Neurology Nurse Practitioner Job in Morristown, NJ

A healthcare network in New Jersey is currently seeking a licensed Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) to join their growing Neurology team at one of their practices. In this role, the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) will be responsible for providing comprehensive care to epilepsy patients in both an inpatient and outpatient setting.

About the Opportunity:

Schedule: Monday to Friday
Hours: 9am to 5pm - there is on call required for this role that you also get paid extra for!
Specialty: Neuro / Epilepsy
Patient Population: Adults

Responsibilities:

The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) will:

Performing complete history and physical examinations on patients within the outpatient clinic and the medical centers
Performing the general workup of the patient to include ordering appropriate diagnostic imaging, laboratory tests, interpretation of the studies and gathering the appropriate data for decision making
Clearly discriminating between abnormal and normal findings when evaluating the history, physical examination and laboratory tests
Identifying patient problems and develop further treatment plans and modalities
Making complete entries in the EMR utilizing evidence- based practice
Prescribing, adjusting, or discontinuing medications, treatments, studies as appropriate
Providing counseling, education and instruction to patients and their families regarding their diagnosis and treatment plans
Performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
Making routine rounds and documents findings on inpatients as assigned, identifying and addressing all current problems
Assisting with discharge planning and performs discharge summaries as required
Performing other duties, as needed

Qualifications: