NICOLE SPECTOR
Philadelphia
Summary
Healthcare professional bringing valuable experience in primary care and patient management. Known for fostering collaborative team environments and achieving positive patient outcomes. Adaptable to changing healthcare needs, with focus on patient education and chronic disease management.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Project HOME, Stephen Klein Wellness Center | Hub of Hope
08.2023 - Current
- Provide a wide range of low barrier primary care services for adolescents to adults in federally qualified community health center, telehealth and drop in center settings including reproductive health care, chronic disease management, preventive care, gender affirming care, episodic care, procedures including joint and trigger point injections
- Manage a specialized clinic for people living with HIV
- Work on an interdisciplinary team to provide medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) services including suboxone and long acting injectable medications for individuals with substance use disorders
Lead Harm Reduction Nurse Practitioner
Prevention Point Philadelphia
06.2022 - 06.2023
- Provide low barrier primary care, infectious disease prevention and treatment including Hepatitis C, HIV, STIs, and reproductive health care to people living with or at risk for HIV/HCV, people who use drugs, and those experiencing homelessness
- Provide accessible treatment for opioid use disorder including suboxone, sublocade, and naltrexone in person and via telehealth
- Coordinated care for patients with complex medical and socioeconomic needs
- Provide trauma informed and harm reduction based health promotion, chronic disease management and episodic care
- Promoted safer drug use, wound management, HIV prevention including PrEP and PEP
- Developed and managed in house Mpox vaccination program in partnership with PDPH. Collaborated with PDPH to establish weekly vaccine clinics (including COVID-19, flu, Hepatitis A/B, pneumonia and MPox) with the syringe exchange and Womxn’s Night
COVID-19 Vaccine Program Nurse Practitioner | Immunization Program
Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Division of Disease Control
01.2021 - 06.2022
- Clinical lead for the PDPH COVID-19 Immunization Team. Developed protocols and provided expert medical guidance on COVID-19 vaccination for the department, other city agencies, and healthcare providers. Presenter and panelist at 110+ COVID-19 vaccine information sessions, clinical rounds and training sessions.
- Directed clinical operations at mass COVID-19 vaccines clinics which vaccinated up to 500 people per day. Supervised staff to ensure proper infection control and vaccine administration, addressed clinical issues, and responded to emergencies.
- Led the PDPH COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts for people experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia. Collaborated closely with the Office of Homeless Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual DisAbility Services. Engaged with nonprofit organizations, FQHCs and other vaccine providers to coordinate COVID-19 vaccine services throughout the city. Worked directly with 100+ shelters, recovery homes, and nonprofits serving the community to ensure their needs surrounding COVID-19 vaccination were met.
- Developed a specialized mobile team to provide low-barrier vaccination in shelters and other community settings with a trauma informed and harm reduction framework.
- From 3.21 to 5.22, the team led 120+ clinics and administered 3700+ COVID-19 and routine immunizations including Hepatitis A/B, Influenza and Pneumococcal vaccines to Philadelphians with limited access to healthcare. This immunization initiative was one of three in the U.S. to receive the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) “Bull’s-Eye Award for Innovation and Excellence in Immunization.”
- Presenter, NACCHO Preparedness Summit 2022: “Addressing the COVID-19 Vaccination Needs of People Experiencing Homelessness.”
Clinical Instructor | Public Health Community Nursing Course
Northeastern University, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing
01.2021 - 04.2021
- Provided clinical instruction to two groups of undergraduate nursing students during their Public Health rotation Spring 2021.
- Designed lesson plans, developed assignments and facilitated discussions focused on healthcare disparities, harm reduction, substance use, health assessment and health promotion in a community setting.
Community Health Nurse/Case Manager, Statewide
Health Innovations Mobile Van Clinic Program
08.2018 - 09.2020
- Performed comprehensive sexual health and substance use risk assessments on a nurse-led mobile clinic funded by the MA Department of Public Health. Worked closely with the Healthy Streets Outreach Program and ran a shelter-based health clinic with syringe exchange services at the Lowell Transitional Living Center Shelter.
