Job Description

Job Description

Quick Info:

• Full time - Direct hire
• Monday thru Friday 9am-5pm w/ rotating Saturdays once a month
• $130-145k Salary
• 2 locations within Brooklyn
• Must be a Board Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Job description:

• Conduct age appropriate assessments of patients, including history taking and physical examination in accordance with current standards of professional practice, regulatory requirements and agency policies and procedures.
• Perform assessment/data collection in an ongoing systematic manner, focusing on physiological, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status, patient/family education, family involvement, and patient advocacy
• Consult with other clinicians as dictated by patient need and assessment findings
• Participate with physicians and other clinicians in the department to assure effective patient care consistent with quality indicators for patients cared for in the designated service
• Review medical records for follow up or ordering of diagnostic studies under established protocols
• Provides primary medical care to patients and manages acute and chronic conditions.
• Assesses patients’ conditions and age-specific medical needs; sets goals and prescribes appropriate clinical interventions to meet these goals.
• Prescribes appropriate laboratory and diagnosis procedures related to patients’ health status and facilitates appropriate treatment intervention predicated on results of these procedures.
• Provides comprehensive medical services for members of family, regardless of age or sex, on continuing basis: Examines patients, using medical instruments and equipment.
• Participates in quality assessment and improvement activities and achieves productivity goals. Examination of patients, formulation differential diagnostic plans, defines and orders required diagnostic testing.
• Interpretation of examination findings and test results, and implementation of treatment plans.
• Determines need for consultation and assists in medical care and treatment provided at the direction of other specialists.

Qualifications:

• Certification as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Board Certification via National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners, or the American Nursing Association.
• 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)
• Master of Science in Nursing from an accredited university required.
• Current DEA if required for specialty

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