UPMC Central PA is seeking an Nurse Practitioner to join Inpatient Endocrinology team

Company: UPMC
Location: Harrisburg
Posted on: May 4, 2024

Job Description:

Endocrinology Inpatient Service NP Join UPMC Central PA - a growing, multisite health system - as an essential member of the UPMC Central PA Inpatient Endocrinology care team who is responsible for providing consultative medical care or services relating to Endocrinology within the hospital setting under the supervision of an Endocrinology physician.
Job Opportunity:

• Evaluate clinical status of patients under appropriate physician direction and within scope of practice.
  
  • Obtains and documents patient's complete medical history.
    
    • Performs and documents comprehensive physical exam.
      
      • Rotates through hospitals, assisting with consults and follow-up visits.
        
        • Implements treatment plans for Endocrinology related illnesses under indirect supervision.
          
          • Perform follow-up with patients or families as indicated, by phone.
            Job Requirements:
            • Current Pennsylvania licensure as a registered nurse
            • Board certification as a nurse practitioner
            • Graduate from a registered nurse practitioner program with a master's degree in nursing
              Benefits:
              
              • Competitive salary
              • Health, life, and disability insurance
              • Medical malpractice insurance
              • Defined contribution plan; 403(b) plan with employer match
              • Professional dues and CME time
              • Paid time off and paid holidays About South Central Pennsylvania
                • Features both rural and suburban living and boasts an abundance of sports, arts, cultural events, and entertainment. Close to historically significant areas such as Gettysburg and world-famous Hershey Park and Hershey's Chocolate World.
                • Offers top-rated public schools, blue-ribbon private schools, and some of Pennsylvania's top colleges and universities. Area school districts are consistently ranked in the top 20 percent of Pennsylvania. With affordable homes - a composite cost of living index of 99.7, compared to 126.5 in Philadelphia - it's a great place to grow a career and family
                • Listed among "America's Most Livable Cities," and ranked in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Cities to Live." We are a two-to-three-hour drive away from New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.
                  About UPMC in Central Pa UPMC Central in Pa is a nationally recognized leader in providing high-quality, patient-centered health care services in central Pennsylvania and surrounding rural communities. The not-for-profit system cares for more than 1.2 million area residents yearly, providing life-saving emergency care, essential primary care and leading-edge diagnostic services. The UPMC Pinnacle health system includes seven acute care hospitals with 1,161 licensed beds, over 160 outpatient clinics and ancillary facilities, more than 2,900 physicians and allied health professionals, and approximately 11,000 employees. It is a health care hub serving Dauphin, Cumberland, Perry, York, Lancaster, Lebanon, Juniata, Franklin, Adams and parts of Snyder counties.
                  

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