Neurosurgery Advanced Practice Clinician - New England Neurological Associates, Lowell, MA

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New England Neurological Associates (NENA) has joined Lowell General Hospital and Tufts Medicine, and is seeking a Neurosurgery Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) to join our team.

Position Highlights:

• Work within a very collaborative and personable team of five PAs and four neurosurgeons. This is a great opportunity to become well-trained in high acuity cranial and spine cases.
• We offer a thorough training process alongside PAs and surgeons. Experienced PAs preferred. Many of our current PAs started as new grads and have stayed many years!
• Responsibilities including first assist in cranial and spine cases, hospital/ED consults, ICU and floor rounds, and outpatient clinic.
• The typical schedule includes 1-2 days in clinic, 3-4 days in the hospital.
• PA first call is currently 1:5 weekends (anticipated to be 1:6 with the new APC), 2 weeknight overnight calls per month. Post-call Mondays off.
• Our role is available due to a thriving and growing practice and desire for improving workflow within the team.

Department Overview:

• Integrated Healthcare: NENA has a collaborative group of 28 Physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians is part of the Tufts Medicine Health System with over 700 affiliated doctors and a clinical affiliation with Tufts Medical Center.
• Subspecialties: NENA subspecialists include epileptology, stroke, movement disorder, neuroimmunology, neuromuscular, migraine specialists.
• Collaboration: NENA provides patient care to over 64,000 patients throughout the Merrimack Valley, and through our partnership with Tufts Medicine, we will continue to expand access to healthcare including plans to build a neuro-immunology program and development of a Memory Center.

Responsibilities:

• Community Setting. NENA currently has five locations throughout the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts and New Hampshire which house neurologists, neurosurgeons, pain management physicians, psychiatrists, rheumatologists, and various support personnel. In this role, you will serve the culturally diverse communities of Southern New Hampshire, Greater Lowell and Lawrence, MA.
• Patient Focus. After over 50-years of service, NENA is one of the area’s largest multispecialty neuroscience group practices. Our primary focus is our patients' comfort, convenience, and improvement of their quality of life in an efficient and friendly manner. Our mission and values, as well as a strong customer service philosophy, guide our actions every day.
• Teamwork. Collaboration, collegiality and flexibility are cornerstones of NENA’s practice, allowing our organization. In this role, you will work closely with our highly functional and close-knit Neurosurgery team.
• NENA’s goals of treatment include management of a patient’s painful symptoms, restoration of function and improvement in the patient’s quality of life. Here, you will collaborate with a highly talented teammates to grow NENA’s Neurosurgical stature.

Work shift:

Full-time. In this role, you will be responsible for outpatient visits in the clinic, inpatient rounding and surgical first assist. Surgeries occur primarily at Lowell General Hospital, but also at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Nashua, NH, Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, MA and Lawrence General Hospital in Lawrence, MA. The anticipated call schedule is 1:6 weekends, 2 weeknights/month and 1 holiday/year.

Requirements: 

ANCC/AANP, or PA-C, currently licensed in the State of New Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts (preferred).

How to apply: You can submit an application via the apply button located at the bottom of the listing. Should you have any questions please feel free to reach out to David Rezendes, Senior Physician and APC Recruiter, at [email protected]

Compensation: 

Tufts Medicine offers a competitive salary commensurate with training and practice experience.

At Tufts Medicine, we want every individual to feel valued for the skills and experience they bring. Our compensation philosophy is designed to offer fair, competitive pay that attracts, retains, and motivates highly talented individuals, while rewarding the important work you do every day.

The base pay ranges reflect the minimum qualifications for the role. Individual offers are determined using a comprehensive approach that considers relevant experience, certifications, education, skills, and internal equity to ensure compensation is fair, consistent, and aligned with our business goals.

Beyond base pay, Tufts Medicine provides a comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports your health, financial security, and career growth—one of the many ways we invest in you so you can thrive both at work and outside of it.

Pay Range:

$133,120.00 - $166,400.00