Nurse Practitioner - Surgery - General
5 days ago
Garden City
We are seeking a Surgery Nurse Practitioner for a 10-day locum tenens assignment in New York, starting Jan 2, 2026. This opportunity offers 12-hour shifts with a mix of days and nights, requiring flexibility to cover patient care for those who have undergone breast surgery and for benign breast symptom management. Job Details • Location: New York, • Start Date: Jan 2, 2026, • LOA: 10 days, • Provider Type Needed: Surgery Nurse Practitioner, • Conduct history and physical examinations for follow-up patients after breast surgery, • Manage benign breast symptoms, • Order and interpret diagnostic tests, • Administer IV medication, • Write admission orders under supervision of attending, • Apply skin tests (e.g., PPD), • Perform arterial blood gas determination, • Draw blood and obtain blood cultures, • Change surgical and non-surgical dressings, • Remove central venous pressure lines and drains, • Perform and interpret EKGs, • Insert or replace feeding tubes, • Insert Foley catheters, • Initiate consultation requests, • Initiate CPR and assist in code situations, • Start intravenous infusions and insert venous lines, • Manage medication drips, order and renew medications, • Conduct medication reconciliation, • Monitor vital signs, • Insert, interpret with X-ray, replace, and remove naso-gastric tubes, • Obtain patient consent, • Order imaging studies (CT, MRI, Carotid, ECHO), • Order routine laboratory work, • Provide pain management, • Participate in treatment planning and interdisciplinary rounds, • Type and cross blood, • Perform pre-operative medical assessments and provide instructions pre- and post-operatively, • Educate patients regarding procedures and care, • Insert and remove staples and sutures for wound closure, • Perform venipuncture and phlebotomy, • Write daily progress notes, discharge orders, and summaries, • Aspirate seromas, • First assist in the operating room, • Must be licensed as a Nurse Practitioner in New York, • Flexibility to work both day and night 12-hour shifts as assigned by the hospital, • Strong compensation, • Travel-related expenses covered, • A-rated medical malpractice insurance provided #LI-SC1