Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine

About the role

The Outpatient Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine team at Cooley Dickinson Hospital is seeking a full-time, 40-hour Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join their team. This position includes two 8-hour shifts (Mondays and Tuesdays) in Sleep Medicine, two 8-hour shifts (Thursdays and Fridays) in the Lung Nodule Clinic, and one 8-hour administrative day on Wednesdays. This role does not include call responsibilities, nights, weekends, or holidays.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct care, counseling, and teaching to a designated patient population in the ambulatory, inpatient, operative, and/or procedural setting.
• Performs complete histories and physical examinations.
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings.
• Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, operative notes and discharge summaries.
• Performs bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• Physician Assistant required
• Experience: 3+ years of experience practicing as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant preferred, preferably in Pulmonary and/or sleep medicine.