Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Neurology/Stroke Program - Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center
About the role
Responsible for working alongside physicians and facilitating advanced primary and specialty nursing services. Provides general and preventative care for children and adults, performs check-ups, treats illnesses, orders lab tests, and prescribes medication.
Responsibilities
- Provides new patient consultation and reviews health history.
- Performs physical examinations and screening on patients.
- Provides after-care/ongoing care information and resources to patients and their families.
- Ensures patient records are maintained including test results, immunizations, and condition changes.
- Delivers quality, physician-level care while complying with company policies, safety regulations, and productivity metrics.
- Recommends further treatment options or future appointments if required.
- Performs diagnoses of health problems and provides medications.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Nursing or related area.
- Current state Nurse Practitioner license.
Qualifications
Preferred: 5 or more years of experience in Nursing or a relevant area.
About Us
Atlantic Medical Group is a physician-led and physician-governed organization that delivers high-quality health care, at the right place, the right price, and the right time. We are a multispecialty physician group with more than 1,000 doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants at over 300 locations throughout northern and central New Jersey and northeast Pennsylvania. Our mission is to deliver exceptional care recognizing the unique needs of all those we serve. Our vision is to achieve the best outcomes with our patients at the center of the physician-led team, driven by service, innovation, and continuous learning.
Our integrated network offers seamless access to Atlantic Health's entire health care continuum and our nationally and regionally ranked hospitals. In collaboration with Atlantic Health, several of our practices offer urgent care and walk-in services. In addition to primary care physicians, the team includes specialists that care for patients in all aspects of their health from pediatrics to geriatrics. We make health decisions easier for patients with enhanced access to referrals.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
- Life & AD&D Insurance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
- 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
- PTO & Paid Sick Leave
- Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
- Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
- Backup and On-Site Childcare
- Well-Being Rewards
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
- Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
- Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft, and Legal Insurance
About The Team
Overlook Medical Center’s Atlantic Neuroscience Institute serves as the flagship of Atlantic Health System Neuroscience with good reason. Within New York and New Jersey, we are the only stroke program recognized by Healthgrades as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care nine years in a row. Since 2017, Healthgrades has recognized Overlook Medical Center among the top five percent of hospitals in the U.S. for excellence in the Treatment of Stroke, Cranial Neurosurgery, and Neurosciences more times than any other hospital in New Jersey or New York. In addition, The Joint Commission has certified our spine surgery program, and we were the first hospital in New Jersey to receive their Comprehensive Stroke Center designation.
Patients from Chilton Medical Center, Hackettstown Medical Center, Morristown Medical Center, and Newton Medical Center are seamlessly connected to Overlook when advanced neuroscience care is necessary thanks to telestroke technology, helipads and ambulance transport, and an electronic health record system that allows physicians to share health records in real time.