Nurse Practitioner Resident

Participates in quality and clinical peer reviews and serves on quality and clinical committees as appropriate.

Monitors and supports the activities of any students assigned to the respective department.

Provides professional direction to other medical and nursing personnel.

Greets and interacts with all patients, colleagues, community partners or the public via any medium in a professional manner; promotes positive patient and community relations.

Engages in ongoing learning as required to provide trauma-informed care in an integrated behavioral health team-based care model.

When appropriate, determines the need for physician collaboration, specialty referral, and/or emergency room consultation/evaluation.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provides on-call telephone coverage to be shared equally among designated medical staff.

Position requires Saturday coverage at a maximum frequency of one time per month.

Performs other duties and assumes other responsibilities as apparent and/or as assigned by the Project Director of Nurse Practitioner Residency Program

. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Master of Science in Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice from an accredited educational institution, Nurse Practitioner board certification by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners or the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

LICENSURE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS:

Must be qualified to obtain current and valid NJ Nurse Practitioner licensure, CDS and DEA licensure.

Valid NJ Nurse Practitioner licensure, CDS and DEA licensure must be obtained within one year of hire

Valid National Provider Identification (NPI) number

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND OTHER (KSAO’s)

Capable of working with computers, software applications and other IT platforms or tools suitable for the health care environment.

Good health and freedom from disabling physical and mental conditions which would impair the proper performance of the required duties or which might endanger the health and safety of oneself or others.

Ability to read, write, speak, understand or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.

High energy level, comfortable performing multifaceted projects in conjunction with day-to-day activities.

Committed to providing evidence-based, patient-centered care to HJAHC’s population of uninsured and underserved patients in the greater Trenton Community.

Willing and able to collaborate with and supervise the work of nurse practitioners, physician assistants and students as appropriate.

Flexible and collaborative, able to work well in a team-based care setting; must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

PHYSICAL & WORK REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position requires the manual dexterity sufficient to operate phones, computers and other office equipment. The position requires the physical ability to kneel, bend, and perform light lifting. This person must have the ability to write and speak clearly using the English language to convey information and be able to hear at normal speaking levels both in person and over the telephone. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Generally, the working conditions are good with little or no exposure to extremes in health, safety hazards and/or hazardous materials.