Nurse Practitioner
- Hackettstown, United States
Posted 25 days ago
About the role
Role
We are seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant to join a busy and growing family practice in Sussex County, New Jersey. We are looking for a practitioner who enjoys fostering long-term relationships with patients and their families and can embrace a team approach to patient care. Our practice is owned and operated by a physician who is double board certified in internal medicine and pediatrics and we provide comprehensive patient-centered care to our patients. At our practice, we not only take a whole-person, but a whole-family approach to healthcare, offering our patients individualized care and treating them with respect and dignity.
Practice Highlights
- Registered Dietician
- On-Site Diabetes Education Program-Accredited Diabetes Education Site AADE
Essential responsibilities
- Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physicals and screening evaluations for well and sick patients.
- Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs.
- Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
- Implements interventions to support the patient to achieve health and wellness across the lifespan; including lifestyle, nutrition and exercise counseling for healthy patients and those with specific diseases and diagnoses
- Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
- Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. specialist referrals, hospital admitting, transferring, and general coordination of care.
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members
- Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools
- Potential to either lead or co-lead our upcoming Diabetes Education program and/or Nutrition program
Minimum qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program
- Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APN) Licensure in NJ
- Current provider card in Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Strong computer skills, including Electronic Medical Record charting (EPIC), plus familiarity with Word, Excel
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Job Types: Part-time, Full-time
Pay: $100,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Medical Specialty:
- Geriatrics
- Internal Medicine
- Neurology
- Primary Care
Education:
- Master's (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Certified Nurse Practitioner (Preferred)
- RN (Preferred)
Work Location: In person