Nurse Practitioner / Nurse Midwife

Are you looking for:

• A fun, flexible work environment where you can help shape the future of sexual healthcare in Minnesota and make a positive impact on young people's lives?
• An organization committed to patient-centered care including longer scheduled patient appointment times?

Who We Are

The Annex Teen Clinic provides sexual health care and education for young adults through age 25 in a friendly, non-judgmental, and comfortable atmosphere. The Annex Teen Clinic has been providing services in Northwest Hennepin County and North Minneapolis since 1971.

Why You'll Love Working Here

The Annex Teen Clinic is the industry leader in sexual health and education for young people through the age of 25. We pride ourselves on creating a comfortable, relaxed, and social work environment for mission-driven employees. Our services are low-cost, medically accurate, non-judgmental, and inclusive. We provide the full range of birth control methods, STI testing and treatment, pregnancy testing and all-options counseling and referrals, as well as sexuality education.

Wages

$48 - $53 per hour

Benefits

Earned sick and safe time; ATC sponsors a retirement plan with a 3% employer contribution after one year of service.

A Typical Day in the Life...

A typical day as the Annex's Nurse Practitioner / Nurse Midwife provides an opportunity to provide health care services to patients, and includes the following:

• Examining patients, taking medical history, recording results, and making preliminary diagnosis; or deciding on follow-up procedures.
• Administering and ordering diagnostic tests such as wet mounts, urine dips, and blood work, and interpreting test results.
• Performing therapeutic procedures such as intrauterine device insertion and removal, injections, pap smears, and managing infection.
• Exercising professional judgment regarding consultation with supervising physicians concerning appropriate treatment.
• Developing and implementing patient care plans, instructing, and counseling patients, and recording progress.
• Prescribing medications to the extent allowable by state guidelines and clinic regulations.
• Providing general health education regarding matters such as proper diet, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance.
• Assisting the physician with emergency treatments and more complex procedures.
• Participating in a team approach to patient care by working cooperatively with others to achieve productivity standards while providing exceptional customer service.
• Collaborating with Director of Clinical Services and Operations and Clinic Lead to meet clinic goals, productivity benchmarks, and assigned tasks.
• Participating in required medical meetings, conference calls and trainings.

Who You Are

• You hold an advanced degree in Nursing, minimally a master's degree.
• You hold current certification for BLS (Basic Life Support) for healthcare providers.
• You are currently certified in valid First Aid.
• You have an active, unencumbered state license as a Registered Nurse and APN in Minnesota and can obtain additional state license(s) upon hire.
• You have current national board-certification as an Advanced Practice Nurse, Certified Nurse Midwife, or a Physician Assistant.
• You have at least one year's experience in youth development, health education, public health, or a related area.
• You have two or more years of related professional experience providing sexual health services, health education, counseling, and referral services with the LGBTQ+ community and other populations at risk for STI infection.
• You can exercise independent judgment and initiative in performing assigned duties.
• You are skilled in communicating effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• You can establish and maintain working relationships with staff, volunteers, community agencies, and diverse populations in race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status.
• Preferably, you have a valid driver's license, access to reliable transportation, and the ability to meet Annex Teen Clinic's driving record requirements. Please note that if the license was not issued in the state of Minnesota, you have 60 days after becoming a Minnesota resident in which to apply for your Minnesota driver's license or permit.

Diversity and open expression are fundamental to the work of Annex Teen Clinic. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment where everyone can belong. Every member of our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our sector: individuals who identify as BIPOC, Indigenous or people of culture, LGBTQI+ and gender fluid or gender nonconforming, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, people of any age or family status. We encourage you to apply even if you feel like you don't fit 100% of the technical requirements. Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, disability, marital status, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, genetic information or a protected veteran's status.

Our organization has a partnership with Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) to provide administrative services including management of the hiring process. If you apply for this position, you may see references to MACC in some online materials.

Annex Teen Clinic participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. See E-Verify's official poster at https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf. See E-Verify's Right to Work poster at https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf.