Location:
Brookline, MA
Facility:
This well-established primary care organization is part of a large and growing healthcare network dedicated to making a difference in patients' lives. The facility supports a collaborative, interdisciplinary team environment with a strong commitment to patient satisfaction, cost-effective care, and community health outcomes.
Opportunity:
Advanced Practitioner / Advance Practice Provider / Physician Assistant
Job Details:
- Provide direct patient care relative to physical diagnosis and therapeutic management, using physician consultation where appropriate
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the plan of care for a panel of patients
- Evaluate individual health care status including patient history, physical examination, screening and diagnostic test ordering, and risk assessment to establish a diagnosis
- Develop and implement individualized plans of care including treatments and medications within defined practice guidelines
- Monitor patient response to therapy and revise care plans as indicated, with attention to patient education, counseling, and encouragement of self-care
- Seek consultation from physicians and other healthcare team members and make appropriate referrals based on patient needs
- Identify learning needs of patients and staff and collaborate with leaders to determine educational program priorities
- Provide clinical precepting for nursing students, nurse practitioner students, and medical students
- Master's degree in Nursing required
- Active Nursing License required
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
- 1-3 years of related work experience required
- Valid prescriptive authority from both the MA DPH-DCP and Federal DEA required
- MA Board authorization to practice as an APRN NRSG required
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support Certificate required
- Experience with computer systems required, including web-based applications and Microsoft Office
- Must be competent to provide patient care across all age groups from neonatal through elderly
- Influenza vaccination required as a condition of employment
Compensation:
Competitive hourly rates with weekly pay and malpractice included.