Nurse Practitioner

Role

We are seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant to join a busy and growing family practice in Sussex County, New Jersey. We are looking for a practitioner who enjoys fostering long-term relationships with patients and their families and can embrace a team approach to patient care. Our practice is owned and operated by a physician who is double board certified in internal medicine and pediatrics and we provide comprehensive patient-centered care to our patients. At our practice, we not only take a whole-person, but a whole-family approach to healthcare, offering our patients individualized care and treating them with respect and dignity.

Practice Highlights

• Registered Dietician
• On-Site Diabetes Education Program-Accredited Diabetes Education Site AADE
• Geriatric specialized APN on site

Essential responsibilities

• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physicals and screening evaluations for well and sick patients.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
• Implements interventions to support the patient to achieve health and wellness across the lifespan; including lifestyle, nutrition and exercise counseling for healthy patients and those with specific diseases and diagnoses
• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. specialist referrals, hospital admitting, transferring, and general coordination of care.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members
• Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools
• Potential to either lead or co-lead our upcoming Diabetes Education program and/or Nutrition program

Minimum qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program
• Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APN) Licensure in NJ
• Current provider card in Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Strong computer skills, including Electronic Medical Record charting (EPIC), plus familiarity with Word, Excel

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Job Types: Part-time, Full-time

Pay: $53.00 - $63.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Medical Specialty:

• Geriatrics
• Internal Medicine
• Neurology
• Primary Care

Education:

• Master's (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Certified Nurse Practitioner (Preferred)
• RN (Preferred)

Work Location: In person