Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care - Brooklyn Heights/Peds - Full Time Days

Responsibilities

• Responsible For Patient care as outlined within collaborative practice agreement.
• Develops and implements a collaborative practice agreement in the specific clinical area and performs a periodic review of the collaborative agreement.
• Affords comprehensive health history and physical examination to assess the health status of patients/families.
• Initiates selected therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, consultations and laboratory examinations, prescribes and alters medication regimens, interprets findings and alters plan of care according to collaborative practice agreement and protocols in designated area.
• Provides teaching and counseling in the areas of health promotion, maintenance, disease prevention, and management of acute/chronic illnesses.
• Documents findings and plan of care in the patient's medical record.
• Consults with physician as established in the collaborative practice agreement.
• Initiates referrals to specialty services and fosters continuity of care.
• Participates in team meetings and conferences to enhance an interdisciplinary approach to acute/primary health care delivery.
• Performs a patient record review with the collaborating physician in a timely fashion but not less than every three months.
• Manages a clinical specialty program for a select patient population across the hospital continuum and provide outcome data for program evaluation and performance improvement.

Qualifications

• Master's degree program designed to prepare a registered nurse to provide acute/primary health care services or the successful completion of an approved supplemental education program, i.e., post-Masters NP certificate.
• Previous progressive experience relevant to the area of clinical practice.

Benefits

Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.