APP (NP/PA) - Urgent Care, Middleboro

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Middleboro, IN

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Beth Israel Lahey Health is opening a new Urgent Care clinic in Middleboro, MA, and is seeking experienced Advanced Practitioners (NP/PA) to staff this location. The role involves performing thorough physical examinations, obtaining complete physical history, maintaining patient records, evaluating and interpreting data to ascertain preliminary diagnoses and make therapeutic plan recommendations, administering medication and injections, obtaining specimens for lab analysis, scheduling and preparing patients for diagnostic testing, and providing instructions to patients, families, and care providers. The successful candidate will be dedicated to delivering outstanding care and customer service, possess excellent interpersonal skills, and be able to function autonomously in the care of challenging patients. Beth Israel Lahey Health values diversity and is committed to building an inclusive and equitable working environment, offering comprehensive compensation and benefits to support a healthy and balanced life. All staff are required to be vaccinated against influenza.

Requirements

Graduate of a Master’s in Nursing program or a Physician Assistant program
Certification and current NP or PA license to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
DEA MCSR
Received some formal training in suturing
Comfortable practicing in a fast-paced urgent care setting
Dedicated to the delivery of outstanding care and customer service to patients and their families
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to function autonomously in the care of challenging patients
Vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment

Nice To Haves

Experience as an NP in urgent care or another type of emergency care

Responsibilities

Performs thorough physical examinations while obtaining complete physical history
Maintains patient record and relevant statistics by documenting patient information and care provided
Evaluates/interprets data in an effort to ascertain preliminary diagnoses and to make therapeutic plan recommendations
Administers medication and injections in compliance with state law and employer guidelines
Obtains specimens for lab analysis, schedules and prepares patients for diagnostic testing
Provides instructions to patient, family and care providers relative to required medications, acts as a care advocate in providing recommendations