Long Island Community Hospital has served this richly diverse region as a patient-first community hospital for more than 60 years. As Long Island's only independent community hospital, we are 100% committed to becoming the community's healthcare provider of choice with our greatly enhanced services including the Knapp Cardiac Care Center, our highly-advanced heart disease diagnosis and treatment facility, our new modern surgical pavilion, our unique ER approach, and our high-touch services including women's imaging, sleep laboratory and orthopedics and more. These services are delivered with the highest level of compassion by our LI Community Hospital staff - Long Islanders with an unmistakable mix of courage and heart who care about the people right here in our community and whose sole purpose is to provide personalized comfort. For more information, go to licommunityhospital.org , and interact with us on LinkedIn , Glassdoor , Indeed , Facebook , Twitter , YouTube and Instagram .

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner.

In this role, the successful candidate performs functions in the Observation Unit necessary for patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and outcome evaluation. Participates in the management of patients as a member of the team in a busy Observation Unit, working in collaboration with an attending Hospitalist.

Major Job Responsibilities :

• Obtain initial patient histories and perform physical examinations.
• Initiate, document, and communicate the plan of care and follow up to ensure complete screening and preparation of patients.
• Perform patient rounds with the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Ordering of medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.
• Interpret laboratory and test results.
• Confer with attending physicians, nursing staff, and other healthcare providers to develop and implement the therapeutic plan of care.
• Complete discharge summaries, prescribe appropriate discharge medications, and out-patient referrals.
• Inform patients and families of the necessary post-discharge care instructions.
• Perform related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, required.
• Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program.
• Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) by the New York State Department of Education or Nurse Practitioner (NP) by the New York State Department of Education.
• Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Current BLS certification

Preferred requirements:

• ACLS

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Long Island Community Hospital provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

Long Island Community Hospital is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.
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Required Skills

Required Experience

Knowledge: To perform this job successfully; and individual must be able perform each essential duty and responsibilities satisfactorily. The requirements listed below and representative of the knowledge, skill, and or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Must be dependable and reliable with good attention to detail.
• Experience in computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Word ©, Excel, and Outlook.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organizational, problem solving, analytical and technical skills. Skills:
• LANGUAGE SKILLS: Must be able to comprehend written and verbal instructions of policy and application of them in business operation.
• MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Must have above average ability in mathematics i.e. add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute percentages and understand job costing.
• REASONING ABILITY SKILLS: Must have the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standard and un-standard situations. Work independently; be able to use discretion and independent judgment without immediate direction or supervision.