Neurosurgery Advanced Practice Clinician - New England Neurological Associates, Lowell, MA

Neurosurgery Advanced Practice Clinician - New England Neurological Associates, Lowell, MA page is loaded## Neurosurgery Advanced Practice Clinician - New England Neurological Associates, Lowell, MAlocations: NENA Lawrence: NENA Nashuatime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R14188**At Tufts Medicine, you’ll make an impact and build your career, supported by a community of brilliant, compassionate colleagues. Every single person at Tufts Medicine plays an integral role in building a holistic healthcare experience that’s accessible, empowering and, most of all, human.****New England Neurological Associates (NENA)** has joined Lowell General Hospital and Tufts Medicine, and is seeking a **Neurosurgery Advanced Practice Clinician** (APC) to join our team.**Position Highlights:*** Work within a very collaborative and personable team of five PAs and four neurosurgeons. This is a great opportunity to become well-trained in high acuity cranial and spine cases.* We offer a thorough training process alongside PAs and surgeons. Experienced PAs preferred. Many of our current PAs started as new grads and have stayed many years!* Responsibilities including first assist in cranial and spine cases, hospital/ED consults, ICU and floor rounds, and outpatient clinic.* The typical schedule includes 1-2 days in clinic, 3-4 days in the hospital.* PA first call is currently 1:5 weekends (anticipated to be 1:6 with the new APC), 2 weeknight overnight calls per month. Post-call Mondays off.* Our role is available due to a thriving and growing practice and desire for improving workflow within the team.**Department Overview:*** **Integrated Healthcare:**NENA has a collaborative group of 28 Physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians is part of the Tufts Medicine Health System with over 700 affiliated doctors and a clinical affiliation with Tufts Medical Center.* **Subspecialties:**NENA subspecialists include epileptology, stroke, movement disorder, neuroimmunology, neuromuscular, migraine specialists.* **Collaboration:**NENA provides patient care to over 64,000 patients throughout the Merrimack Valley, and through our partnership with Tufts Medicine, we will continue to expand access to healthcare including plans to build a neuro-immunology program and development of a Memory Center.**Responsibilities:*** **Community Setting.**NENA currently has five locations throughout the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts and New Hampshire which house neurologists, neurosurgeons, pain management physicians, psychiatrists, rheumatologists, and various support personnel. In this role, you will serve the culturally diverse communities of Southern New Hampshire, Greater Lowell and Lawrence, MA.* **Patient Focus**. After over 50-years of service, NENA is one of the area’s largest multispecialty neuroscience group practices. Our primary focus is our patients' comfort, convenience, and improvement of their quality of life in an efficient and friendly manner. Our mission and values, as well as a strong customer service philosophy, guide our actions every day.* **Teamwork.**Collaboration, collegiality and flexibility are cornerstones of NENA’s practice, allowing our organization. In this role, you will work closely with our highly functional and close-knit Neurosurgery team.* NENA’s goals of treatment include management of a patient’s painful symptoms, restoration of function and improvement in the patient’s quality of life. Here, you will collaborate with a highly talented teammates to grow NENA’s Neurosurgical stature.**Work shift:**Full-time. In this role, you will be responsible for outpatient visits in the clinic, inpatient rounding and surgical first assist. Surgeries occur primarily at Lowell General Hospital, but also at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Nashua, NH, Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, MA and Lawrence General Hospital in Lawrence, MA. The anticipated call schedule is 1:6 weekends, 2 weeknights/month and 1 holiday/year.**Requirements:**ANCC/AANP, or PA-C, currently licensed in the State of New Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts (preferred).**Compensation:**Tufts Medicine offers a competitive salary commensurate with training and practice experience.Tufts Medicine is a leading integrated health system bringing together the best of academic and community health care to deliver exceptional, connected and accessible care experiences to consumers across Massachusetts. Comprised of Tufts Medical Center, Lowell General Hospital, MelroseWakefield Healthcare, an expansive home care network and a large clinically integrated physician network, Tufts Medicine has more than 15,000 dedicated employees and caregivers. The health system came together in 2014 to leverage the experience of its member organizations and integrate their missions to together transform the ways that consumers engage with and experience their care. #J-18808-Ljbffr Tufts Medicine