Nurse Practitioner - General Cardiology

Rochester Regional Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Rochester Regional Health in Penn Fair, New York, is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join the Cardiology team on a full-time, dayshift schedule. You will take complex medical histories, perform physical examinations, order labs and imaging, and contribute to diagnostic and treatment planning.

You will develop and adjust treatment plans with attending physicians, interact regularly with patients and families, and document thoroughly to support quality care and research initiatives.

Qualifications

• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• Compassionate, warm and patient focused.
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• Critical thinking, decisive judgment and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Exceptional documentation skills and professional behavior.

Responsibilities

• Patient Care: Take complex medical histories on patients referred for consultation; perform physical exams; order tests and imaging.
• Management & Development: develop tentative diagnoses and treatment plans with attending physicians; arrange consultations; support research data collection.
• Patient Satisfaction: interact with patients and families, demonstrate empathy, educate, collect information and counsel.
• Medication & Orders: prescribe medications, write orders, adjust plans for acute changes.
• Documentation: maintain complete patient histories, review records, and record data for medical status and treatment plans.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Compassion

Stress management

Critical thinking

Documentation

Education

MS: Nursing

Job description

SUMMARY

As a Nurse Practitioner, your superior interpersonal and empathetic skills, as well as your comprehension of diagnostic procedures greatly assists in managing and delivering quality treatment plans.

STATUS: Full Time

LOCATION: Penn Fair

DEPARTMENT: Cardiology

SCHEDULE: Days (Monday-Friday)

ATTRIBUTES

• Strong customer service and communication skills

• Compassionate, warm and patient focused

• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action

• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision

• Exceptional documentation skills and professional behavior

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Patient Care. Take complex medical histories on patients referred for consultation by academic and community physicians; perform physical examinations; order laboratory tests, x-rays, special imaging studies and other diagnostic procedures;

• Management & Development. reach tentative diagnosis of medical, surgical and other conditions; develop treatment plans in conjunction with attending physician to provide optimal patient medical management; order consultations and interact with members of other specialty medical teams; assist in the collection of data for research projects

• Patient Satisfaction. Interacts on a frequent, regular and daily basis with patients, family members, medical/social/public services support, regulatory agencies and/or payor agencies. Interaction and communication requires expressed empathy, understanding, problem-solving, education, information gathering, process influencing and counseling.

• Medication & Orders. Prescribe medication, write orders, perform procedures and respond to emergency and/or immediate condition changes of acute patients.

• Documentation. Obtain complete, detailed and accurate patient histories, review patient records, perform physical exams, record all pertinent data to develop comprehensive medical status, diagnosis and clinical treatment plan for all assigned patients.

EDUCATION:

• MS: Nursing (Required)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: M - Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

• NP - Nurse Practitioner Certification - New York State Education Department (NYSED)New York State Education Department (NYSED)New York State Education Department (NYSED)
• RN - Registered Nurse - New York State Education Department (NYSED)New York State Education Department (NYSED)New York State Education Department (NYSED)

PAY RANGE: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00