Advanced Practice Provider Nurse Practitioner Dermatology - Garden

2 weeks ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Job

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is a 591‑bed university‑affiliated medical center offering diagnostic and therapeutic care across specialties. With a deep commitment to medical education and research, it serves as a major regional healthcare resource in the New York area.

Position Summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Advanced Practice Provider Nurse Practitioner in Dermatology at Garden City. In this role, you will use clinical expertise to plan and deliver safe, therapeutic, population‑specific patient care through assessment, implementation, evaluation, and collaborative teamwork. Patients and families are at the center of care and will be actively involved in all care decisions.

Job Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Plans and organizes care to meet individual patient needs and to ensure appropriate clinical resource utilization per protocols, pathways, and other means.
• Works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team, including the attending physician, to develop and implement the therapeutic plan of care for a group of patients and ensure communication with family members.
• Participates in the development and revision of interdisciplinary and nursing standards, patient and family education materials as relevant to area of practice and expertise.
• Maintains timely and appropriate communication with family members, house staff, other disciplines and ancillary services.
• Works collaboratively with nurse leadership to ensure timely communications with the nursing staff.
• Provides consultation about the therapeutic regimen to the nursing staff.
• Facilitates the continuity of care across the continuum of services, e.g. home care, other facilities, appointments with MDs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the organization's Service Standards and incorporates them into the performance of responsibilities.
• Participates in designated activities related to professional nursing standards and regulations of relevant outside agencies.
• Functions as a respectful member of the healthcare team.
• Performs complete health history, physical examination and psychosocial assessment of patients within the designated practice or clinical unit.
• Orders customary laboratory, radiological and diagnostic studies per practice protocols, differentiates between normal/abnormal findings and follows protocols for abnormal findings, which may include referral to consulting physicians per customary pattern of the attending MD or with collaborating physician.
• Formulates the plan of care, along with the attending physician, patient and family, based on expected goals of care and length of stay.
• Works collaboratively with the attending physician, consulting physician(s), and other disciplines to identify, develop, and implement an appropriate plan of care that maximizes individual patient/family preference and enhances quality, access, and cost‑effective outcomes.
• Prescribes in‑patient and discharge medications according to New York State law, including controlled substances with DEA authorization.
• Prescribes medical equipment, devices, physical and occupational therapy, and home health services per practice protocol.
• Practices as member of the allied health staff according to the rules and regulations of the medical staff and bylaws as outlined in the delineation of privileges.
• Evaluates treatment and healthcare plans for effectiveness and modifies per clinical standards and practice protocols.
• Considers needs and behaviors of specific patient age and cultural groups in all patient care.
• Promotes own professional growth and development in clinical and managerial role.
• Maintains current expertise in area of practice.
• Serves as a clinical expert and resource for the education of peers and other health professionals.
• Participates in the development and monitoring of patient outcomes per established practice protocols for purposes of quality and performance improvement.
• Uses evidence‑based healthcare literature to advise and support appropriate practice changes within the designated service.
• Works collaboratively with nursing and other disciplines in the development and…