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About the Role
The Nurse Practitioner (NP)/Physician Assistant (PA) provides competent medical care, performs hospital consults and rounds, takes patient histories, performs physical examinations, and interprets patient data to determine needs and problems. The role involves treatment planning, prescribing medications, and collaborating with physicians and the health team to ensure optimal patient care.
Responsibilities
- Performs physical exams on all patients, neonate through the geriatric population.
- Obtains and documents patient's medical history and identifies health risk factors.
- Diagnoses and treats common acute and chronic illnesses or injuries.
- Orders and interprets diagnostic tests, including laboratory work, x-rays, and EKG.
- Prescribes medications per state laws and non-pharmacological therapies based on patient diagnoses, health history, and age.
- Encourages positive health behaviors for health maintenance and disease prevention through education and counseling.
- Applies standardized care guidelines in clinical practice.
- Assesses and documents patient and/or family psychosocial issues.
- Works with the patient and family to formulate a patient treatment and education plan.
- Provides counseling and referrals to other healthcare professionals and community resources when appropriate.
- Collaborates with physicians and other members of the health team to plan optimal care for the patient.
- Responds appropriately in emergent situations.
- Provides follow-up care, determines treatment plan effectiveness, and reassesses and changes the plan as needed.
- Documents all findings, interventions, and results.
- Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
- Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
- Provides age-appropriate, culturally sensitive care to the assigned patient population.
- Stays current with medical advancements, new technology, and new drugs through continuing education, society meetings, and professional journals.
- Follows the five medication rights and reduces the potential for medication errors.
- Treats patients and families with respect and dignity.
- Attends all departmental, organizational, and medical staff committee meetings as appropriate.
- Performs other duties as required.
Requirements
- Ability to meet and maintain credentialing requirements and hospital privileges.
- Knowledge and competency in a wide range of clinical areas.
- Familiar with EHR/EMR software.
Skills
- Medical care
- Hospital consults and rounds
- Patient history taking
- Physical examinations
- Procedure performance
- Treatment planning
- Data interpretation
- Medication prescription
- Diagnostic test ordering and interpretation
- Patient and family education
- Psychosocial assessment
- Healthcare team collaboration
- Emergency response
- Follow-up care
- Documentation
- Patient confidentiality
- Patient safety
- Age-appropriate care
- Culturally sensitive care
- Continuing education
- Medication error reduction
- Respectful patient and family interaction
Location
- EAST UTICA
Work Type
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- Minimum 1 year of experience in a clinical setting.
Education Level
- Master’s degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner's Program OR certification from an accredited NP program OR completion of an accredited Physician Assistant Program required.
- Current NYS Nurse Practitioner licenses OR Current NYS license as a Physician Assistant with prescription privileges.
- Current BCLS, ACLS certifications.
- Active ANCC certification in relevant specialty (Preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- 125,000
Equal Opportunity
- Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.