New Grad OB/GYN Seeking Advice

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Hello, everyone I am a recent FNP grad, preparing to take boards very soon. I have been working the last 2.5 years as an RN on an inpatient High Risk OB/GYN unit. Yesterday, I was approached by an MD who I know relatively well about a potential job opportunity. I work at a teaching facility and when I started this particular job, this MD was just beginning her 4th year of residency. She later became hired by our hospital’s private practice OB/GYN group, so I have continued to work with her in her role as an attending. I was at work yesterday when she asked me how NP school was going. I told her I had finished and was preparing to sit for boards and she proceeded to ask me where I live and what sort of work I was interested in. I told her I lived near the hospital and that I’d like to continue working in OB/GYN and she said she thinks she may have a job for me and asked for my phone number. I’m super excited, although also not trying to get my hopes up, as this was just a brief conversation, nothing official yet. I want to be as prepared as possible in the event this is a real job lead. For those of you that function as NPs in women’s health, do you have any advice to share regarding the interviewing process? This practice has never had a NP before, so I am worried they may have questions regarding what to pay me, what my contract should entail, or what sort of orientation I should have. I have known some MDs to expect NPs to function with no orientation at all, and this worries me. While there are plenty of things I would feel comfortable managing without assistance, there are other skills within my scope of practice that I would need a bit of on the job training for, like IUD insertion or endometrial biopsies. I have known other practices to provide this, but as I would be this practice’s first NP, I’m not sure whether or not they realize that I will need some sort of orientation. I’m curious if any of you have been in a similar position, and what sort of orientation or training were your supervising physicians willing to provide? And Any input would be greatly appreciated!

[djmatte, ADN, MSN, RN, NP]

Most of the skills in that area are things you will need to learn. Just be up front with them about that and the need for further training. I've known many FNPs who work mostly in women's health and do a range of procedures from colposcopies to IUD insertions.