- Location
- Brooklyn Heights, New York, United States · published
- Type
- Internship
- Department
- Healthcare
- Source
- Workable
Description
Internist / Nursing Home - Brooklyn, NY (#3349)
- Location: Brooklyn, NY
- Employment Type: Full-Time position
- Salary: $205,000 / year (negotiable) + Bonuses
About Greenlife Healthcare Staffing:
Greenlife Healthcare Staffing is a leading nationwide recruitment agency dedicated to connecting healthcare professionals with top-tier opportunities. We partner with hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, multi-specialty groups, and private practices to match talented individuals with roles that align with their skills and career goals.
Position Overview:
Greenlife Healthcare Staffing is seeking a Board-Certified or Board-Eligible Internist to join a nursing home in Brooklyn, NY. This role focuses on delivering comprehensive care to geriatric and long-term care patients, ensuring optimal health outcomes in a collaborative, mission-driven environment.
Why Join Us?
- Work Schedule:
- Full-Time position.
- Professional Growth:
- Develop expertise in geriatric and long-term care medicine.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to innovate patient care strategies.
- Impactful Work:
- Improve quality of life for elderly and chronically ill patients in a nursing home setting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Consult with patients to understand their symptoms and health concerns.
- Diagnose and treat acute illnesses, such as bacterial and viral infections, as well as chronic diseases and conditions, such as hypertension, heart disease, or diabetes.
- Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
- Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
- Monitor patients' conditions and progress, and re-evaluate treatments, as necessary.
- Provide health and wellness advice to patients, including diet, physical activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
- Immunize patients against preventable diseases.
- Maintain detailed notes of appointments with patients, including comments, tests, and/or treatments prescribed, and test results.
- Refer patients to other medical specialists, when necessary.
- Provide support and advice to patients receiving long-term care.
- Prepare official health documents or records, when necessary.
- Conduct research into the testing and development of new medications, methods of treatment, or procedures to prevent or control illness, disease, or injury.
Greenlife Healthcare Staffing – Empowering Healthcare Professionals, Enriching Lives.