Comprehensive Weight Management - Nurse Practitioner (Hybrid)

About the Role

Providing medical management of patients with obesity and metabolic disease in a supportive, non-judgmental 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree
• National Board Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• BLS certification

About the Organization

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley, and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic, clinical, and applied research.

Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.

Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including:

• Medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life, and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts
• Retirement plans
• Tuition assistance, as well as access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full-time service or two years of part-time service
• Voluntary benefits, providing access to group rates on insurance and discounts

All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

Schedule

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