Job Description
Responsible for working alongside physicians and facilitating advanced primary and specialty nursing services. Provides general care for adults, performs exams, performs cardiac exercise & pharmacological stress tests, order lab tests.
Principal Accountabilities:
1. Provides new patient consultation and reviews health history
2. Performs physical examinations and screening on the patients.
3. Provides after-care/ongoing care information and resources to patients and their families.
4. Ensures patient records are maintained including test results, immunizations, condition changes.
5. Delivers quality, physician-level care while complying with company policies, safety regulations, and productivity metrics.
6. Recommends further treatment options or future appointments if required.
7. Performs diagnoses health problems and provides medications.
8. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required:
1. Master's degree in Nursing or related area.
2. Current state Nurse Practitioner license.
Preferred:
1. 5 or more years experience in Nursing or relevant area.
About the Team
Atlantic Health System Heart Care provides the same high-quality cardiovascular care found at other nationally recognized medical centers, but in the comfort of community hospital settings. Home to the largest cardiac surgery program in New Jersey and ranked one of the 50 best hospitals in the nation for cardiology & heart surgery by US News & World Report, Morristown Medical Center's Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute serves as the hub of Atlantic Health System Heart Care. Patients from Chilton Medical Center, Hackettstown Medical Center, Newton Medical Center, and Overlook Medical Center are seamlessly connected to Morristown when advanced cardiovascular care is necessary thanks to an infrastructure that includes helipads and ambulance transport and an electronic health record system that allows physicians to share health records in real time. In addition, pediatric cardiology services are available at Goryeb Children's Hospital, located on the Morristown Medical Center campus.
