Per Diem Nurse Practitioner; Casual - Temporary

Overview

A fully accredited facility, University Health Services (UHS) at Princeton University provides responsive, high quality clinical, preventive, and consultative health services to over 8,500 Princeton undergraduate and graduate students and their dependents, and occupational health services to Princeton University faculty, staff, and employees. An integrated, evidence-informed model guides all UHS practices and services. UHS leverages clinical encounters and prevention efforts into meaningful opportunities for our members to learn about and adopt healthy living practices.

UHS also supports a public health approach that prevents or responds rapidly to illness outbreaks and injury, and advances, preserves, or restores students’ capacity to take full advantage of their education.

UHS’s mission is to enhance learning and student success by using current and emerging knowledge of health, well-being, and human development to guide high-quality inclusive, clinical, prevention, and population-based solutions to college health issues; and promoting the perspective of health and well-being throughout University life.

UHS’s values are Compassionate Care;
Service Excellence;
Collaborative Spirit & Learning Orientation.

The per diem Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides primary care, same day/acute care to Princeton undergraduate and graduate students and their eligible dependents. This work includes obtaining history, performing physical exams, ordering and interpreting appropriate lab, x-ray, and electrocardiogram studies. The per diem NP performs minor office practice procedures such as suturing, incision & drainage. This position is responsible for charting in an electronic medical record.

The per diem Nurse Practitioner works collaboratively with physicians, physician assistants, nurses, medical assistants, and other clinicians to provide high quality clinical, prevention, and consultative services. The Nurse Practitioner may also perform administrative and professional duties to support the delivery of healthcare consistent with UHS policies, procedures, and professional standards.

Outpatient Clinic hours are M-F 8:45am - 5:00pm, Saturdays 9:00am - 4:00pm.

UHS hires individuals of all backgrounds. We build on our staff’s diversity--recognizing, valuing, and appreciating the different perspectives, talents and energy of all. UHS invites all its employees to make a valuable contribution in this regard. We firmly believe that being an inclusive and culturally responsive community is one of the foundations of a vibrant, relevant organization. We aspire to develop the mindsets, knowledge and abilities to build equitable and inclusive systems, teams and culture.

In addition, UHS embraces an organization-wide commitment to quality and performance improvement. We aspire to be an organization in which all employees devote themselves to individual and systemic efforts to improve what they do so that all clients are well-served. Consistent with this direction, we hire individuals who are engaged, strive for excellence, and support continuous quality efforts.

As a member of the UHS staff, your job may be deemed “essential” as defined by University and UHS policy. Please ask your supervisor for additional information.

The salary range for this position is $68-$75/hour.

• Provides outpatient care consistent with UHS policies and procedures and in accordance with NJBME regulations. This includes:
  • Taking a history and doing a physical examination
  • Ordering and interpreting laboratory tests, ordering and preliminarily interpreting imaging and other diagnostic studies
  • Referring to appropriate consultants when indicated
  • Performing minor surgical procedures such as simple suturing and incision/drainage when qualified
  • Providing timely and appropriate documentation of the above in the electronic medical record, Medicat.
  • Assessing psychosocial emotional, spiritual, environmental, biological, behavioral & cultural factors impacting upon patient.
• May be asked to participate in outpatient care weekend coverage by rotation with Nurse Practitioners or PA staff members.
• Performs other patient care related responsibilities such…