.
7. Utilizes appropriate laboratory tests using prescribed methods and techniques; determines normal and abnormal test results; and develops a health care plan based upon analyzed data.
8. Defines/documents differential diagnoses and list differential diagnoses with most likely diagnoses included.    
9. Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as deemed necessary and appropriate for plan of care, in collaboration with supervising physician.
10. Interprets data and diagnostic results for appropriate course of action including but not limited to