Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant – Catholic Health St. Joseph Hospital – Hospital Medicine Specialty Team

Join Catholic Health St. Joseph Hospital as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant specializing in inpatient diabetes and glycemic management. This consultative role focuses on managing adult hospitalized patients on medical-surgical and step-down units, adjusting insulin and diabetes therapies using evidence-based protocols, and collaborating with hospitalists, nursing, pharmacy, and acute care teams.

This position offers a unique alternative to traditional inpatient provider roles, featuring predictable daytime rounding schedules, minimal after-hours responsibilities, and a highly structured, protocol-driven care model. You will work within a collaborative environment that intersects with multiple hospital specialties including cardiology, nephrology, infectious disease, surgery, nutrition, wound care, and rehabilitation.

Clinical Setting

Catholic Health St. Joseph Hospital is located at 4295 Hempstead Turnpike, Bethpage, NY 11714. You will provide inpatient consultations on medical-surgical and step-down units with no ICU management, procedure responsibilities, admissions, discharges, or controlled substance prescribing.

Responsibilities

• Provide inpatient diabetes and glycemic management consultations
• Manage adult hospitalized patients on medical-surgical and step-down units
• Adjust insulin and diabetes therapies using evidence-based protocols
• Collaborate with hospitalists, nursing, pharmacy, and acute care teams
• Document directly within the hospital electronic medical record
• Practice within a highly collaborative inpatient consultative model

Schedule

Thursday and Friday plus alternating weekends, approximately 12 shifts per month. This block-style scheduling provides more non-working days than traditional Monday-Friday provider roles, with daytime hospital-based rounding only and minimal after-hours phone-only call.

Required Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted New York NP or PA license
• NP certification as FNP, AGNP, or ACNP, or PA-C certification
• Recent inpatient experience required
• Electronic medical record proficiency
• Minimum one-year commitment required
• DEA registration not required

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior inpatient hospitalist experience
• Outpatient diabetes management experience
• New graduates with diabetes-focused clinical rotations are encouraged to apply

Compensation

Base salary of $105,736 to $116,235 annually, plus uncapped monthly bonuses based on RVU production.

Sign-on Bonus

A $3,000 sign-on bonus is available for qualified candidates with prior inpatient hospitalist experience, outpatient diabetes management experience, or new graduates with diabetes-focused clinical rotations.

Benefits

• PPO health insurance effective the first of the month
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Dental, vision, and disability coverage
• $600 annual iPhone stipend
• $1,500 annual reimbursement for continuing medical education, licensing renewals, and professional dues
• Ongoing education, mentorship, and specialty development
• Structured onboarding, training, and mentorship for both new graduates and experienced advanced practice providers