Nurse Practitioner (PT) Nights - Hospitalist - Rahway, NJ

Nurse Practitioner (PT) Nights - Hospitalist - Rahway, NJ

Job Title: Nurse Practitioner

Location: Emergency Medicine Associates

Department Name: Hospitalist - RAH

Status: Salaried

Shift: Night

Pay Range: $59,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year

Job Summary:

The Emergency and Hospitalist Medicine Nurse Practitioner will deliver primary health care in the Emergency Department or inpatient setting to include, but not limited to, the recognition and management of common illnesses and injuries, and the provisioning of care across the health care continuum with emphasis on early detection, treatment, and prevention of diseases

Essential Functions:

- Obtains and records patient history

- Performs physical and medical screening examinations

- Completes diagnostic and therapeutic studies

- Orders diagnostic laboratory tests, radiological studies or other therapies as appropriate

- Establishes diagnostic decision-making and initiates a treatment plan, which may include ordering medications, additional therapeutic modalities, etc

- Coordinates patient care with other members of the health care team

- Initiates consultation requests to other health professionals to provide more comprehensive patient management

- Instructs and counsels patients regarding mental and physical health, referring patients to appropriate specialists/resources

- Completes charting in a thorough and timely manner

- Adequately manages patient flow in the Emergency Department or inpatient unit

- Performs procedures as allowed by state law and under the direction of the supervising or collaborating physician

- Works within legal, regulatory, and ethical practice standards

- Actively participates in Department staff meetings and risk management education

- Completes required courses, i,e, HIPAA, EMTALA and other CME /CEU requirements

- Other duties as assigned

Job Requirements:

- Master degree in Nursing

- NP Certification

- Registered Professional Nurse with current NJ state license; CDS and DEA

- Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support Certifications

- Prior work experience as a professional nurse

- Active membership in a professional organization preferred

- Ability and willingness accommodate scheduling needs including working extended hours, weekdays, overnights, weekends, and holidays

Knowledge and Skills:

- Medical and broad based clinical emergency medicine knowledge

- Strong verbal and written communication skills

- Excellent time management skills

- Ability to effectively and successfully work with all emergency department and hospital employees