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Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.
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Job Summary:
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The Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time TH Assistant Director of Nursing / Nurse Practitioner, Outpatient Gastroenterology Infusion Center. The successful candidate will:
- Provide advanced care, including administering intravenous medications, fluids and nutrients to children to treat chronic illnesses, infections, or for wellness purposes like dehydration and fatigue.
- Demonstrate responsibility for patient management assessing and educating patients and families, and monitoring patients before, during and after therapy.
- Oversee pediatric infusions, providing a higher level of care and diagnostic capabilities, including ordering necessary lab tests and adjusting treatment plans.
- Work both independently and under physician supervision, to create treatment plans, start infusions, monitor for reactions, and educate families.
- Perform patient assessments, manage medications, order diagnostics, and assist with procedures like endoscopies and colonoscopies.
- Provide assistance in coordinating, scheduling of the outpatient procedures and prior authorizations for infusions.
- Coordinate patient care for infusions and therapy.
- Document all care provided in the patient's medical record; completes all required patient care documentation and submit all documents to the office.
- Develop further and manage patient care panel with participation in managed care programs, and other direct patient care programs as applicable.
- Participate in and provide departmental education activities to medical students, residents, fellows and allied health professional students.
- Participate in hospital and departmental health fairs, community education events and speak to community groups when requested.
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Executive Order:
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Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.
Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu
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