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The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant to work collaboratively with cardiologists in an inpatient and outpatient setting.

Hours:Full time, must be able to rotate at the hospital, rotate weekends & must have availability to be on call.

Job Functions:

Under the direction and supervision of a licensed physician, provides cardiac care to patients.

Perform comprehensive inpatient/outpatient visits which include:

Outpatient:

• Conduct comprehensive or episodic health history and physical assessment of patients with acute, chronic and/or cardiac patients with potential health problems.
• Establish medical diagnoses. Write specific orders within the limits of the practice agreement/scope of practice.
• Perform stress testing, provide appropriate direction to office staff regarding patient care issues (triage calls etc. Manages or independently performs evaluative and treatment necessary to provide an appropriate response to life threatening emergency situations until the arrival of emergency response teams.
• Communicates effectively with referring and primary health care providers. Manage independent outpatient clinical practice and coverage for collaborating physicians, including rotating on call weekday/weekend night and weekend coverage.
• Maintain clinical documentation according to group practice.
• Educates patients and families on treatment and wellness care plans

Inpatient:

• Conducts comprehensive health history and physical assessment of patients with acute health problems.
• Performs admission history and physical, develops, manages and modifies treatment plans.
• Participates in daily rounding and collaborates with attending or consulting team to adjust plans of care.
• Manages or independently performs evaluative and treatment necessary to provide an appropriate response to life threatening emergency situations until the arrival of emergency response teams. Facilitates referrals to appropriate community health facilities, agencies and resources.
• Discharges hospitalized patients at the direction of the attending physician.
• Prepares and dictates discharge summaries of patients? hospitalization and clinic care.
• Assists with intraoperative processes and procedures, when needed, and as granted through privileging processes.

Fast paced, large cardiology practice with multiple locations. The applicant should have 1 year minimum of cardiac experience. Certified Exercise Physiologist or eligible to take the exam within one year of hire.

JOB SUMMARY:

Fast paced, large cardiology practice with multiple locations. The applicant should have 1 year minimum of cardiac experience. Certified Exercise Physiologist or eligible to take the exam within one year of hire.

• Candidate for this position will perform diagnostic cardiovascular stress testing
• Must have the ability to interpret and analyze exams, following protocols to provide a preliminary report of findings to the physician
• Will have an independent schedule and should be familiar with day-to-day operations.
• Other additional duties as needed

Job Summary:

Act as a central point of communication among providers, patients and other team members of our team. Incumbent schedules patients for provider appointments and diagnostic testing utilizing knowledge of medical terminology and practice policies and protocols. Troubleshoots patient concerns and routes calls to the appropriate staff member when needed.

Essential Job Functions:

• Answer large volume of calls promptly.
• Screen all calls for urgency and handle all calls with confidence, compassion and efficiency.
• Schedules patient appointments and diagnostic testing for all providers.
• Collect and verify patient demographic information as well as verify insurance when appropriate.
• Accurately records patient messages and routes them to the provider or appropriate team member.
• Reviews and maintains provider?s schedules according to practice guidelines to ensure patients are scheduled appropriately.

The employee will be under the general supervision of and report directly to the EP/Device clinic Supervisor. This clinical position requires direct patient contact and the performance of a variety of functions related to the care, education, and maintenance of patients with implanted cardiac devices. ( pacemakers, implanted cardiac defibrillators, and Loop recorders) as well as external cardiac recorders (Holter monitors, MCOTS, EVENT recorders, and Loop recorders) and external temporary cardiac defibrillators.

