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Stony Brook University Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Instructor, Surgery, Otolaryngo in Stony Brook, New York
Sep 25, 2024
The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant will work with physicians and nurses in the practice to provide medical treatment plans for patients. The candidate is expected to become an active member in the patient care team in a busy otolaryngology practice with specialized care of patients with head and neck disease including cancer. Training will be provided. Candidates are eventually expected to perform office based diagnostic procedures and independently assess, manage, and counsel patients alongside the physician staff. Spectrum of patients cared for include those coming for diagnosis, presurgical education and treatment discussion, outpatient post-operative care and long-term follow-up of head and neck disease.
Duties include:
- Take patient history, perform a physical examination and make an assessment and diagnosis based on this information, as well as, initiate, review and revise treatment plans and record and present data in a manner meaningful to the supervising physician.
- Provide patient care services to the medical practice.
- Assist physician with interventional treatments, respond to incoming phone messages from patient and make call backs to patient reporting response to attending physician.
- Make referrals to other healthcare providers and/or consult the physician for further definitive therapy.
- Perform physical examinations; identifies health problems based on findings.
- Order and evaluate appropriate non-invasive diagnostic tests and procedures.
- Instruct and counsel patients on health care, health maintenance, medical problems, treatment plans, nutrition or other related issues as appropriate.
- Perform all other duties as assigned by management.
- Master's degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in Nursing.
- Current registration to practice as a Licensed Registered Nurse in New York State.
- One (1) year post licensure nursing experience.
- Must have excellent communication skills.
- NYS license and certification as a Physician Assistant.
- Bachelor's Degree (foreign equivalent or higher) from an accredited school of Physician Assistants.
- Must have excellent communication skills.
- Experience working in a fast paced medical practice.
- Experience with EMR.
For questions regarding this position, please contact Tracey Erickson at 631-638-2326.
Special Notes:
Non-Tenure Track position. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.
Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible.
Campus Description
Long Island's premier academic medical center, Stony Brook Medicine, represents Stony Brook University's entire medical enterprise and integrates all of Stony Brook's health-related initiatives: education, research and patient care. It encompasses Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook Children's Hospital, the five Health Sciences schools -- Dental Medicine, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Social Welfare -- as well as the major centers and institutes, programs and more than 50 community-based healthcare settings throughout Suffolk County. With 624 beds, Stony Brook University Hospital serves as Suffolk County's only tertiary care center and Regional Trauma Center. Stony Brook Children's, with more than 180 pediatric specialists in 30 specialties, offers the most advanced pediatric specialty care in the region. In the Medical and Research Translation (MART) building, two floors are occupied by Stony Brook University Cancer Center's outpatient services, and four floors are devoted to cancer research. Diversity, equity and inclusion are essential core values at Stony Brook Medicine. We believe we do our best and most impactful work when we leverage our diverse, equitable and inclusive perspectives. We are proud to recruit and hire talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.
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Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.
Minimum Salary: 31200.00 Maximum Salary: 31200.00 Salary Unit: Yearly