Local Contract Nurse Practitioner - Geriatrics - $69 per hour

PRIDE Health
  • Albany, NY
  • $69 Per Hour
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Job Description

PRIDE Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner Geriatrics for a local contract job in Albany, New York.

Job Description & Requirements

  • Specialty: Geriatrics
  • Discipline: Nurse Practitioner
  • Duration: 13 weeks
  • 40 hours per week
  • Shift: 8 hours, days
  • Employment Type: Local Contract

Pride Health is hiring a Travel Nurse Practitioner/ Physician Assistant  - Long-term Care - to support our client's healthcare team in Albany, NY. 

Job Details: 
Location: Albany, NY 14719
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8a-5p
Duration: Contract with potential for hire

Contract Length: 53 weeks 

Pay: $69 hourly 

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform comprehensive patient assessments and develop individualized care plans.
  • Manage acute, chronic, and behavioral health conditions.
  • Document patient assessments, diagnoses, and treatment plans accurately, including ICD-10 coding.
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to coordinate patient care.
  • Conduct advanced illness and end-of-life care planning discussions.
  • Provide education and counseling to patients, families, and caregivers.
  • Support patients with complex medical, social, behavioral, and functional needs.
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Required Qualifications

  • Active, unrestricted New York NP or PA license, or ability to obtain licensure by the start date.
  • Graduate of an accredited MSN/DNP program for NPs or an accredited Physician Assistant program.
  • Current national board certification:
    • NP: AANP or ANCC certification in an eligible specialty, including Family, Adult, Gerontology, or Adult-Gerontology Acute Care.
    • PA: Current NCCPA certification.
  • Active DEA registration and prescriptive authority.
  • Ability to obtain a collaborative practice agreement, if applicable.
  • Reliable transportation and ability to meet the physical requirements of the role, including lifting up to 30 pounds.
  • Ability to meet applicable vaccination requirements and pass a pre-employment drug screening.

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • At least 1 year of clinical experience; long-term care experience preferred.
  • Experience caring for patients with complex medical, behavioral, social, or functional needs.
  • Knowledge of geriatrics and chronic illness management.
  • Experience with advanced illness and end-of-life care discussions.
  • Proficiency in electronic medical records and clinical documentation.

 

 

 

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Providers will travel between the following three senior living facilities during scheduled shifts: • Salamanca • Fiddlers Green • Safire South

About PRIDE Health

PRIDE Health is the minority-owned healthcare recruitment division of Pride Global—an integrated human capital solutions and advisory firm. With our robust and abundant travel nursing and allied health employment options across the U.S., PRIDE Health will allow you to help change the way the world lives and heals as it connects you with the industry’s leading healthcare organizations.


Pride Health offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, pet insurance, and employee discounts with preferred vendors.


Equal Employment Opportunity

Pride Health is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.


Fair Chance Employment

Pride Health is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.


Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.


Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates: Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.

 

Only applicable for Kentucky positions: For this type of employment, state law requires a criminal record check as a condition of employment. This applies to direct care staff (Examples: RN, LPN, Nurse Aides, Therapists) referred to Kentucky nursing facilities, assisted living communities, or long-term care facilities, in accordance with KRS 216.793.

Benefits

  • Weekly pay
  • Holiday Pay
  • Guaranteed Hours
  • 401k retirement plan
  • Cancelation protection
  • Referral bonus
  • Medical benefits
  • Dental benefits
  • Vision benefits

Numbers & Facts

LocationAlbany, NY

Skills

  • Academic Adviceunmatched
  • Acute Careunmatched
  • American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)unmatched
  • Behavioral Healthunmatched
  • Chronic Diseaseunmatched
  • Clinical Medicineunmatched
  • Clinical Study Publicationsunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)unmatched
  • Electronic Medical Recordsunmatched
  • Geriatricsunmatched
  • Health Planunmatched
  • Healthcareunmatched
  • Human Capitalunmatched
  • ICD-10unmatched
  • Lift/Move 30 Poundsunmatched
  • Long-Term Careunmatched
  • Medical Diagnosisunmatched
  • Nurse Practitionerunmatched
  • Nursingunmatched
  • Patient Assessmentunmatched
  • Patient Careunmatched
  • Patient Educationunmatched
  • Physical Demandsunmatched
  • Physician Assistantunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Training/Teachingunmatched
  • Treatment Planunmatched
  • United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)unmatched
  • Willing to Travelunmatched

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