Essential Job Functions:

• -Obtains vital signs and pertinent patient history, medication review
• -Attaches patient to the appropriate programmer to initiate interrogation process
• -Provides appropriate education regarding home care, routine precautions and F/U of patient?s individual device.
• -Able to educate and instruct patients on use of home monitoring devices.
• -Able to log on to and order equipment through websites.
• -Able actively participate in downloading and maintenance of remote monitoring websites, reporting any alert status directly to the Supervising NP/RN/M
• -Able to call device manufacturers/ representatives for information when required.
• -Able to perform a Trans-telephonic telephone check.
• – Will be able to perform arrhythmia analysis of Holter, Event, and MCOT monitors and Loop recorders.
• -Will remain current with new technology as it becomes available. Attends educational programs as
• -Required to maintain current with new devices, procedures, and patient education requirements.
• -Schedule patient appointments within established guidelines.
• -Will maintain appropriate documentation in the patient?s EMR, chart.
• -Will maintain statistics for the department under the supervision of the NP.
• -Will follow HIPAA guidelines at all times.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Authorization/Eligibility specialist works as a liaison between the Centralized Business Office, the physicians, and the patient. The position interfaces with physicians, patients, and administrative personnel and answers phone calls, responds to fax and email communication and routes messages accordingly. The focus of the position is to obtain prior authorizations for medications and/or procedures. To review patient insurance eligibility and process authorizations to ensure approvals are on file for each patient scheduled to receive services at the Practice. Duties include reviewing insurance information, requesting authorization from insurance carriers, and data entry.

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JOB RESPONSIBILITES:

• Generates report from the Practice Management (PM) system to review the patients and services scheduled for the next business day
• Reviews patient insurance information to verify eligibility for scheduled services such as appointments, testing, and surgery
• Prints and/or saves eligibility forms for the front desk receptionists at assigned location the day before the appointment date
• Prepares and requests authorization for scheduled appointments and surgeries prior to the appointment/surgery date
• Processes any referral authorizations and sends referral requests to referring physician’s offices, if needed
• Reviews all authorizations processed by the Front Desk Receptionists to ensure accuracy and completeness ? fixes issues, if any
• Inputs patient demographics and insurance information into the PM system
• Troubleshoots any issues with patient eligibility and authorizations by contacting the insurance companies
• Receives any complex eligibility/authorization issues or questions and processes them accordingly
• Cancels or reschedules patients based on insurance information, as needed
• Provides coverage for front desk personnel, as needed
• Performs various administrative duties such as answering phones, directing calls or messages, accurately entering data into the patient medical records, and transporting files/materials between offices
• Works overtime as necessary
• Follows applicable policies and procedures and takes precautions to establish a safe work environment
• Maintains strict patient protocols in accordance with practice policies/ HIPAA requirements
• Maintains a high level of professionalism with patients and works to establish a positive rapport
• Performs other duties as assigned

Overview:

The Psychiatrist role includes providing a mix of outpatient clinical services, and hospital-based consultation/liaison services to meet the needs of patients presenting for care. The Psychiatrist collaborates closely with primary care providers, behavioral health clinicians, hospitalists, emergency physicians and administrative leadership to deliver comprehensive psychiatric care across sites. This role blends direct patient care with interdisciplinary coordination, and contributes to clinical quality improvement efforts to ensure accessible, high-quality mental health services. The Psychiatrist will be an integral part of an interdisciplinary team at Southampton Hospital and will interface regularly with other psychiatrists and behavioral health providers across the Stony Brook Medicine continuum.

Essential Job Functions:

· Perform comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, including diagnostic assessments and treatment planning both in-person and via telehealth.

· Provide medication management and brief supportive psychotherapy as needed.

· Monitor patient progress and adjust treatment plans as appropriate.

· Collaborate with other members of the healthcare team to coordinate care.

· Maintain timely and accurate documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR).

· Participate in team meetings, clinical case reviews, and quality improvement initiatives.

· Adhere to clinical policies, procedures, and regulatory standards.

This is an opening for the front desk of a busy practice. You are the first point of contact with the patients.

Essential Job Functions:

• • Perform all necessary receptionist duties including answering, screening and
  • Routing of phone calls. Take appropriate messages and ensure the proper delivery of those messages.
• • Be polite and courteous at all times.
  • Be able to triage phone calls and determine if urgent, give call to physician or nurse immediately.
• • Greet and register each patient as they arrive.
  • Verify patient demographics and insurance information into the EMR.
  • Collect any necessary co-payments.
  • Notify the provider/staff of patients? arrival.
  • Schedule patient appointments.
  • Schedule any services or procedures as needed.
  • Maintain/prepare patient charts and physician schedule.
  • Open and close office, if needed.
  • Ensure HIPAA & OSHA guidelines are followed at all times.

