Job Details
Nurse Practitioner - Women's Health
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| Type: | Tribal |
| Salary Range: | Salary Negotiable |
| Open Period: | 2/28/2025 to 3/29/2025 |
| Summary: |
Nurse Practitioner – Opportunity
• Monday – Friday 10 hours shift
• Rarely, the provider may be the sole specialist on duty.
• Assignments may include consultation services, teaching and participation on hospital governance.
• Focus is on patient care
• Multicultural practice
• Limited rotational on-call status
The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment. The Native American tribes located and served here are the Navajo, Hopi, and Southern Paiute. This mixture along with Anglo, Hispanic, and African American employees of the hospital and school systems make a pleasantly diverse community. This position serves as a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner performs comprehensive diagnostic, preventative, and therapeutic health care services for female patients in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department by providing full range assessment of needs, planning for care, teaching and performance of routine and emergency procedures for patients and families. The incumbent works under the clinical supervision of the assigned Physician who makes assignments; works independently to evaluate and initiate appropriate treatment. Review cases with the OB/Gyn providers on a daily basis as needed and consider appropriate modifications in treatment plans. Overall work performance is reviewed jointly by the Physicians and/or Chief for effectiveness in meeting requirements for health services. May do pre-operative history and physical exams as well as post-operative assessments. |
| More info about area: |
https://tchealth.org/
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| Duties: | 1. Secures a health and developmental history from the patient, records findings and contributes in making critical evaluations. Performs a basic physical assessment using techniques of observation, inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation and diagnostic instruments. 2. Performs or requests special screening and developmental tests and laboratory tests and reviews and interprets obvious results. Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional mental problems. 3. Reviews and evaluates the nursing and medical aspects of care plans periodically, recognizing when there is a need for reassessment by the physician or other health professionals. 4. Orders appropriate screening, or diagnostic tests, including mammograms and/or ultrasound. Be familiar with causes for and treatment options for female pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, infertility and urinary incontinence. 5. Identifies and recommends components of the medical and nursing regimen that may be delegated to allied nursing personnel. 6. Participates in planning, instituting, evaluating, and revising program plans, assists in determining conditions, resources, and policies essential to delivery of health care services. 7. May perform minor procedures in the Gynecology service such as urinary catheterization. May perform or assist with urodynamic studies or procedures in the uro-gynecology procedure room. 8. Works on a regularly assigned rotation for the continuum of medical services in OB/Gyn. 9. Responsible for electronic health records data entry pertinent to patient service role. 10. Ensure proper PPE is always worn while on duty including but not limited to, face mask, gloves, gown, isolation gown, NIOSH-approved N95 filtering facepiece respirator or higher, if available), and eye or face shield. 11. Complete all donning and doffing tasks in a safe acceptable method and discard of used PPE accordingly. (see CDC website for most current updates) 12. Complete task training for all routine cleaning and decontamination processes for all surfaces contaminated by a communicable disease to ensure a high level of patient, visitor, employee, and external customer satisfaction. 13. Completes all patient care documentation in the electronic health record entries accurately and in real-time. |
| Qualifications: | Education: • Master's Degree or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from an accredited program Experience: • Possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status; interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs; and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures License/Certification: • Must possess a valid, current, full and unrestricted license to practice as a nurse practitioner in any state within the United States, District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico • Must possess a certificate from the National Certification Corporation (NCC) as a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner or Family Health Nurse Practitioner Credentialing: Must be credentialed to serve on the Medical Staff (provide all related information as requested and needed for credentialing process) |
| Work Type: | Permanent, Full |
| Announcement #: | 2023 - 2560 |
| Who May Apply? | All Groups of Qualified Individuals |
| Get Details & Apply: | https://careers-tchealth.icims.com/jobs/2560/nurse-practitioner---women%27s-health-%28dh3666%29/job? |
Contact
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| Name: | Yellowhorse, Tasheena |
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