- Services provided included sexual health counseling, testing and linkage to treatment for STIs, HIV and Hepatitis C, wound care, safer substance use education, outreach, health promotion, vaccination for Hepatitis A/B, linkage to MOUD and PrEP navigation for vulnerable, high-risk populations across MA.
- Coordinated complex case management services and provided nursing care for people who use drugs and people living with HIV.
- Mentored Northeastern University nursing students on their Public Health clinical rotation each semester.
- Supervised daily mobile COVID-19 testing clinics for “Stop the Spread,” a statewide initiative which administered 150+ free PCR tests per day in underserved communities with the highest rates of Covid-19 from June to September 2020. Maintained infection control protocols, directed clinic operations, and trained nursing staff in safe usage of PPE and sample collection.
Clinical Nurse II | Rosenberg 6 Acute Surgery–Trauma Unit
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
04.2017 - 08.2018
- Assessed the acute needs of 5 to 6 medically complex patients with traumatic injuries requiring surgical intervention each shift.
- Performed comprehensive nursing assessments and implemented interventions with a holistic approach.
- Utilized strong communication and critical thinking skills to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to carry out the plan of care.
- Precepted and mentored a nurse extern for 130 hours as part of their senior nursing practicum.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care
Northeastern University
Boston, MA05-2020
Accelerated Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Northeastern University
12-2016
Bachelor of Arts - Honors in Psychology, Minor: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies
New York University
New York, NY05-2012
Skills
- Collaborative practice
- Preventive care
- Health promotion
- Chronic health problems
- Diagnostic test interpretation
- Patient education
- Acute care management
Accomplishments
Academic Achievement Award for the highest GPA in the accelerated nursing program cohort.
Led a city wide immunization initiative which one of three in the U.S. to receive the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) “Bull’s-Eye Award for Innovation and Excellence in Immunization.”
Presenter, NACCHO Preparedness Summit 2022: “Addressing the COVID-19 Vaccination Needs of People Experiencing Homelessness.”
Certification
HIV Specialist Credential (AAHIVS)
- HIV Specialist Credential (AAHIVS) Training - 10.2023 – 12.2026
- CPR/AED American Heart Association current – 06.2027
Timeline
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Project HOME, Stephen Klein Wellness Center | Hub of Hope
08.2023 - Current
Lead Harm Reduction Nurse Practitioner
Prevention Point Philadelphia
06.2022 - 06.2023
COVID-19 Vaccine Program Nurse Practitioner | Immunization Program
Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Division of Disease Control
01.2021 - 06.2022
Clinical Instructor | Public Health Community Nursing Course
Northeastern University, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing
01.2021 - 04.2021
Community Health Nurse/Case Manager, Statewide
Health Innovations Mobile Van Clinic Program
08.2018 - 09.2020
Clinical Nurse II | Rosenberg 6 Acute Surgery–Trauma Unit
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
04.2017 - 08.2018
Accelerated Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Northeastern University
Bachelor of Arts - Honors in Psychology, Minor: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies
New York University
Master of Science - Nursing: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care
Northeastern University
Licensure Certification Memberships
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care: AANP Board Certified, current, 2030-06-01
- Pennsylvania CRNP License, current, 2027-10-01
- DEA, current, 2028-02-01
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 2020-05-01, present
- American Academy of HIV Medicine, 2023-06-01, present
- HIV Specialist Credential (AAHIVS), 2023-10-01, 2026-12-01
- Registered Nurse, Pennsylvania, RN733041, current, 2027-10-01
- CPR/AED American Heart Association, current, 2027-06-01
Credentials
AGNP-C, AAHIVS
Personal Information
Title: AGNP-C, AAHIVS
Community Service
- SOL Collective, harm reduction collective, Philadelphia, PA, 2023-01-01, present
- Boston Medical Reserve Corps, Boston, MA, 2020-03-01, 2020-09-01
- Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Pediatric Long-Term Care Unit, Brooklyn, NY, 2014-01-01, 2015-01-01