Job Title: Nurse Practitioner
Pay Range - $120-$135K (depending on experience)
Location: Watertown, NY

We are seeking dedicated and compassionate Nurse Practitioners (NP’s) to join our Healthcare. As an NP, you will provide comprehensive primary care services to veterans, ensuring high-quality, patient-centered care in alignment with VA healthcare standards. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of those who have served our country, while working within a supportive and collaborative healthcare environment.

General Overview:
Nurse Practitioners will perform compensation and pension examinations on Veterans and separating military members seeking benefits for their service-connected health issues. This includes obtaining a thorough history and physical, performing both comprehensive and focused examinations as well as a complete review of medical records on a cloud based EHR. Submission of information gathered through an online portal for Veterans Administration to review as part of a compensation/pension claim. This is more of a charting/investigative position, not treatment-based.

Essential Functions:
Performs disability and compensation examinations for Veterans
Reviews Veterans medical history, including abstracts that highlights portions of the history applicable to the Veterans claim
Performs physical evaluation for veterans for disability claim ensuring that charts are submitted within 24 hours
Orders and interprets labs and other diagnostics
Collaborates with interdisciplinary team
Provides quality compensation and pension examinations to Veterans seeking benefits for service-connected health issues
Obtained in-depth health histories regarding specific conditions that have been identified as potential health issues for the Veteran
Ordered necessary ancillary services based off physical examinations
Diagnosed and provided medical opinion decisions based off physical examinations and Veteran claims
Provides the highest level of health care services in terms of compensation and pension to the U.S. Military and veterans seeking benefits for service connected health issues under the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Medical Disability Examinations (MDE) program
Examinations begin with a review of the patient’s medical history as well as their self-reported current state of health prior to the appointments, physical assessment, appropriate diagnostic test, and diagnosis

Job Requirements
Masters or Doctorate degree in Nursing from an accredited program.
Current, unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license and certification.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team environment.
Commitment to providing compassionate care to veterans and their families.
Strong clinical assessment, diagnostic, and treatment skills.

Benefits
Once you have been a Full Time contract employee of Medix for 30 days, you become eligible for our Benefits Program. Medix will cover the weekly premium cost associated with any plan selections made. Should you elect to enroll, there are three levels of medical coverage to choose from, supplemental dental plans and term plans as well as the option to enroll your spouse and/or children. You can select the best combination that best suits your needs.
As a contract employee with Medix, you can choose to enroll in our Benefits Program during your eligibility period and enjoy:
~401(k) Retirement Plan
~ Paid time off benefits available (15 days)
~ Continued Education Reimbursement
~ Full Benefits free of cost
~ Doctor visits with inexpensive co-pay
~ Limited Outpatient Care
~ Limited Accident Coverage
~ Prescription Programs
~ Dental Plan
~ Vision Discount Program
~ Term Life Insurance Plans