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Family Medicine APP - Ovid Rural Health Clinic

Opportunity Criteria

ProfessionNurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant
SpecialtyFamily Medicine
Loan RepaymentYes
Salary Range$94,670 to $139,517 / Year
Employment TypeFull Time
Bonuses OfferedSign-on

Family Medicine APP - Family Medicine APP Ovid Rural Health Clinic

Family Medicine APP Opportunity located in Ovid Schuyler County Rural Health Clinic. Join an Integrated, Innovative, Independent Provider Lead Health Care System with Excellent Quality of Life.  This is a full time, health system employed Family Medicine APP position with a competitive base salary and incentives. We have a full complement of medical and surgical sub-specialty service lines to support our growing healthcare network including ample support from physician, nursing and support staff.  Cayuga Medical Center is also home to an Internal Medicine residency program.

Consider this opportunity and be a part of an excellent collegial environment where you can practice medicine your way.

Description:

  • Experience with Family Medicine Required
  • Experience with Pediatric Patients Preferred
  • Well adult/child physical exams, No-fault insurance exams, Workers’ Comp exams, DOT physicals, physicals for surgical clearance
  • Lesion removal
  • Nebulizer treatments
  • Punch biopsies
  • Allergy injections
  • Cryotherapy for wart removal, superficial foreign body removal
  • EKG, route lab tests, diagnosis and treatment for common acute and chronic health problems
  • Immunizations (including the VFC program), and other minor procedures.
  • Standard minor medical office procedure equipment

The purpose of the Advanced Provider is to assist the physicians of the practice with clinical activities, surgeries and other direct patient care including diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventative care.  Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners work under the direct supervision of practice doctors.

Essential Job Functions:

  • Perform patient history and physical examinations
  • Diagnose, treat, and manage acute and chronic health problems
  • Order, and interpret laboratory and radiology tests
  • Prescribe medication, including controlled substances as delegated in collaborative practice agreement
  • Document assessment, management, and education clearly, concisely, and legibly within medical record
  • Demonstrate strong communication skills with patients and significant others to provide feedback regarding findings and treatment plans
  • Assess the patient and significant other’s psychosocial, emotional, and environmental needs
  • Consult other health care team members in collaboration with physician to meet physician needs, while ensuring continuity of care
  • Provide phone triage to assess patient’s needs and conditions and respond appropriately
  • Coordinate patient care activities with other members of the office, hospital, or community
  • Provide education to patients, families, and community groups.
  • Demonstrate compliance with documentation and coding requirements
  • Maintain and update skills and knowledge
  • Work with all members of the team to achieve patient centered care as well as quality care by using the best practice standards and case management
  • Contribute to scheduled team meetings to discuss/clarify roles, responsibility, processes, and patient issues
  • Provide care management by communicating with community agencies as appropriate
  • Participate in quality improvement activities and committees
  • Hospital rounds to support the needs of the practice
  • On-call duties including emergency call and telephone call, to support the needs of the practice

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

  • Must be able to exercise a high level of independent judgment
  • Exceptional service attitude and communication style
  • Maintains highest level of confidentiality
  • Excellent written and verbal skills
  • Demonstrates clinical competency as defined by organizational standards and protocol
  • BLS Certification
  • Maintain CME requirements
  • Professional appearance and demeanor

Education and Experience:

  • Current NYS license and board certification
  • Completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Program
  • Current BLS Certification

Physical Requirements:

  • Sitting: 20%
  • Standing: 80%
  • Reaching: 50%
  • Bending: 50%
  • Lifting: Must be able to lift 40 pounds

Working Environment:

  • Pleasant conditions: comfortable indoor climate with suitable equipment and tools to carry out the responsibilities of the job.
  • Persons in this job may be exposed to communicable disease through patient care and interaction.

 

Schuyler Hospital

Cayuga Health System - encompassing health care in the Finger Lakes with 2 hospitals, Cayuga Medical Center located in Ithaca and Schuyler Hospital in Montour Falls.

As the parent company, Cayuga Health System looks at the bigger, regional picture and concentrates on ways in which its members can work cohesively and share services. The goals of the health system are to enhance quality of patient care, the health of the communities we serve, and the efficiency with which care is delivered.

Our communities offer state of the art medical treatment and facilities all in a picture postcard setting.

Cayuga Health System strongly believes in collaboration, outreach, education, and a productive exchange of ideas. Cayuga Health System is affiliated with 35 collaborations and partnerships, among them are:

  •   Roswell Park Cancer Institute
  •   Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital
  •   The Rochester Heart Institute, a Cleveland Clinic Heart Surgery Center
  •   The University of Rochester
  •   Syracuse University and University Hospital
  •   Ithaca College
  •   Tompkins Cortland Community College School of Nursing.

Schuyler County is home to many award winning wineries and beautiful Seneca Lake. Seneca Lake is the deepest of all the fingers lakes and is consider the lake trout capital of the world hosting the National Lake Trout Derby. While Schuyler County is also known for breathtaking waterfalls and parks it is also home to Watkins Glenn International, previously known for formula racing and currently one of the last road car courses left on the NASCAR circuit.

About Schuyler Hospital

As a healthcare professional, you are making an important choice about where to begin or take the next step in your career. By joining our dynamic team of dedicated medical staff, you will be able to achieve your career goals in a small, rural hospital that gives you a well-rounded experience in a warm, caring environment where you'll get to know and care for patients and their families.  

Schuyler Hospital is the Schuyler County's largest employer, with 400 employees working in various departments in an array of professional, technical and support positions.

About the Area

Schuyler County is located in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York. The area is one of the most picturesque scenic landscapes in the United States with unmatched lakes, forests, and communities that date back to pre- revolutionary times. In fact, Schuyler County is named in honor of an American Revolutionary War General, Philip John Schuyler. General Schuyler was also a US Senator and a member of the 1775 Continental Congress.

Schuyler County is famous as the current and original home of the Watkins Glen International Raceway, the Watkins Glen State Park, and beautiful Seneca Lake with its surrounding wineries, as well as a growing number of breweries and distilleries. We have many places to hike and bike, and a number of festivals and special events.  The area is a great place to visit, work, live, and raise a family. It is also an easy commute to larger metropolitan areas, and is surrounded by some of the finest private and state universities and colleges in the world

Facility & Address

  • Schuyler Hospital
  • 220 Steuben Street Montour Falls NY 14865

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