The Jefferson Weinberg ALS Center at the Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience seeks an experienced and energetic Nurse Practitioner.

This will be a rewarding opportunity in a leadership position. The nurse practitioner will work in an outpatient setting as lead referent for the Weinberg ALS Center’s Multidisciplinary clinic and patients’ care. The ALS Weinberg ALS Center’s Clinic provides comprehensive care and state-of-the-art resources to patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and related diseases. As a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, which also includes research, the successful candidate will provide care to patients including neurological assessment, H&P, outpatient clinic new evaluations and follow up care. Experience in neuroscience or chronic diseases of the nervous system is a plus but interested candidates with long-term nursing experience are encouraged to apply.

SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS

• Obtains patient history and performs assessment via observation, interview and examination during diagnostic and follow up visits
• Provides direct treatment and management of health conditions within the scope of subspecialty practice via prescriptive authority or referral to other health Centers and Institutions
• Develops, implements and coordinates the plan of care for patients in collaboration with the Clinical Director, the multidisciplinary team of physicians and therapists and the patients
• Coordinates the multidisciplinary team
• May perform diagnostic or therapeutic interventions consistent with certification, law, Jefferson University Physicians privileges
• Provides counseling and education to patients and their families and/or caregivers concerning available community resources, treatment options and disease progression
• Provides telephone follow-up between clinic visits and triage of established patients office (patients’ concerns and questions; prescription renewals; determination of disease progression through ALS functional rating scale; communication of results of studies)
• Communicates appropriate referrals to patients
• Outside of clinic days, works closely with the Center’s dedicated medical and research staff including Speech Pathologist; Dietitian; Genetic Counselor and Clinical Research Coordinators
• Opportunities to participate in Clinical Research and- if interested- assist as evaluator for clinical trials as well as liaison between the research and the clinical team

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jefferson’s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.