Family Practice - Without OB Physician
Company: Jefferson Health
Location: Bensalem
Posted on: January 17, 2026
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Job Description:
The advanced practice provider Nurse Practitioner within the
ambulatory setting works in collaboration with, and is an integral
member of, a multidisciplinary health care team. The APP provides
comprehensive care in the Primary Care ambulatory practice.
Assessment & Management Performs complete history & physicals and
documents in the medical record. Orders and collects data using
appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic
information and diagnostic procedures where indicated. The APP may
serve as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in
the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations
requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions. Assesses for
risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically
ill patient including: medication side effects, immobility,
impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance,
immunocompetence, invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures.
Diagnosis Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in
making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions. Manages
diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and
supervision. Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions
Formulates Plan of Care Identifies expected outcomes from
diagnosis, and formulates and documents a plan of care to address
complex acute and chronic health care needs. Utilizes evidenced
based practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized,
dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.
Implements and modifies plan of care. Prescribes diagnostic
strategies and therapeutic interventions. May perform advanced
procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.
Documentation Documents/dictates key components of patient's
progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary,
and or clinic note where applicable. (h&p, daily progress
notes, plan of care, problem lists, procedure notes, acute event
note, discharge summaries, in medical record per specific patient
unit or service, death summary) Documentation is timely, meets
acute care compliance standards and captures patient acuity.
Communication and Collaboration Maintains ongoing communication and
collaboration with interdisciplinary health care team. Facilitates
and communicates with patient, family and staff to promote
continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of
care. Professional Practice Maintains CEUs, and membership in a
professional organization. Master s Degree National Board
Certification as a Primary/Family Care Nurse Practitioner BLS
certification One (1) Two (2) years experience in primary care
preferred. Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at
Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson s clinical entities or
at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be
required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are
offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved
medical or religious exemption from Jefferson. 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.
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