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Internist Job at Slocum-Dickson Medical Group in New Hartford, NY
Nurse Practitioner | Internal Medicine Job | New Hartford, NY 13413
Nurse Practitioner Opportunities Available in Several Different Specialties
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Nurse Practitioner-Internal Medicine
Employment Type: Full-Time
Telemedicine : No 
Salary Range: $90,000 - $137,000 Job Description
We have several opportunities in several different specialties available for Nurse Practitioners looking for a challenging career.
The physician and nurse practitioner, in collaborative practice, combine the unique skills of each provider in a team approach. Patients are encouraged to take an active role in their own healthcare, thus completing the team. The quality of health care delivered to the patients through this team approach surpasses that which is provided in a traditional practice setting.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: The duties delegated to the Nurse Practitioner by the collaborating Physician can be extensive, and may include but are not necessarily limited to the following:
- Eliciting a detailed and accurate history, performing a comprehensive physical examination, identifying problems and recording pertinent data in a professional format.
- Consultation with appropriate healthcare providers, including the supervising physician.
- Collaborates with multi-disciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.
- Issuing prescriptions of appropriate controlled and non-controlled drugs, devices and immunizing agents.
- Obtaining and/or reviewing such routine diagnostic studies as common laboratory tests, radiological films, electrocardiographic tracings, etc.
- Formulating an initial diagnosis and/or differential diagnosis and instituting appropriate treatment, including the writing of outpatient prescriptions and inpatients order.
- Performing therapeutic procedures including injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, incision and drainage of superficial infections, cast application and follow-up simple fractures, and others, only when credentialed to do so.
- Counseling and instructing patients on issues concerning physical and mental health, including diet, disease prevention and therapy, normal growth and development, family planning, situational adjustment reactions, and others.
- Be knowledgeable of, and follow the administrative Incident To and Non-Incident To Policy
- If applicable, assisting the physician in the inpatient setting by conducting patient rounds, recording progress notes, determining and implementing therapeutic plans jointly with the collaborating physician, in addition, compiling and recording pertinent narrative case summaries.
We offer a competitive salary and benefit package.
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