Req Number 129730

Job Description

Performs a variety of functions and technical procedures necessary for patient admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and outcome evaluation. Participates in performance improvement, research, and educational activities.

The position of Urogynecology Clinical Physician Assistant or a Nurse Practitioner will involve care of patients in the private office. A graduate from an accredited program is sought with strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to multi-task, and sound clinical judgment. The potential candidate must be highly motivated and dedicated to providing quality patient care.

As the only Urogynecology practice on Staten Island, we are currently seeking a Board-Certified Physician Assistant Or Nurse Practitioner. Our staff, of specialists and board-certified physicians and a senior physician assistant, possess extensive backgrounds in their areas of expertise, allowing them to have a strong understanding of their patients' pelvic floor disorders and the most current treatment and diagnostic options available.

This is a solid, well-established Urogynecology practice and offers the opportunity to serve directly under one of our physicians as a member of a specialized patient care team in a full-service Urogynecology Division.

What we are looking for:

The ideal candidate would be seeking long term commitment to the practice. Must enjoy working in a comprehensive practice that values professional growth and patient care. Must be passionate about womens' health and improving quality of life for women who suffer from pelvic floor disorders.

Job Responsibility

• Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to ensure complete screening and preparation of patients

• Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.

• Interprets laboratory and test results.

• Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care.

• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

• Seeing follow-up patients for prolapse, urinary and fecal incontinence, high tone pelvic floor, recurrent UTIs, painful bladder syndrome.

• Pessary fittings and pessary management.

• Procedures: Urodynamic procedures, bladder installations and peripheral tibial nerve stimulation, and others.

Job Qualification

• Bachelor's Degree, required. Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program, required.

• Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) by the New York State Department of Education, required.

• Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required.

• Current BLS certification, required.

OR

• Master's Degree in a Nurse Practitioner Program and National Board Certification in specialty area required.

• 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, required.

• Has a collaborative practice agreement with designated protocols filed with NYS Department of Education OR collaborative relationship attestation as per the Nurse Practitioner Modernization Act 2015.

• Current BLS certification, required.

Work Location: One location, 75 Putnam Street, Staten Island NY (Near Outerbridge Crossing)

Hours: 8:30 am-5pm, Monday through Friday. No nights. No weekends. No call coverage.

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

The salary range for this position is $100,000-$180,000/year

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