Purpose of Position:
Under general supervision, serves as a licensed, independent practitioner responsible for planning, coordinating, delivering, and managing comprehensive health care services in a health care setting. Ensures patient and family-centered quality care to improve outcomes and patient experience, in accordance with applicable NYC Health + Hospitals policies and procedures, state and federal rules and regulations, and nursing standards of care.
Examples of Typical Tasks:
1. Provides continuous comprehensive medical and nursing care, including preventive and supportive health care services to patients and families.
2. Manages health problems and coordinates health care for various patient populations. Identifies and diagnoses illnesses and physical conditions, and implements therapeutic and corrective measures.
3. Consistent with the established nursing practice, differentiate between normal and abnormal findings in the screening process to detect changes in health status that require physician’s intervention.
4. Develops and maintains partnerships with community-based organizations and makes referrals to consulting physicians and/or other health care professionals and community agencies, as necessary.
5. Evaluate and interpret patient data, in order to plan and implement appropriate nursing interventions.
6. Consult with physicians and other health care practitioners in the evaluation of health screening findings to make prospective decisions about treatment that will best support improved outcomes and patient satisfaction.
7. Formulates differential diagnosis and the plan of care based on medical history, physical exams, nursing assessment, and other pertinent information. Identifies health and medical risks and needs.
8. Develop, implement, and evaluate patient plan of care. Determines effectiveness and modifies as per clinical standards and practice protocols, where needed, to achieve medical and health goals.
9. Orders, conducts and interprets diagnostic and laboratory tests. Identifies and may prescribe appropriate pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions and therapies.
10. Manages a patient session schedule allowing for both scheduled and non-emergent unscheduled visits; maintains a work schedule that ensures availability and continuity of care; ensures optimal availability and utilization of appropriate resources.
11. Provide education, guidance, and direction to nursing staff and other members of the health care team to ensure quality and safe medical and nursing care is provided.
12. Provides education and counseling to patients and families regarding health status, treatment and progress, medication management, disease prevention, and health promotion, records, and maintains a system of relevant documentation.
13. Performs other related duties, as directed.
Primary Care Department:
We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Nurse Practitioner to join our team in the Ambulatory Care setting as a Primary Care Provider (PCP). As a Nurse Practitioner in this role, you will be responsible for delivering comprehensive primary healthcare services to patients of all ages within our outpatient clinic. You will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to provide patient-centered care, promote health maintenance, and manage acute and chronic health conditions.