The Bureau of Public Health Clinics (BPHC) has the mission of improving the sexual heath of all New Yorkers.

To achieve this the Bureau provides direct clinic services to people seeking sexual health care and services for their sex partners.

The BPHC operates 8 sexual health clinics throughout New York City (NYC) and a telemedicine hotline.

The Bureau seeks to hire 2 Administrative Public Health Nurses (Non-Managerial) to serve as Nurse Practitioners for the Abortion Access Initiative.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

* Obtain medical and sexual history.

* Conduct physical examinations.

* Order relevant stat and microbiologic testing.

* Make presumptive diagnoses of STIs.

* Provide treatment for patients with STIs and HIV diagnosis.

* Provide counseling for medication abortion and dispensing abortion medications to patients in the clinic.

* Provide Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention.

* Provide all forms of contraception, including long-acting reversible contraception (LARC).

* Provide vaccination 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 on the sexual health Telemedicine hotline.

* Rotate through the role of Administrative Nurse Practitioner (NP) on the Telemedicine service, including managing medication abortion and ultrasound appointments and supervision of clinicians providing counseling on medication abortion and LARC.

* Rotate through the role of Administrative Nurse Practitioner (NP) in the clinics as a supervisor of clinicians providing medication abortion and LARC.

* Obtain consent and dispensing medication for medication abortions in the clinics for both appointment and walk-in patients.

* Provide simple ultrasound evaluations for pregnancy dating and identifying IUD placements.

* Work closely with mental health specialists to provide comprehensive psychosocial and behavioral care.

* Adhere to Bureau Standards for productivity.

* Perform other duties as assigned by the Assistant Commissioner and the Medical Directors.

* Rotation after-hours coverage for medication abortion emergencies calls.

1. A valid New York state license as a Registered Nurse, a baccalaureate degree in Nursing from an accredited college and a master's degree in Nursing, Public Health or a related field, plus four years of recent experience in public health or hospital nursing or a related field; at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive, consultative or educational capacity, or in supervision of professional public health nursing personnel working in any of the above mentioned areas; or

2. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must possess a valid New York State license as a Registered Nurse, and a baccalaureate degree in Nursing from an accredited college; and must possess the 18 months of specialized experience as described in "1" above.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.