Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner – Neurology-Dementia

                    

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Job Title

Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner – Neurology-Dementia

                        

Location

Weston

                    

Facility

Florida Weston Hospital

                     

Department

Neurology-Weston Hospital

                      

Job Code

001427

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

7:00am-5:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

🧠 Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant – Outpatient Dementia Neurology
📍 Weston, FL
🕒 Full-Time | Monday–Friday | No Weekends | No Call

Are you a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant passionate about cognitive disorders and providing patient-centered care? Join our dedicated outpatient neurology team in Palm Beach Gardens, where you’ll focus on memory and neurodegenerative disorders in a supportive, multidisciplinary environment.

🔍 About the Role
As a valued member of our neurology team, you will:

• Evaluate and manage patients with cognitive and memory disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
• Collaborate with neurology physicians, neuropsychologists, and social workers to provide comprehensive dementia care
• Monitor treatment plans and provide ongoing follow-up care
• Work independently with physician support as needed
• Experience with dementia patients is preferred, but newly licensed providers with strong interest are encouraged to apply

💼 What We Offer

Competitive Compensation & Financial Support

• Industry-leading salary, based on experience
• Relocation assistance for moves over 75+ miles
• Reimbursement for interview-related travel and lodging
• Employer-matched retirement plan

🩺 Comprehensive Health & Wellness Coverage

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 100% paid maternity and parental leave (up to 12 weeks)
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• CME stipend and protected CME time

Responsibilities:

• Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical examinations (where indicated), initiates appropriate lab, radiology tests or other special tests required for evaluation of illness, and scrutinizes lab data on new and former clinic patients and hospital admissions to establish a record of the patient's current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan.

• Must be able to work with collaborating physician.

• Performs and interprets, at least to the point of recognizing deviations from normal, common laboratory, radiologic, cardiographic and other routine diagnostic procedures used to identify pathophysiologic processes as privileged by CCF Credentialing Board.

• Performs routine procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, managing simple conditions produced by infection or trauma, assisting in the management of more complex illness and injury which may include assisting surgeons in conducting operations and taking initiative in performing evaluation and therapeutic procedures in response to life- threatening situations, as privileged by CCF Credentialing Board.

• May prescribe and monitor medications as allowed by prescriptive authority through applicable state Board of Nursing/Medicine and CCF policy.

• Performs specialized procedures, including bone marrow aspirations, biopsies and harvest, blood draws, designated IV starts, spinal taps, thoracentesis and paracentesis as well as other specific procedures as directed by the physician, following approval by CCF Credentialing Board.

• Provides information and answers routine questions of patients regarding their disease, including preventive health maintenance topics such as diet, weight, smoking and topics related to medical specialty, with basic recommendations.

• Educates patients regarding their disease, treatments, related drug and treatment side effects and hazards.

• Participates in medical team rounds; collaborates with nursing, medical and other healthcare team members regularly to ensure quality patient care