• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building: 1111 Westchester Avenue, White Plains NY
• Salary Range: $120,000 - $135,000

Position Summary

The Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons is seeking a Nurse Practitioner. In this role, you will participate in providing the highest level of care to patients. This position will involve working at a new, large multi-specialty medical practice in Westchester White Plains, adjacent to New York City.

Responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities include:

• Care of general pediatric Gastroenterology and sub-specialty pediatric Gastroenterology in the out-patient setting.\
• History-taking, physical examinations, and clinical decision making.
• Management of enteral nutrition and devices, including nasogastric, gastrostomy, and jejunostomy tubes.
• Central line access.
•  Triage and management of telephone calls from parents about active symptoms as well as lab and test results.  
• Patient and parent education.
• Cross-coverage of NPs and physicians.
• Patient care coordination with home care agencies, medical device companies and schools.
• Other duties as assigned.

Administrative responsibilities include:

• Development of protocols for safe delivery of patient care and efficient operations of Division
• Ordering of appropriate medication, nutritionals, and supplies.
• Secure approvals from insurance companies.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned/requested.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires Master?s degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus one to two years of related experience
• Current NYS NP License, maintain and renew when necessary
• Current NYS RN License
• NP Board Certification
• DEA License
• BCLS and PALS certification
• Able to meet New York-Presbyterian Hospital credentialing requirements

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

About Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

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