Location: Danbury, CT, United States
Salary Range: 50.48 - 72.11
Work Type: Full-Time
Standard Hours: 40
FTE: Exempt
Work Schedule: Day 8
Work Shift: Monday-Friday 8:30A-5P
Date Posted:
Nuvance Health extends from New York’s Hudson Valley to western Connecticut. Our team of more than 15,000 caregivers delivers compassionate care through seven community hospitals, primary care and specialty practice locations, outpatient settings, home care services and telehealth visits. With strong hearts and open minds, we’re pushing past boundaries and challenging the expected, all in the name of possibility. As we journey forward, we are guided by our values: personal, imaginative, agile and connected. Our curiosity is opening new pathways and creating new advancements in healthcare for all.
Description
Summary:
Provides medical care for patients in collaboration with a physician. Coordinates the clinical and administrative activities related to the office to ensure the delivery of quality, cost-effective patient care.
Responsibilities:
1. Examines, evaluates, diagnoses and treats patients to provide expeditious, high quality, customer focused care.
2. Orders the appropriate laboratory and diagnostic procedures, and prescribes medical therapeutics as required to evaluate the state of the patient's medical condition.
3. Interprets and integrates data to determine the appropriateness of the therapeutic treatment plan.
4. Consults with supervising physicians in accordance with the practice's policies and medical standards to assure standards of medical care and patient satisfaction.
5. Records all symptoms, objective findings, assessment, treatment plan and other information that is appropriate in the patient's chart and signs the record.
6. Instructs the patient and family regarding the patient's diagnosis, testing, expected outcome and future prevention.
7. Evaluates the outcome of the treatment plan by reviewing diagnostic results with the patient through phone calls and return visits.
8. Performs total quality improvement processes and initiatives to achieve the Practice's mission.
9. Responsible for following departmental policies and procedures to assure service with proper risk management.
10. Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
11. Performs other duties as assigned.
Other Information:
Required:
Minimum Experience: one year
Desired:
Working Conditions:
Manual: Some manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
Occupational: Some occupational risk
Physical Effort: Medium to Heavy effort. May exert up to 35 lbs. force
Physical Environment: Some exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.
Company: Nuvance Health Med Practice CT
Org Unit: 518
Department: DB Endocrinology
Exempt: Yes
Salary Range: $0.00 - $1000.00 Hourly
Qualified applicants are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other classification protected under applicable Federal, State or Local law.
We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation or our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact Human Resources at 203-739-7330 (for reasonable accommodation requests only). Please provide all information requested to ensure that you are considered for current or future opportunities.