Nurse Practitioner

Yale Cancer Center; New Haven (CT); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 146,750; Full time

Job summary

Yale Cancer Center is seeking an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) or Physician Assistant (PA) for their Community Health Care Van program in New Haven. This role offers direct primary care and infectious disease treatment in both office and mobile settings, providing essential health services to the community.

The candidate will collaborate with a clinical team to ensure patient-centered care and manage various health conditions. Responsibilities include conducting patient assessments, ordering labs, and prescribing necessary medications.

Qualifications

• Experience providing basic primary care in a mobile setting.
• Ability to coordinate care with other primary care sites.
• Knowledge of medical care for at-risk populations.

Responsibilities

• Examine patients to collect information about their physical condition.
• Conduct physicals, provide treatment, formulate a health-care plan.
• Prescribe therapy or medication as necessary.

Skills

Basic primary care

Infectious disease treatment

Vaccination provision

Education

Master’s Degree in Advanced Nurse Practitioner program or Physician Assistant training

Job description

Salary Range

$92,000.00 - $146,750.00

Job Requisition ID

135807WD

Overview

The Community Health Care Van (CHCV) program is a fully integrated medical and harm reduction program that provides mobile medical clinic services and a fixed clinical location in New Haven. The CHCV has operated in New Haven since 1993, delivering accessible and barrier‑free care at the door steps of the community. It offers medical and behavioral health care, overdose prevention, and case management, and allows providers and patients to participate in innovative research projects.

This position is a dual‑focus clinical role, split between 1) providing direct primary care and infectious disease treatment in both office and mobile settings, and 2) providing telehealth and in‑person hepatitis C (HCV) assessments and treatment for a SAMHSA‑funded project (COMPASS).

The APRN / PA will report to the Medical Director / Principal Investigator of the CHCV and collaborate with the clinical team to provide coverage for day‑to‑day clinical operations as well as split responsibility for SAMHSA HCV treatment grant.

The APRN ensures patients receive a patient‑centered, low‑barrier approach to care, providing bridging primary care, STI diagnosis and treatment, PrEP, and other infectious disease services on a mobile or fixed clinic location. The APRN also manages skin and soft‑tissue infections, coordinates care with emergency and inpatient services, delivers overdose prevention counseling, and participates in team and funder meetings and quality improvement activities.

For the COMPASS project, the APRN/PA will accept referrals from partner sites in CT for medical management of HCV and other medical needs by telehealth per a designated schedule. APRNs will complete thorough patient assessments, assess health‑related social needs, make timely clinical decisions, and order labs and prescriptions for HCV, PrEP, and other conditions as needed. The Clinical team will problem‑solve issues participants may have in accessing HCV treatment medications and work with Outreach Workers to integrate an HIV/HCV/SUD/SMI screening protocol into workflow.

Requires travel on mobile medical clinics in New Haven and partner outreach locations. Travel for project meetings may be required. Availability is needed for various shifts, including nights and weekends, as operational demands require.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Experience providing basic primary care, with ability to coordinate care with other primary care sites as applicable. Ability to provide care in a mobile setting and telehealth.
• Experience treating infectious diseases (HCV, STIs) and prescribing PrEP, PEP, and doxyPEP. Experience providing vaccinations (e.g., for viral hepatitis A / B, influenza, HPV, and others as needed) to at‑risk populations.
• Knowledge of medical care for target populations of people who use drugs, homeless patients, and those with serious mental illness.

Preferred Skills and Abilities

• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) or Physician Assistant (PA) with at least 5 years’ experience.
• Demonstrated leadership in infectious‑disease oriented clinical settings.
• Experience working in an integrated clinical setting (primary care, substance‑use disorder treatment, behavioral health, harm reduction, research) preferred.

Required Certifications

• Human Research Protection Training will be required.
• Training in prescribing medications for opioid use disorder and wound care available if desired.

Principal Responsibilities

1. Examines patients to collect information about their physical condition and establishes a clinical diagnosis.
2. Conducts physicals, provides treatment, formulates a health‑care plan, and counsels patients on various health practices.
3. Encourages compliance with treatment plan through education, assessment of patient understanding, and regular patient monitoring.
4. Provides reasonable and prudent medical care, practices appropriate management, and uses sound clinical judgment based on best‑practice standards and evidence‑based medicine.
5. Obtains, compiles, and records patient medical data, including health history, progress notes and results of physical examination.
6. Provides preventive health practices to patients to maintain and improve health and prevent illness.
7. Coordinates patient care including ordering of laboratory tests and radiographic studies.
8. Interprets diagnostic test results for deviations from normal.
9. Prescribes therapy or medication as necessary.
10. May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

Master’s Degree from an accredited Advanced Nurse Practitioner program or completion of an accredited Physician Assistant training program.

Required Licenses or Certifications

CT APRN license (or eligible) with ANA certification OR CT PA license (or eligible). Prescriptive privileges (or eligible) in the State of Connecticut, federal DEA license, and CT DCP license for prescription of controlled substances.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the work involves sitting, standing, walking, bending, and occasional slight lifting. The employee occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds when transferring a patient from chair or wheelchair to exam table and turning patients for examination. Proper body mechanics must be used when maneuvering patients.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

University policy is committed to affirmative action under law in employment of women, minority group members, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans. Additionally, in accordance with Yale's Policy Against Discrimination and Harassment, and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment against any individual on account of that individual's sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, disability, status as a special disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era or other covered veteran.

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