Advanced Practice Nurse

Women’s Health Connecticut is seeking an APRN at Westwood Women’s Health in Waterbury, CT!

Position: Advanced Practical Registered Nurse (APRN)

Location: Westwood Women’s Health

Address: 60 Westwood Avenue, Suite 200 Waterbury, CT 06708

Employment: Flexible hours are available (Part-time/Full-time)

Schedule: Monday- Friday, TBD

Reports to: Lead Physician

Position Summary: In collaboration with the attending physician, this role is responsible for providing skilled health care to patients in a clinical setting dedicated to women’s health and facilitating clinical management of these patients by collaborating with attending providers, clinical nurses, and other members of the health care team.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides direct patient care, including assessment, workups, triage, and other patient care activities.
• Obtains and documents health history, performs and documents physical exam, and orders and interprets diagnostic tests.
• Provides counseling to patients regarding diagnosis and expected course of treatment.
• Collaborates with physicians to provide appropriate direct care interventions within scope of practice.
• Collects, organizes, records, and discusses data as appropriate and uses sound clinical judgment based on best practice standards and evidenced based medicine.
• Prescribes pharmaceuticals according to patient needs and conducts appropriate patient follow-up & outreach.
• Demonstrates commitment to ongoing education and improvement as evidenced by documentation of attendance at conferences, in-services, seminars, and committee meetings.
• Performs other related duties in support of efficient department operations and superior patient care.

Required Skills/Qualifications

• Licenses and Certifications:

– Required current CT Practitioner License with prescriptive authority

-National Certification in Advanced Practice and current CPR certification

-Training or certification in Family Medicine or Women’s Health

• At least 3-5 years of experience in women’s health primary care, emergency, or urgent care required.
• Ability to work autonomously in fast paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to communicate in other languages highly desirable.
• Positive, customer-focused approach, with commitment to providing excellent patient care.
• Excellent clinical management skills and proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and take lead when appropriate

Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply to learn more about all the position has to offer!

The Job responsibilities provided are intended to be a summary of the job duties. In no instance should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements included in a job description constitute as being all-inclusive. The Company and authorized management personnel reserve the right to review, change, add and/or delete duties, responsibilities, and requirements on a job description as necessary.