Medical Weight Loss Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
About The Position
Join a comprehensive Medical and Surgical Weight Loss program supporting patients throughout their weight-loss journeys and helping them achieve lasting health goals. The provider works with a multidisciplinary team that includes dietitians, behavioral health resources, lifestyle medicine, rehabilitation, and sports physiology, with access to mentorship, research opportunities, and an innovation-friendly culture. This is a full-time, 100% outpatient position serving Glastonbury and Manchester, Connecticut, on weekdays only. Under established guidelines and in collaboration with and/or supervision by practice physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants perform routine physical examinations and formulate medical, educational, and psychosocial plans. In consultation with physicians and care-team members, they plan further evaluation of health needs, including referrals to other care-team members or specialists. They provide treatment for problems within their scope of practice as designated by protocols, and identify and refer problems outside that scope appropriately.
Requirements
- Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant training.
- Unrestricted Connecticut medical license, or eligibility to obtain one.
- New graduates are welcome to apply.
Responsibilities
- Perform routine physical examinations.
- Formulate medical, educational, and psychosocial plans to treat patients.
- Develop plans for further evaluation of health needs in consultation with physicians and care-team members, including referrals to other team members or specialists.
- Provide appropriate treatment for problems within the provider’s scope of practice as designated by protocols.
- Identify problems outside the provider’s scope of practice and refer them appropriately to a physician.
- Support patients through their weight-loss journeys and help them achieve lasting health goals in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.
Benefits
- Market-leading compensation and benefits and generous paid time off.
- Paid CME time off and a CME budget.
- Reimbursement for professional licenses and dues.
- Enhanced Tuition Assistance and Higher Education Partnerships.
- Voluntary benefits, including student loan programs, home, auto, and renters insurance, identity theft protection, legal services, low-interest loans, and pet insurance.
- Employee discount programs.
- Colleague assistance resources for personal and work-life issues.
- Family care benefits through Care.com, including emergency backup care for children, adults, and pets.
- Mentorship and orientation programs for newly hired providers and providers new to practice.
- Research opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
