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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
Promotes and maintains patients’ health by providing OB/GYN medical services to the extent to which she/he is licensed and/or certified.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Plan, direct, and evaluate patients in ambulatory health services
- Identify short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommend options and course of action
- Assess patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, obtaining, updating and studying medical histories
- See ambulatory patients in the Clinic for selected laboratory testing, examination, diagnosis, and treatment of both chronic and acute episodic illnesses and minor injuries
- Perform physical examinations to include Pap smears. Determine abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests such as Pap smears and laboratory studies and interpreting test results
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Successful completion of an approved nurse practitioner program
- Current approval by the Board of Nursing to perform medical acts
- Must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Arizona
- Licensed as an advanced practice Nurse by the State Board of Nursing
Sun Life Family Health Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer
