Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

Company: HumanEdge
Location: New York
Posted on: March 14, 2025

Job Description:

About the job:Our client is a Federally Qualified Health Center that provides primary and specialty healthcare. This position offers a great opportunity for someone with a strong clinical background, especially in a primary care setting.

• Organization: Federally Qualified Health Center
• Schedule: Monday through Friday (no nights or weekends)
• Salary: 150,000/year plus benefits.
• Benefits Package: Our client offers an excellent and comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, retirement plan, discounted commuter benefits, and loan forgiveness eligibility.Responsibilities:
  • Provides medical care to pediatrics, adolescent, and adult patients
  • Takes relevant patient history
  • Identifies patient needs and makes diagnoses
  • Develops and implements treatment plans using diagnostic data
  • Performs complete well-care examinations including physical examinations
  • Performs complete gynecological histories and physical examinations as indicated
  • Writes prescriptions and informs patients about medications prescribed
  • Completes medical forms and documentation related to patient care
  • Makes and tracks all referrals to other agencies and providers, with follow-up care provided
  • Assists with immunizations and/or phlebotomy, as needed, to ensure smooth patient flow
  • Works collaboratively with physician and specialists for consultation and referral purposes
  • Meets with designated supervising physician on a regular and predetermined basis, in order to receive recommendations and collaborate towards delivering quality health care to patients, based on accepted standards of-care
  • Participates in Peer Review process, as defined by the facility.
  • Encourages health promotion, disease prevention, and health maintenance. Provides health education on topics including but not limited to preventive medicine and counseling on chronic diseases, as well as parenting, prenatal, nutrition, family- planning, medication usage, and stress management
  • Provides patient advocacy, as appropriate for the site
  • Participates in patient outreach, as appropriate for the siteAdministrative Duties:
    • Observes, implements, and promotes the federal regulations as defined by HIPAA and Policies and Procedures as defined by the facility
    • When at a satellite site, acts as on-site supervisor of medical assistants
    • Teaches medical assistants about: patient care and triage, to improve patient flow, and communicates with Clinic Flow Manager regarding status of flow at clinic site
    • Participates in case conferences in which patient care is discussed
    • Assists the Chief Medical Officer in the development and implementation of medical protocols and medical forms
    • May initiate and participate in research related to health care or allied fields, in collaboration with the Chief Medical Officer
    • Makes suggestions to clinic supervisors to improve patient careRequirements:
      • Bachelor's degree in nursing or physician assistant program from an accredited institution.
      • Master's degree in nursing or physician assistant program accredited institution.
      • Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Program in the state of New York.
      • Unrestricted Nursing and Nurse Practitioner license (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) license in New York State.
      • Board Certification
      • Active DEA Registration.
      • Proficient in word processing and other relevant computer applications.
      • Experience in providing care for pediatric, adolescent, and adult populations.
      • Minimum of two years clinical experience preferable

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