Comprehensive Weight Management - Nurse Practitioner (Hybrid)
About The Position
This role focuses on the comprehensive medical management of patients with obesity and metabolic disease. The Nurse Practitioner will provide care in a supportive, non-judgmental environment, utilizing various modalities including direct patient care, classes, telehealth, and social media support. The position involves outpatient patient care in accordance with State licensure and federal rules, performing age-appropriate history and physical examinations, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, and prescribing appropriate treatment modalities. The role also includes phone triage for patient issues and participation in quality improvement initiatives and clinical research.
Requirements
- Masters Degree
- National Board Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
- BLS certification
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with therapeutic carbohydrate restriction and intermittent fasting using real plant and animal based foods, or willingness to learn.
Responsibilities
- Providing medical management of patients with obesity and metabolic disease in a supportive, non-judgemental environment utilizing several modalities including direct patient care, classes, telehealth, and social media support.
- Be familiar with or open to learning about therapeutic carbohydrate restriction and intermittent fasting using real plant and animal based foods.
- Performs direct outpatient patient care both as a provider and in accordance with State licensure and federal rules.
- Performs phone triage for patient problems/questions for patients under care, and for other patients as requested.
- Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for patients.
- Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs.
- Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
- Participates in all quality improvement initiatives as well as clinical and translational research.
- Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the iSCORE values of Jefferson.
Benefits
- Medical (including prescription) insurance
- Supplemental insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- Flexible spending accounts
- Retirement plans
- Tuition assistance
- Voluntary benefits (group rates on insurance and discounts)
- Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University (after one year of full time service or two years of part time service)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
