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Physician Assistant - Nurse Practitioner (APRN) / Cognitive and Memory Disorder

Requisition ID:

23154571

Business Unit:

Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialists

Location:

Wethersfield, CT

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Description

Job Schedule: Full Time
Standard Hours: 40
Job Shift: Shift 1
Shift Details: Mon-Fri

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.

In collaboration with a MD, this role is responsible for providing skilled health care to patients in a variety of clinical settings, and facilitating clinical management of patients by collaborating with MD, clinical nurses and other members of health care team. Scope of responsibility is characterized by use of nursing process to assess, plan, evaluate and treat human responses to actual or potential problems utilizing appropriate practices, standards, protocols and guidelines.

APP Role Scope 

  • 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 physicians 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
  • Coordinates patient care and visits with appropriate clinical and non-clinical staff

 

Nurse Practitioner (APRN) Enjoy

  • A supportive team based culture that is passionate about providing a positive experience
  • Continual opportunities for growth and advancement
  • Competitive compensation, matching 401k, tiered medical, dental, and vision plans 
  • Generous Paid-Time Off
  • Reimbursement for CME, professional society membership, licensure, and malpractice
  • State of the art clinical and informatics technology

 

 

Qualifications

Nurse Practitioner (APRN)  Qualifications  

  • Master’s Degree in Nursing
  • National Board Certification as Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Preferred 1+ years of experience working as Geri-Psych or outpatient Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
  • Current State of CT APRN license with prescriptive authority and current DEA number & 100% attendance to maintain annual mandatory skill updates

We take great care of careers.

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth.  Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children.  We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance.  Every moment matters.  And this is your moment.

 
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