Responsible for the daily coordination and care requirements of patients with all clinical aspects for the Cardiology Practice to ensure the highest level of patient satisfaction and care.

Responsibilities:

• Perform screening and measuring procedures according to protocol. This may include, but is not limited to vitals of height, weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, EKG. Record findings in the electronic medical record (EMR) Cerner system.
• Compassionate towards patients with strong communication skills
• Detail orientated to keep track of multiple patients
• Review medications and allergies with patients and record pharmacy information for each patient for E-Prescribing.
• Prepare and administer injections
• Perform intravenous lines and consent patients for nuclear stress test
• Maintain inventory of medical supplies
• Maintain patient confidentiality
• Review facility assessment reports and/or outside physician documentation.
• Review Transition of Care facility documentation and reach out to patients on discharge instructions
• Schedule ancillary services and other procedures as needed.
• Call in renewal of prescriptions as directed by Physician
• Follow up with patient upon completion of authorization to provide authorization information to the patient.
• Secure all medication/needles to be in locked cabinet
• Ensure patient results and correspondences are reviewed in a timely manner by the physician and appropriate follow up is performed according to the physician?s direction
• Maintain an adequate supply of inventory in each of the exam rooms while ensuring the cleanliness of the examination room
• Maintain the organization of the sample medication closet to be clean and organized. Ensure logging and end of day security.
• Assist in scanning of documentation such as EKG, Stress Tests, etc.
• Ensure HIPAA guidelines are followed

Essential Job Functions:

• • Perform all necessary receptionist duties including answering, screening and
  • Routing of phone calls. Take appropriate messages and ensure the proper delivery of those messages.
• • Be polite and courteous at all times.
  • Be able to triage phone calls and determine if urgent, give call to physician or nurse immediately.
• • Greet and register each patient as they arrive.
  • Verify patient demographics and insurance information into the EMR.
  • Collect any necessary co-payments.
  • Notify the provider/staff of patients? arrival.
  • Schedule patient appointments.
  • Schedule any services or procedures as needed.
  • Maintain/prepare patient charts and physician schedule.
  • Open and close office, if needed.
  • Ensure HIPAA & OSHA guidelines are followed at all times.
  • Responsible for observing, keeping track of the flow of patients in and out of the clinical areas without sacrificing the collection and input of correct demographic and insurance information.
  • Verify front end coordinators are accurately tagging patients and moving them into the clinical area reviewing time management and ease of check in.
  • Reviewing back end coordinators, making sure they are expeditiously coordinating the care of patients by capturing and executing through GEMMS all post encounter orders.
  • Ensuring that patients are accurately registered and that all proper paperwork has been filled out completely and any waivers and/or copays have been completed and collected.
  • Verifying monies are entered into the GEMMS (or Power Works program as necessary) and review daily payments reconciling to actual monies posted for daily deposit

The Registered Nurse collaborates with the Cardiologists in an office setting.

Essential Job Functions:

• The Nuclear Registered Nurse Supervisor will use organizational, clinical, communication and problem solving skills to assist in managing the patient workflow on a daily basis.
• Nurse Supervisor will serve as a role model and clinical expert for the delivery of an advanced level of professional nursing care and provides leadership in developing and maintaining optimal patient care standards in the clinical setting.
• Obtains medical histories, performs physical examinations, makes diagnosis and orders appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Review test results.
• Provides patient education about underlying medical condition.
• Instructs and counsels patients regarding therapeutic regimens, promoting wellness and health maintenance.
• Performs nursing care, assists with treatments, therapies, procedures, and administers medications as necessary
• Coordinates management of patient flow and staffing through continuous assessment of volume/acuity needs, utilizing resources available to assist in provision of appropriate staffing resources.
• Assists in identifying expected outcomes to provide direction for continuity of care/department operations.