Nurse Practitioner, Bureau of Public Health Clinics
About The Position
The Bureau of Public Health Clinics (BPHC) seeks a Nurse Practitioner for its Abortion Access Initiative. The BPHC provides sexual health services to New Yorkers through eight clinics across New York City and a telemedicine hotline. The Nurse Practitioner will work at one of the eight BPHC clinics and report to the City Medical Specialist in charge of the unit. The role provides sexual and reproductive health care, including medication abortion services, HIV prevention, contraception, vaccinations, patient education, and referrals. It also includes telemedicine services, pregnancy-dating and IUD-placement ultrasound evaluations, and collaboration with mental health specialists to provide comprehensive psychosocial and behavioral care. The Nurse Practitioner must adhere to Bureau productivity standards and may perform other duties as assigned by the Assistant Commissioner and Medical Directors.
Requirements
- Hold a valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse.
- Complete a Nurse Practitioner or equivalent program registered or approved by the New York State Education Department, or hold current Nurse Practitioner certification from a national certifying body recognized by the New York State Education Department.
- For placement in Assignment Level II: after meeting the minimum requirements, hold a New York State Education Department certificate to prescribe medication and have one year of satisfactory experience as a nurse practitioner.
- For placement in Assignment Level III: after meeting the minimum requirements, hold a New York State Education Department certificate to prescribe medication and have two years of satisfactory experience as a nurse practitioner.
Responsibilities
- Provide counseling for medication abortion and dispense abortion medications to clinic patients.
- Provide Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention.
- Provide contraception, including long-acting reversible contraception (LARC).
- Provide vaccinations for Hepatitis A and B, meningitis, and HPV.
- Arrange referrals to clinics for other services as needed.
- Provide health education to patients.
- Rotate on the telemedicine service.
- Provide counseling and follow-up for medication abortion through the sexual health telemedicine hotline.
- Obtain consent and dispense medication for medication abortions in clinics for appointment and walk-in patients.
- Perform simple ultrasound evaluations for pregnancy dating and identifying IUD placements.
- Work with mental health specialists to provide comprehensive psychosocial and behavioral care.
- Adhere to Bureau productivity standards.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Assistant Commissioner and Medical Directors.
Benefits
- Potential eligibility for federal or state loan forgiveness and repayment assistance programs.
- Premium-free health insurance plan.
- Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available depending on the position's associated union or benefit fund.
- Public sector defined-benefit pension plan.
- Tax-deferred savings program.
- Worksite Wellness Program.
- Depending on the position, the ability to work from home up to two days during the week.
- Job security compared with private sector employment.
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Job Type
Full-time
