Nurse Practitioner, WTC Environmental Health **Grant Funded** (Multiple Vacancies)
Company: NYC Health + Hospitals
Location: New York
Posted on: March 14, 2025
Job Description:
Marketing StatementEmpower Every New Yorker - Without Exception
- to Live the Healthiest Life PossibleNYC Health + Hospitals is the
largest public health care system in the United States. We provide
essential outpatient, inpatient and home-based services to more
than one million New Yorkers every year across the city's five
boroughs. Our large health system consists of ambulatory centers,
acute care centers, post-acute care/long-term care, rehabilitation
programs, Home Care, and Correctional Health Services. Our diverse
workforce is uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers, without
exception, to live the healthiest life possible.At NYC Health +
Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health
services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered
approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion,
Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic
communication and partnerships between all persons.Job
DescriptionNurse Practitioners will provide medical monitoring and
treatment of illnesses that resulted from exposure to the World
Trade Center (WTC) on and after 9/11 at the New York City Fire
Department's (FDNY) World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP)
locations.
- Medical monitoring screening evaluations and track screening
outcomes, ensuring that members are provided screening information
and given appropriate authorizations for screening
evaluations.
- Obtain medical information and documentation about possible
World WTC related cancer conditions and generate appropriate
certification of those conditions to submit to federal WTC Program
under CDC NIOSH
- Enable timely certification of medically associated
conditions
- Coordinate WTC health cancer care management for active and
retired FDNY WTC exposed members
- Ensure care coordination to support continuity of quality
care
- Maintain patient/member's WTC records
- Provide program benefits counseling and coordination of
benefits
- Nurse practitioners assigned to the Cancer Care case management
unit will manage cancer treatment plans and provide treatment for
World Trade Center (WTC) cancer related certified medical
conditions to active and retired FDNY members enrolled in the WTC
Health program. The practitioner will prescribe cancer care
medications for members with WTC certified medical conditions
utilizing an approved pharmaceutical rosterMinimum Qualifications
- A valid New York State license and current registration to
practice as a Registered Professional Nurse issued by the New York
State Department of Education (NYSED); and
- Current certificate as a Nurse Practitioner issued by the
NYSED; and
- Holds, or obtains through facility orientation, a valid and
current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the
American Heart Association (AHA).Department PreferencesHow To
ApplyIf you wish to apply for this position, please apply online by
clicking the "Apply for Job" button.If applying online, please
include your cover letter in the same file attachment with your
uploaded resume.NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive
benefits package that includes:
- Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+
hrs. per week
- Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
- Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
- Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees'
Collectively bargained contracts
- College tuition discounts and professional development
opportunities
- Multiple employee discounts programs
Keywords: NYC Health + Hospitals, New York , Nurse Practitioner, WTC Environmental Health **Grant Funded** (Multiple Vacancies), Healthcare , New York, New York
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