NURSE PRACTITIONER / PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT WOMENS HEALTH CARE - Sun Life Family Health Center

Promotes and maintains patients’ health by providing OB/GYN medical services to the extent to which she/he is licensed and/or c...

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP)

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

Physician’s Assistant (PA)

Completion of a four-year accredited physician assistant baccalaureate program and a year of clinical training, OR

Completion of a two-year accredited physician assistant program (which, in turn, requires two years of undergraduate study) plus two years of clinical training following completion of PA program

State accreditation based on certifying exam. Continued employment requires 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years and passing a recertification examination every 6 years