Clinical Nurse Practitioner
Job Description
This position will support patients with epilepsy to regain control over their lives. The APP will perform histories and physical examinations, assess clinical and nonclinical needs, and provide treatments and referrals with a focus on maximizing seizure control and quality of life. The APP will work in partnership with an attending physician and clinical sites will include sessions in Boston and in other suburban locations, creating the perfect environment for professional development and for excellent work-life balance. Subspecialty gender-based care will also be provided for patients who wish to biologically bear children; the APP will participate in preconceptual counselling, sessions for parenting safety, and in developing customized labor and delivery plans as well as providing postpartum support and antiseizure medication adjustment. The APP will have the opportunity to receive training in self-management programs and in programming epilepsy-specific devices. A faculty appointment, academic support for research projects, and mentoring will also be provided, as will time and reimbursement for Continuing Education.
Steward Health Care, the largest for-profit private hospital operator in the United States, is a physician-led health care services organization committed to providing the highest quality of care in the communities where patients live. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Steward operates 39 community hospitals in the United States and the country of Malta that regularly receive top awards for quality and safety. The company employs approximately 40,000 health care professionals. The Steward network includes more than 25 urgent care centers, 42 preferred skilled nursing facilities, substantial behavioral health services, over 7,300 beds under management, and approximately 1.5 million full risk covered lives through the company's managed care and health insurance services. The total number of paneled lives within Steward's integrated care network is projected to reach 3 million in 2018.
About Steward Health Care
Nearly a decade ago, Steward Health Care System emerged as a different kind of health care company designed to usher in a new era of wellness. One that provides our patients better, more proactive care at a sustainable cost, our providers unrivaled coordination of care, and our communities greater prosperity and stability.
As the country’s largest physician-led, minority-owned, integrated health care system, our doctors can be certain that we share their interests and those of their patients. Together we are on a mission to revolutionize the way health care is delivered - creating healthier lives, thriving communities and a better world.
Steward is among the nation’s largest and most successful accountable care organizations (ACO), with more than 5,500 providers and 43,000 health care professionals who care for 12.3 million patients a year through a closely integrated network of hospitals, multispecialty medical groups, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities and behavioral health centers.
Based in Dallas, Steward currently operates 33 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
Steward Health Care is proud to be a minority, physician owned organization. Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are at the foundation of the care we provide, the community services we support and all our employment practices. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and or expression or any other non-job-related characteristic.
Application Instructions
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Apply OnlinePosted: 11/6/2023
Job Status: Full Time
Job Reference #: 133972