Breast Surgery NP PA

Breast Surgery Advanced Practitioner (Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant) Opportunity Danbury Connecticut 60 Miles from New York City

Nuvance Health formerly known as Western Connecticut Health has as excellent opportunity for a full-time experienced Breast Surgery Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant in Danbury Connecticut. The Advanced Practitioner will see patients independently in our outpatient office following a Monday-Friday office schedule with some phone call. Danbury is located about 60 miles northeast of New York City in suburban Fairfield County and near the border of Westchester and Putnam Counties in New York State.

The ideal candidate will be a board certified Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant with strong training and experience in breast surgery. The role includes collaborating with the Breast Team side by side to ensure appropriate patient follow up as well as communication with patients PCP managing a patient panel and evaluating and administering plans and care to postoperative patients as well as seeing long-term follow up patients.

This position requires a minimum formal education of Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant training State of CT license and Federal DEA and CT Controlled Substance Registration. We offer a highly competitive compensation package as well as allowances for CMEs and Dues.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Assesses the condition of the patient in the breast surgery practiceby examination. Reviews with the patient the medical history and physical data from the patients medical record. Establishes a new treatment plan or reinforces the current plan.

• Orders the appropriate laboratory and diagnostic procedures to evaluate the state of the patients medical condition.

• Interprets and integrates data to determine the appropriateness of the therapeutic treatment plan.

• Consults with supervising physicians in accordance with the practices policies and medical standards to assure patient and physician satisfaction.

• Records all symptoms objective findings assessment treatment plan and other information that is appropriate in the patients chart and signs the record.

• Instructs the patient and family regarding the patients diagnosis testing expected outcome and future prevention.

• Evaluates the outcome of the treatment plan by reviewing diagnostic results with the patient through phone calls and return visits.

• Performs total quality improvement processes and initiatives to achieve the Practices and hospitals mission.

We offer multidisciplinary cancer care collaborating with Surgical and Medical Subspecialties Radiation Oncology and Palliative Care. Additionally we offer Diagnostic Imaging Cancer Genetics Radiation Therapy Cancer Research and Trials and Psychological and Social Support Services. Our office is located minutes away from Danbury Hospital including Praxair Cancer Center.

Established in 1885 Danbury Hospital is a not-for-profit community hospital providing Greater Danbury area residents convenient access to exceptional care. Danbury Hospital has 371 beds and is a Level II Trauma Center with approximately 70000 ED visits per year. As a teaching hospital we are affiliated with the University of Vermont College of Medicine Ross University American University of the Caribbean and Yale School of Medicine. Our Medical Group includes 900 physician and advanced practice providers serving a geographically broad region throughout Western Connecticut and eastern New York.

Danbury Connecticut located in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains and on the border of New York State is about 60 miles northeast of New York City and 60 miles west of Hartford CT. As part of the greater NY metropolitan area the city of Danbury enjoys both proximity to New York City culture and access to a wide variety of outdoor activities including hiking biking fishing and boating in state and regional parks and preserves. Surrounded by a number of quaint towns with scenic New England landscapes the area offers a variety of excellent housing and school options. Boston New York City New Haven and Hartford are easily accessible via train and car.

Stephanie Ramirez Recruiter via email emailprotected

Salary: $120000-$150000/yr. (commensurate with experience)