Jamaica Hospital Medical Center—one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades—is a 384-bed, not-for-profit, fully accredited community teaching hospital serving Queens since 1891, where we started in just a four-bedroom house. Today, we deliver nationally recognized care in cardiology, stroke, oncology, imaging, and emergency medicine, and are New York State’s only Primary Heart Attack Center and the first Comprehensive Stroke Center.
With an expanded Level I Trauma Center, Pediatric Emergency Department, modern maternity services, and over 120,000 ER visits annually, we offer dynamic opportunities for professional growth, impact and clinical excellence. Through our affiliation with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the upcoming opening of our newly built, state-of-the-art Cancer Center, we continue to expand access to world-class care.
As a safety-net hospital, filling a void for the people in the community, we proudly serve all patients regardless of ability to pay. Join us during this exciting period of growth and help shape the future of healthcare.
Mission: To serve our patients and the community in a way that is second to none.
Vision: To be the premier integrated healthcare delivery system by providing the highest quality, most cost-effective service, which is accessible and sensitive to all.
Nurse Practitioner/School Health Center
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center has a full time, permanent opportunity for a Nurse Practitioner (PNP or FNP) for our School health center. The Nurse Practitioner will provide primary health care to students, ages 2-12 with emphasis on illness prevention and health education. The successful candidate will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to evaluate, diagnose and treat student-patients and staff while maintaining the highest quality standards of care.
Responsibilities:
Obtain complete history of patient, recording elements of past history, family history, review of health habits, environmental, and occupational data
Conduct physical examination for the diagnosis and treatment of acute or chronic medical and reproductive health problems
Order and schedule tests, including laboratory and special exams in consultation
Follows-up on abnormal laboratory test results
Maintains the accuracy and completeness of all patient records.
Complete progress and procedure notes, and discharge summaries
Provides follow-up and health maintenance care including appropriate adjustments of medication in accordance with established protocols for NPs
Provides additional clinical support programmatically as needed
Must be a Licensed Nurse Practitioner by the state of New York Must have interpersonal skills sufficient to effectively interact with patients, family, physicians and hospital staff in fulfilling duties and responsibilities of position Bi-lingual (Spanish-speaking)
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