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?
• A predictable work schedule with generous benefits and paid time off?

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. Our services are low-cost, medically accurate, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate. The Annex Teen Clinic has been providing services in Northwest Hennepin County and North Minneapolis since 1971. The Annex is committed to diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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. 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. The Annex is a great match for providers who seek a clinic environment with a strong focus on patient-centered care.

Wages & Benefits

$50 - $55 per hour; generous paid time off policies; competitive health, dental, life, short- and long-term disability, vision insurance, health savings and flexible spending accounts; agency sponsored retirement plan with immediate vesting, professional development stipend.

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 might include the following:

Patient Care

• 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.
• Documenting accurately and clearly.
• Participating in a team approach to patient care by working cooperatively with others to achieve productivity standards while providing exceptional customer service.

Performance and Collaboration

• 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, minimally a master's degree.
• You hold current BLS (Basic Life Support) Certification 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 ability to 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 experience in youth development, health education, public health, or 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.
• 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.

COVID-19 Protocols: Annex Teen Clinic strongly encourages employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and does not require any employee to be vaccinated. When Annex Teen Clinic work locations are not in areas identified as high community transmission for flu and/or COVID-19, employees are not required to wear a mask while working. We will monitor updates on community transmission rates for both flu and COVID-19 and update our guidelines as necessary.

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 recruiting 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 . See E-Verify's Right to Work poster at https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf.

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