Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner (APRN)/Urology Plainfield

Location Detail: 584 Norwich Rd Plainfield (10369)

Shift Detail: Monday - Sunday

In collaboration with the attending physician, the role of the APRN is to provide skilled health care to patients in a variety of clinical settings. The APRN will be expected to manage a variety of general urology patients in collaboration with attending physician(s), clinical nurses, and other members of the healthcare team. Scope of responsibility of the APRN includes, but is not limited to, assessment, development of appropriate plan, and safe/ethical treatment of all patients. The consistent use of all appropriate and applicable standards of care, protocols, and guidelines is expected.

Provides direct patient care in office consultations, including assessment, work-ups, triage, emergency work-ins, and other patient care activities

Obtains and documents health history, performs and documents physical exam, and orders and interprets diagnostic tests

Provides counseling to patients regarding diagnosis and expected course of treatment

Collaborates with physician(s) to provide appropriate direct care interventions within scope of practice

Collects, organizes, records, and discusses data as appropriate and uses sound clinical judgment based in best practice standards and evidenced based medicine

Prescribes pharmaceuticals according to patient needs and conducts appropriate patient follow-up & outreach

Ensures timely retrieval of laboratory and ancillary studies and diagnostic consultation reports

Consults with appropriate internal and external staff to make appropriate referrals for acute, chronic and preventive care

Part Time - 32 hours - Outpatient

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