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Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Community Care Physicians

Coeymans Hollow, NY
23 days ago
$100,000 - $150,000

Job Description

Join Albany Family Medicine as a full-time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, working Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm. This role offers a competitive salary along with a generous recruitment bonus, and an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient care.

Key Responsibilities

  • Practice medicine with physician supervision including conducting examinations and writing prescriptions
  • Collaborate with physicians in managing patients' acute and long-term medical needs
  • Assess patient status by obtaining health history
  • Order/perform laboratory diagnostic and other screening tests
  • Treat illnesses, administer injections, suture wounds
  • Monitor therapies and provide continuity of care
  • Counsel patient/family on preventive health care
  • Participate in peer reviews, chart reviews, staff education, and clinical guideline development

Required Qualifications

  • License and active registration as a physician assistant or registered nurse/nurse practitioner in New York State
  • Bachelor's degree in physician assistant studies or equivalent
  • Certification by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (for PA)
  • Current CPR certification
  • Graduation from a nurse practitioner education program acceptable to NYSED (for NP)
  • Current certification as a nurse practitioner by AANPCB or ANCC (for NP)

Preferred Qualifications

  • At least one year of experience as a physician assistant in ambulatory health care
  • Three years of professional nursing experience in an ambulatory setting (for NP)
  • At least one year of experience as a nurse practitioner in ambulatory health care

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurancesPaid holidays and paid time offRetirement planComprehensive total rewards package