Outpatient Memory Care Nurse Practitioner - Westford, MA & Lawrence, MA - Tufts Medicine

New England Neurological Associates, P.C. (NENA) is a multidisciplinary neuroscience practice that was founded in 1969. NENA has joined Lowell General Hospital and Tufts Medicine, and is seeking a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner or Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner to join our team.

In this role, you will interface heavily with Tufts Medicine’s Memory Care Program and serve as the local clinician of our Memory Care Program in conjunction with our team of Neurologists. Selected by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Tufts Medicine Integrated Network (TMIN) will participate in the GUIDE (Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience) Model beginning in July, 2025.

We will be one of almost 400 participants building Dementia Care Programs (DCPs) across the country, working to increase care coordination and improve access to services and supports, including respite care, for people living with dementia and their caregivers. The CMMI funded GUIDE provides a framework that helps organizations enhance the quality of dementia care through structured practices, continuous improvement, and stakeholder involvement.

You may learn more about this innovative program here.

This role will allow for opportunities to collaborative with a team of 28 other NENA Physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians throughout the NENA system and Tufts Medicine Integrated Network. You will build meaningful relationships within NENA, community partners, hospital institutions, other specialties and the greater community – our vision stretches beyond our four walls.

Why join our team:

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 support patients in Westford, MA and Lawrence, MA.

• The incoming Advanced Practice Clinician will have a full-time schedule, typically Monday-Friday, 8:00a-5:00p.
• Join a team of 14 neurology Physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians caring for the Merrimack Valley of Mass and New Hampshire.
• No call or rounding requirements.
• Each specialty has a secretary team who assists with scheduling, rooming, and triage. Medical assistants are also available.

Working with a multidisciplinary team, offering continuity of care for patients all within one practice, you truly can have and enjoy a work/life balance.

Requirements:

• You must be passionate about the behavioral management of memory loss neuroscience and a team player who is excited to work cooperatively with a wide range of stakeholders and disciplines to champion world class patient satisfaction and support.
• Currently licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (preferred).

Work, Live, and Grow: We strive to maintain an inclusive work environment for all our employees. We offer a competitive salary with competitive benefits including health, dental, and vision insurance, and more.

Location: 234 Littleton Rd., Westford, MA 01886 and 354 Merrimack St., Lawrence, MA 01843

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 Michael Martin, Physician Executive Recruiter, at michael.martin1@tuftsmedicine.org

Why NENA: 

Our health care professionals understand the importance of being a part of a vibrant and diverse community. Our physicians and employees work tirelessly to deliver the highest quality health care to the Merrimack Valley. We proudly treat 74,000 patients each year (many of whom are family members, neighbors and friends) in our Massachusetts offices in Lawrence, Lowell, Newburyport, and Westford, as well as our New Hampshire offices in Nashua and Salem.

After 50 years of service, NENA is one of the area’s largest multispecialty neuroscience group practices. We continue to strive to be the place where patients want to go, doctors want to practice, and employees want to work. 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.

Currently, within NENA there are 14 neurology providers (Physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians) caring for patients throughout the Merrimack Valley. NENA subspecialists include epileptology, stroke, movement disorder, neuroimmunology, neuromuscular, migraine specialists. We are working toward creating a memory center focused on Alzheimer’s and new infusion drugs.

About the area:

Living and working in the greater Merrimack Valley area affords residents the unique New England experience with the vibrancy and energy of world-class restaurants, extensive culture, and some of the oldest historic venues in the country. It also provides easy access to year-round outdoor activities with proximity to Boston, Cape Cod, Maine, and the mountains of New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.