Job Description

Job Summary
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Von Voigtlander Women’s Clinic provides consultation, comprehensive treatment and a broad range of services and procedures for patients with normal and high-risk pregnancies and for a broad range of gynecologic services. The clinic team includes physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, medical assistants, social workers, dieticians, as well as a multifunctional administrative/clerical team.

Mission Statement
Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Responsibilities*
Responsibilities
Provide safe, effective, and specialized nursing care in an ambulatory care OBGYN clinic setting.
Provide the delivery of culturally sensitive, age-specific team-based care models in delivering nursing care for Primary Care patients including, adult medicine, pediatric, and OB/GYN patient populations.
Perform phone triage, including assessment, screening, clinical advice, nurse visits (in person/ video visit) in-clinic hands on procedures, and other duties assigned.
Accurate and efficient documentation of nursing care.
Knowledge and appropriate use of internal and external resources.
Provide functional supervision to assistive personnel; collaborate with colleagues, other disciplines, and health care/community services to promote continuity of care.


Clinical duties include:
Use clinical knowledge and reasoning, and critical thinking to assess and evaluate the needs of OBGYN and Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) patients.
Work collaboratively with physicians, advanced practice providers, and ancillary services to provide high quality effective patient care.
Direct outpatient clinical support through In-Basket messages and telephone triage supporting a seamless delivery of care.
Participate in the coordination of care, including medication management, placing orders per protocol, relaying test results, completing OB intakes, post-op calls to patients, providing patient and family education, managing emergency situations that arise in clinic, and other clinical tasks and indicated.
Document care and patient progress through detailed patient records.


Expectations of the position:
Demonstrated critical thinking skills through use of the nursing process, excellent problem-solving skills, and demonstrated ability to set priorities.
Demonstrated customer service, interpersonal communication skills, and the ability to build respectful relationships within and between units and individuals.
Demonstrated accountability and dependability including a good attendance record with punctuality.
Demonstrated adaptability to changing needs and priorities based on unit, department, and institutional goals/objectives.
Demonstrated knowledge and skills providing patient and family education and coaching related to chronic conditions including, but not limited to, diabetes, asthma, and coronary artery disease.
Proficiency with typing and electronic health record documentation.
Ability to manage complex clinical issues utilizing assessment skills, protocols, and evidence-based interventions.
Willingness to adapt to different populations ie: pediatrics, OB/GYN, adult medicine as patient demands.
Demonstrated accountability and dependability for example, completion of work, mandatories, goal setting within established timelines.