Primary Care NP or PA - Nassau County

Job Responsibility

• Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.


• Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to ensure complete screening and preparation of patients.


• Performs daily patient rounds.


• Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.


• Interprets laboratory and test results.


• Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care.


• Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on patient charts.


• Informs patients of the necessary post-discharge care instructions.

• Bachelor's Degree, required. Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program, required.


• Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) by the New York State Department of Education, required.


• Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required.


• Current BLS certification, required.


• Master's Degree in a Nurse Practitioner Program and National Board Certification in specialty area required.


• Current license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in New York State, and current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State, required.


• Has a collaborative practice agreement with designated protocols filed with NYS Department of Education OR collaborative relationship attestation as per the Nurse Practitioner Modernization Act 2015.


• Current BLS certification, required.