Nurse Practitioner

One of our premier clients for the past 10+ years is adding to their team! AP Professionals has been retained for a Nurse Practitioner in Family Care. This nonprofit offers no weekend or evening hours, a generous benefit plan, competitive salary, and school loan debt repayment assistance.  If you are tired of the corporate environment and big medical system and eager to be part of a growing and community-based organization then you don’t want to miss out!

• Develop an acceptable practice agreement with a collaborating physician.
  • If Nurse Practitioner has more than 3600 hours of qualifying NP experience they can opt to the following:
    • Practice in accordance with a written practice agreement with a collaborating physician or practice and have collaborative relationships with a qualified physician or a New York State Health Department licensed healthcare facility

• Submit proof of the practice agreement with an appropriate physician, licensed to practice in New York State, to the State Education Department within 90 days of employment.
• Utilize the ANA Scope of Practice for The Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant and Standards of Practice for the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant statements reflecting the scope of practice.
• Maintain appropriate credentials to practice at the organization.
• Primary Care or Specialty care (if applicable) - perform histories and physicals, routine and urgent office visits, review laboratory and test results, perform office procedures as experience and credentialing allow.
• Education - provide health teaching to patients and families, participate in development and delivery of educational programs for area health care providers.
• Health Promotion - provides information on nutrition and eating concerns, stress management, sexuality concerns, contraception, smoking cessation, chemical dependency and substance abuse.
• Case Management - Participate actively as a member of the health care team and in weekly case management meetings.
• Along with M.D./D.O providers, supervise clinical interventions provided by registered nurse staff
• Continuing education activities include primary care and HIV/AIDS care, as well as related clinical care subjects (e.g. nutritional management, pain control, terminal care).
• Perform regular peer reviews and focused chart reviews as indicated based on Agency policies
• Requires the ability and commitment to respect and support inclusiveness and diversity including but not limited to individuals of different backgrounds, cultures, races, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, experiences, opinions, etc.
• Requires individual demonstration of commitment to company behaviors and business impacts and modeling them in the organization.
• Responsible for maintaining confidentiality of all patients, clients, employee, protected and proprietary information.
• Employees are accountable for meeting the performance standards of their departments and must participate as requested in compliance audits, process improvement and quality improvement plans.
• Other duties as assigned.

• M.S. degree as a nurse practitioner in a National League for Nursing (NLN) accredited school of nursing.
• Current licensure in New York State as a Registered Professional Nurse
• Current certification in New York State as a nurse practitioner.
• National certification by the American Nurses' Association (ANA) (or other certifying body) as a nurse practitioner (adult or family, preferred). or M.S. degree in Physician Assistant studies and current certification in New York State as a Physician Assistant or bachelor’s degree with equivalent experience.

• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a board-certified Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
• Experience working in community-based health care settings preferred.