• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $130,000 - $150,000

Position Summary

The Nurse Practitioner, under the supervision of the Division Chief and Director of Operations, will play a key role in our Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery division. Clinical focus will include male and female voiding dysfunction, pelvic organ prolapse, neurogenic bladder, and genitourinary fistulae. This involves conducting patient histories and physical exams, performing office procedures, ordering diagnostic tests, managing clinical correspondence, and securing insurance authorizations. In collaboration with physicians, the Nurse Practitioner will develop differential diagnoses and implement evidence-based treatment plans, emphasizing preventive medicine, shared decision making, and patient education.

Responsibilities

Clinical Practice:

• Assist physicians in patient assessment, evaluation, and management.
• Communicate all clinical activities to supervising physicians.
• Perform comprehensive histories and physicals, documenting according to institutional standards.
• Assess patients using physical exams and diagnostic data, considering medical history and treatment progress.
• Write orders within the scope of state law (medications, excluding chemotherapy, non-pharmacologic therapy, diagnostic tests, etc.).
• Initiate approved protocols/plans.
• Monitor and assess patients during and after therapies.
• Participate in staff meetings and continuing education.
• Engage in quality improvement initiatives.
• Obtain insurance authorizations and conduct peer reviews as needed.
• Educate patients and families about disease states, treatment plans, side effects, medications, and follow-up care.
• Provide phone triage and follow-up as appropriate.
• Performs related duties & responsibilities as assigned/requested.
• Eventually perform and/or assist in office-based procedures such as catheter changes, urodyamics, video urodynamics, percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation, pessary changes, and programing of sacral neuromodulation devices.

Team Leadership & Collaboration:

• Train new Nurses and Nurse Practitioners on departmental responsibilities.
• Participate in continuing education with nurses regarding new procedures and policies.
• Attend daily huddles with nurses to review clinic plans and address workflow issues.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in nursing or equivalent in education and experience, plus one to two years of experience.
• Must have current New York State Registered Professional Nurse and Nurse Practitioner licenses and New York State DEA.
• Must have NP Board Certification.
• Must be able to meet New York-Presbyterian Hospital credentialing requirements prior to starting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Urology or Surgery specific experience
• Bilingual in Mandarin

Other Requirements

• Working knowledge of provider billing and documentation requirements is a must.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with physicians.
• Ability to work under pressure with multiple and competing deadlines required and have excellent communication skills, written and oral.
• Must be highly organized, with excellent communication and follow through skills.
• Must have a proven record of ability to work as part of a team, with administrative, clinical research, and financial staff.
• Experience utilizing Epic EMR

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