Advanced Practice NP: Primary Care Innovator

Mount Sinai Morningside; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 146,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a nurse practitioner to provide acute/primary health care under a collaborative practice agreement. You will assess patients, initiate therapies, prescribe medications, and coordinate care with physicians and other team members.

Your role includes teaching patients, maintaining thorough records, and participating in interdisciplinary meetings to improve patient outcomes across units. NY licensure and NP certification are required.

Qualifications

• Master's degree program designed to prepare a registered nurse to provide acute/primary health care services or the completion of an approved supplemental education program (i.e., post-Masters NP certificate.)
• Previous progressive experience relevant to the area of clinical practice.
• Professional certification by relevant professional organization preferred
• Licensure: New York State License with current registration as a registered nurse.
• State Certification: Certified by the New York State Department of Education as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Has completed a pharmacy component of not less than the required semester hours or the equivalent and knowledge of NY laws relating to prescriptions and recordkeeping.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements a collaborative practice agreement in the specific clinical area and performs a periodic review of the collaborative agreement.
• Assesses the health status of patients/families by means of comprehensive health history and physical examination.
• Initiates selected therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, consultations and laboratory examination, prescribes and alters medication regimens, interprets findings and alters plan of care according to collaborative practice agreement and protocols in designated area.
• Provides teaching and counseling in the areas of health promotion, maintenance, disease prevention, and management of acute/chronic illnesses.
• Documents findings and plan of care in the patient's medical record.
• Consults with physician as established in the collaborative practice agreement.
• Initiates referrals to specialty services and fosters continuity of care.
• Participates in team meetings and conferences to enhance an interdisciplinary approach to acute/primary health care delivery.
• Performs a patient record review with the collaborating physician in a timely fashion but not less than every three months

Skills

Collaborative practice

Clinical assessment

Prescribing authority

Education

Nurse practitioner education/NP certificate

Job description

The Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a nurse practitioner to provide acute/primary health care under a collaborative practice agreement. You will assess patients, initiate therapies, prescribe medications, and coordinate care with physicians and other team members.

Your role includes teaching patients, maintaining thorough records, and participating in interdisciplinary meetings to improve patient outcomes across units. NY licensure and NP certification are required.