How to Apply
This is an Advanced Practice Professional (APP) job opening.
Both qualified NP and PA applicants will be considered.
NPs are directed to apply to job # 284512 and PAs are directed to apply to job # 284513
A total of one (1), 1.0 FTE Advanced Practice Professional (either NP or PA) will be hired to fill this job opening.
Mission Statement
Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.
Job Summary
The University of Michigan Center for Reproductive Medicine?Ann Arbor (CRM-AA) provides comprehensive, patient-centered care in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI). Our specialists offer advanced reproductive treatments, including fertility evaluation, ovulation induction, intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), embryo transfer, and fertility preservation.
Our multidisciplinary team includes physicians, advanced practice professionals (APPs), nurses, medical assistants, embryologists, andrologists, sonographers, social workers, administrative staff, and other interprofessional partners. Together, the team provides coordinated clinical, procedural, educational, and psychosocial support throughout fertility treatment and early pregnancy.
Responsibilities*
Clinical Responsibilities:
- Conduct new-patient, follow-up, treatment-planning, treatment-cycle, postprocedural, and early-pregnancy visits.
- Obtain relevant histories, perform focused physical examinations, and develop evidence-based assessments and plans of care.
- Manage patients undergoing ovulation induction, controlled ovarian stimulation, IUI, IVF, fertility preservation, and related treatments in collaboration with the REI physician team.
- Order and interpret laboratory, ultrasound, imaging, and other diagnostic studies; coordinate treatment adjustments and timely clinical follow-up.
- Assess and triage concerns arising during fertility treatment and early pregnancy, initiating appropriate treatment, consultation, referral, or escalation.
- Evaluate first-trimester concerns and pregnancies of unknown location, recognizing potential ectopic pregnancy, pregnancy loss, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, and other urgent complications.
- Educate patients about diagnoses, medications, monitoring, procedures, risks, expected outcomes, and time-sensitive treatment instructions.
- Participate in recurrent-pregnancy-loss and third-party reproductive care as assigned.
- Perform approved procedures such as pelvic ultrasound, IUI, saline-infusion sonography, hysterosalpingography, office hysteroscopy, and IUD placement and removal.
- Conduct pre- and postprocedural evaluations, recognize potential complications, and initiate appropriate management or escalation.
- Provide compassionate counseling during treatment complications, treatment interruption, and pregnancy loss and facilitate referrals to supportive services as appropriate.
- Document care accurately and participate in relevant patient-safety, quality-improvement, clinical-education, and workflow-standardization activities.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications*
Required Qualifications (NP):
- Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
- Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner in the State of Michigan.
- Current specialty certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner, Women?s Health Nurse Practitioner, or Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner.
- Current national Nurse Practitioner certification recognized by the State of Michigan.
- Current DEA registration
- Current American Heart Association-approved BLS certification.
- A minimum of five years (in the last ten years) APP experience in REI, fertility care, women?s health, OB/GYN, adult acute or critical care, or a surgical specialty.
Required Qualifications (PA):
- Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant in the State of Michigan
- Graduate of a Physician Assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or one of its predecessor agencies, CAHEA or CAAHEP.
- Current certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
- Current State of Michigan Controlled Substance License.
- Current DEA registration and American Heart Association-approved BLS certification.
- A minimum of five years (in the last ten years) APP experience in REI, fertility care, women?s health, OB/GYN, adult acute or critical care, or a surgical specialty.
NOTE: In order to be considered for this position the applicant must have met or will have met all the required qualifications prior to the start date of employment.
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the credentialing and privileging process.
RESUME REQUIRED (for both internal & external applicants):
You must attach a complete and accurate resume to be fully considered for this position.
Desired Qualifications*
- Two years of APP experience (in the last five years) in REI and/or fertility care
- Recent (in the last five years) experience managing fertility treatment
- Recent (in the last five years) early-pregnancy concerns, recurrent pregnancy loss, or other clinically complex and emotionally sensitive treatment experiences.
- Candidates without prior REI experience must have experience assessing and managing medically complex patients, responding to changing clinical conditions, interpreting diagnostic information, performing invasive, bedside, or image-guided procedures, and providing pre- and post-procedural care.
- Demonstrate ability to assess patients, synthesize complex clinical information, establish priorities, and formulate and manage plans of care within scope of practice.
- Experience with ovulation induction, IUI, IVF, embryo transfer, fertility preservation, or third-party reproduction.
- Experience with pelvic, diagnostic, procedural, or point-of-care ultrasound.
- Experience performing technically precise procedures and providing pre- and post-procedural care.
- Procedural experience, including patient assessment, procedural preparation, monitoring, and recognition of complications.
- Experience conducting independent patient visits, including obtaining histories, performing focused examinations, interpreting diagnostic information, developing treatment plans, and coordinating follow-up care.
- Experience counseling patients regarding complex treatments, procedural risks, complications, treatment uncertainty, pregnancy loss, or other sensitive outcomes.
- Demonstrated understanding of the physical, emotional, and logistical demands that fertility evaluation and treatment may place on patients and families.
- Demonstrated ability to provide empathetic, trauma-informed, and patient-centered communication during complex, uncertain, or emotionally sensitive treatment experiences.
- Experience coordinating complex multidisciplinary care.
- C-RHI credential.
- Demonstrated ability to assess changing clinical conditions and recognize findings requiring urgent intervention, consultation, or escalation.
- Demonstrated technical aptitude, attention to detail, and ability to follow complex medication, monitoring, and procedural protocols.
- Demonstrated ability to manage patient care within scope of practice while collaborating effectively within an interprofessional team.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex or emotionally sensitive information with empathy and professionalism.
Why Join Michigan Medicine?
Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30,000 employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world?s most distinguished academic health systems. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.
Michigan Medicine offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits!
Full Time Salary range: $135,855 - $208,763/ year
What benefits can you look forward to?
- Flexible Health, Dental, and Vision Plans
- Retirement Savings Plans with 2:1 Matching
- Group Term Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability Plan
- Generous Time Off Allowances
- $2500 Annual Professional Development Funds (0.5 FTE Appointment or above)
- Paid Release Time for Professional Education Activities
- Medical Malpractice Insurance
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
- Tuition Support Program
- Wellness Plans
- Work/Life Resources
Modes of Work
Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.
Work Schedule
Hours: 40 hours per week at the Center for Reproductive Medicine, possibly other Michigan Medicine outpatient locations in the future
Shift/Hours: Days - daytime hours, variable schedule, and possible weekend, early morning, and holiday requirement based on patient need.
Location:
Center for Reproductive Medicine
Briarwood 1
475 Marketplace, Ste. B
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Union Affiliation
This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the United Physician Assistants of Michigan Medicine, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.
Background Screening
Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.
Contact Information
If you have questions regarding this posting or would like assistance with Physician Assistant opportunities please contact Nurse and Physician Assistant Recruitment at (734) 936-5183 or e-mail [email protected]. For a current listing of all open PA job opportunities at Michigan Medicine, please visit www.UMHSpa.org.
Application Deadline
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.
U-M EEO Statement
The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.