Nurse Practitioner - Ridgeway Internal Medicine
About The Position
As a Nurse Practitioner, your superior interpersonal and empathetic skills, as well as your comprehension of diagnostic procedures greatly assists you in providing medical services to ambulatory patients. This is a Full Time position located at Unity Internal Medicine at Ridgeway in the Primary Care Department, with a schedule of Days; Monday - Friday. The ideal candidate will possess strong customer service and communication skills, be compassionate, warm and patient-focused, able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action, have critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision, and demonstrate exceptional documentation skills and professional behavior.
Requirements
- MS: Nursing (Required)
- NP - Nurse Practitioner Certification - New York State Education Department (NYSED)
- RN - Registered Nurse - New York State Education Department (NYSED)
- M - Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.
Responsibilities
- Take complex medical histories on patients referred for consultation by academic and community physicians; perform physical examinations; order laboratory tests, x-rays, special imaging studies and other diagnostic procedures
- Reach tentative diagnosis of medical, surgical and other conditions; develop treatment plans in conjunction with attending physician to provide optimal patient medical management; order consultations and interact with members of other specialty medical teams; assist in the collection of data for research projects
- Interacts on a frequent, regular and daily basis with patients, family members, medical/social/public services support, regulatory agencies and/or payor agencies. Interaction and communication requires expressed empathy, understanding, problem-solving, education, information gathering, process influencing and counseling.
- Prescribe medication, write orders, perform procedures and respond to emergency and/or immediate condition changes of acute patients.
- Obtain complete, detailed and accurate patient histories, review patient records, perform physical exams, record all pertinent data to develop comprehensive medical status, diagnosis and clinical treatment plan for all assigned patients.
Benefits
- Paid malpractice with tail coverage
- Relocation services
- Loan forgiveness and pension plan
- 4 weeks of vacation
- 1 week of CME
- Comprehensive health benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
