Physician Assistant - Nurse Practitioner (APRN) / Epilepsy Southington

Company: Hartford HealthCare
Location: Hamden
Posted on: November 18, 2023

Job Description:

Description

Job Schedule: Full Time
Standard Hours: 40
Job Shift: Shift 1
Shift Details: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

Hartford HealthCare, the largest and most comprehensive healthcare system in Connecticut, has a new opportunity available for an Epilepsy Advanced Practice Provider (APRN or PA-C), to join our well-established and cohesive Endocrinology Epilepsy team, practicing in Central, CT.

Some highlights of this opportunity include:

Our amazing team

We have 10 epileptologists and 3 APPs all dedicated to helping people live well despite epilepsy and seizures

3 neurosurgeons help us provide highly advanced surgical treatments

Psychiatry, social work, neuropsychology, and epilepsy nurses round out our wraparound care

We pride ourselves on our teamwork, partnership and emphasis on patient and care team wellness.

Our strong program

o The program serves a large population with a variety of complex epilepsy diagnoses, using a team approach toward seizure management, wellness, and prevention.

o We offer our APPs personalized on boarding, mentorship and career development

o Our outpatient teams offer whole life care to help people control seizures and live their best lives

o We offer the full range of diagnostic testing and treatments for people with seizures, including surgical treatments and brain stimulator implantations

o Our APPs are highly involved in our program, providing direct patient care, input to pre-surgical evaluations, stimulator management, and program improvement projects.

o We conduct regularly scheduled educational opportunities including Grand Rounds, journal club, guest lectures

o Our APPs are active participants, collaborating with care partners and providing education for nurses, EEG techs, and the general community.

o Tailored APP Epilepsy EPIC templates, and dedicated administrative time throughout the week.

o The epilepsy physician assistant or nurse practitioner collaborates with a high functioning team of providers to primarily provide follow up with patients who present with seizures and epilepsy as well as participation in our Refractory Epilepsy Surgical Conference and Journal Club.

o APP mentorship and thorough on-boarding.

o Tailored APP Epilepsy EPIC templates, and dedicated administrative time throughout the week

--- Shift:

Full Time - Daytime schedule with no weekends, overnight call, or holidays.

Spend 60% of time in the outpatient department clinic and 40% inpatient at Hartford Hospital supporting in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.

APPs collaborate closely with specific doctors to provide personalize care for our clinic patients

Wonderful Employer

Hartford Healthcare is committed to diversity and inclusion, and ensuring all employees have a voice. The program serves a large population with a variety of complex epilepsy diagnoses, using a team approach toward seizure management, wellness, and prevention.

--- Opportunities for career advancement both hospital wide and system wide

--- Competitive compensation, matching 401k, tiered medical, and CME reimbursement

--- Access to HHC's Provider Leadership Development Institute

--- Eligibility to apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness

There are no limits to what you can achieve when you join the Epilepsy Center at Hartford HealthCare. The extensive capabilities of the most integrated healthcare system in CT offers Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants MORE OPPORTUNITY as you practice with nationally respected colleagues in a progressive, physician-led environment. Our broad network includes seven acute care hospitals including one of the largest academic and surgical hospitals in the northeast, thriving community teaching hospitals, and one of the largest multi-specialty medical groups in New England with more than 1,000 providers.

This means MORE OPTIONS to propel your career to new heights and all within a deeply embedded culture of inclusion, innovation, and focus on the highest quality of care. We are teachers, researchers, innovators, leaders and, most of all, caregivers.

Located between Boston and New York City, Connecticut offers you and your family access to a lifestyle that is second to none. Enjoy the finest schools in the nation, four beautiful seasons of recreational activities, and options to live at the shore, in leafy suburbs, or in vibrant urban areas. To put MORE LIFE IN YOUR LIFE, apply today!

Qualifications

Eligibility to be licensed in Connecticut as a Physician Assistant (PA), or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), is required.

Eligibility to be certified as a Physician Assistant (PA), or National Board Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP), or Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) is required.

Neurology/Epilepsy experience as a PA, NP, clinical student, or RN is preferred.

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