Nurse Practitioner
Company: Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative
Location: Hackensack
Posted on: February 14, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Salary: 60.00 Job Title: Nurse
Practitioner Status: Non-Exempt, Part-Time Job Summary: The nurse
practitioner will be responsible for providing regularly scheduled
adult primary and preventive patient care, urgent care services and
comprehensive education for patients with diabetes. Job Duties: For
regularly scheduled patients, performs complete history and
physical exams, orders diagnostic tests, and prescribes appropriate
treatment, consulting with the Medical Director as needed. Provides
coverage on the phone or in person for health center patients that
require urgent care, including, initial assessment, treatment, and
triage. Respond to phone calls from established health center
patients seeking advice or medication refills. Serve as backup in
case of absence of the Nurse Manager; including oversight of
patient flow and direct nurses during the clinical sessions. Assist
in the tracking of patient care follow up. Work with the medical
staff to implement quality assurance protocols. Assist in the
development of programs to enhance patient care. Perform chart
review of Nurse Practitioners. Become proficient with BVMIs EMR
system, and act as a resource to other practitioners, as needed.
Perform subject to BVMI Quality Assurance protocols. Employment
Standards: Must maintain an Advanced Practice Nursing license in
the State of New Jersey Minimum of 5 years experience in a
multi-physician or hospital-based primary care practice. Bi-lingual
in English and Spanish is preferred. Experience in diabetes care
preferred but not re required (Comprehensive on-the-job training
and support will be provided). Excellent interpersonal skills with
the ability to communicate effectively with professional medical
staff and volunteers; knowledge of electronic medical records.
Commitment to the goals of the BVMI Healthcare Center, specifically
the Culture of Caring. This job description in no way states or
implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the
employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to
perform any additional duties or other job related duties as
requested by their supervisor. This document does not create an
employee contract, implied or otherwise other than an at will
employment.
Keywords: Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative, Middletown , Nurse Practitioner, Healthcare , Hackensack, Connecticut
