Nurse Practitioner OR Physician Assistant - CTS Ambulatory

About This Role

This role is responsible for providing comprehensive patient care, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, within a CTS Ambulatory setting. The position involves interpreting lab results, collaborating with physicians, and ensuring optimal patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Perform a variety of functions and technical procedures for patient admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and outcome evaluation
• Participate in performance improvement, research, and educational activities
• Take initial patient histories and perform physical examinations
• Initiate, document, and communicate the plan of care, ensuring complete screening and preparation of patients
• Perform daily patient rounds
• Write orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests
• Interpret laboratory and test results
• Confer with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care
• Document discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on patient charts upon discharge
• Inform patients of necessary post-discharge care instructions

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in a Nurse Practitioner Program and National Board Certification in specialty area OR Bachelor’s Degree and Graduate of an accredited (ARC-PA) Physician Assistant program
• Current license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in New York State AND current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State
• Collaborative practice agreement with designated protocols filed with NYS Department of Education OR collaborative relationship attestation as per the Nurse Practitioner Modernization Act 2015 for NPs
• Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) by the New York State Department of Education
• Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• Current BLS certification

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a Nurse Practitioner Program OR Bachelor’s Degree and Graduate of an accredited (ARC-PA) Physician Assistant program

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