Family Practice/Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner - Niagara Falls, NY

Job Type: Full-time

Job Description

The Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for a continuum of quality patient care, and rehabilitation to their patients. This is a full-time opportunity with a competitive salary, which is dependent upon experience. The successful Nurse Practitioner will have experience working with geriatric populations and some experience in Skilled Nursing Homes.
Responsibilities

• Conduct routine check-ups to patients to assess their health condition and discover possible issues
  
• Give appropriate advice for healthy habits (diet, hygiene etc.) and preventative actions to promote overall health
  
• Conduct examinations to ill patients and evaluate symptoms to determine their condition
  
• Ask intuitive questions to discover causes of illness
  
• Reach an informed diagnosis based on scientific knowledge and the patient's medical history
  
• Prescribe and interpret lab tests to obtain more information for underlying infections or abnormalities

Qualifications:

• Current New York License as a Nurse Practitioner
  
• National Board Certified
  
• American Association of Nurse Practitioners
  
• American Nurses Credentialing Center
  
• EMR/EHR experience
  
• Must have skilled nursing home experience
  

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
  
• Health insurance
  
• Paid time off
  
• Medical specialties:
  
• Geriatrics
  

Standard shift: Day shift
Supplemental pay types: Quarterly bonus, Yearly bonus
Supplemental schedule: On call
Weekly schedule:

• 5x8
  
• Monday to Friday
  

Work setting:

• In-person
  
• Long term care
  
• Nursing home
  

License/Certification:

• Certified Nurse Practitioner (Required)