Nurse Practitioner II

About the Role

Provide prenatal, postnatal, and general medical care and treatment of patients within the Maternal Fetal Medicine division of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Function as an independent provider primarily coordinating pre-pregnancy, prenatal, and post-partum care for women with high-risk pregnancies. This position involves a combination of inpatient and outpatient duties and requires travel between all Maternal Fetal Medicine locations and Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

Responsibilities

• Obtain and record complete health, psychosocial, obstetric, and gynecologic history in a systematic, accurate, and succinct form.
• Perform complete physical examinations with specific emphasis on the reproductive system.
• Order, perform, and interpret routine laboratory tests.
• Develop and implement plans for health promotion, health maintenance, disease prevention, and health education and counseling.
• Provide periodic health assessments for normal, non-pregnant, and asymptomatic women.
• Provide clinical management of women with gynecologic problems.
• Provide assessment, education, and management for family planning and fertility control.
• Provide prenatal care for women with pregnancies, focusing on both maternal and fetal health.
• Provide postpartum care, including attention to parent and infant relationships.
• Provide health education and counseling on physical and psychosocial dimensions of adolescence, sexuality, childbearing, parenting, climacteric, aging, and family life.
• Co-manage care for patients with selected health complications in collaboration with physicians.
• Arrange referrals to other healthcare team members and community resources as needed.

Requirements

• For Nurse Practitioners: MSN with a nurse practitioner focus. Must be a licensed RN by the Virginia Board of Nursing and a certified nurse practitioner.
• For Physician Assistants: MPA and credentialed as a licensed Physician Assistant within the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with obstetric patients.
• CDCES Certification is desirable but not required.

Location: Norfolk, VA