Cln Nurse Practitioner FNP PNP
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Locations: Corpus Christi, TX
Time Type: Full time
Posted on: Posted Yesterday
Job Requisition ID: JR108039
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GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB:
The nurse practitioner is a clinically skilled individual, qualified by academic and clinical education who provides assistance in the provision of care to include assessing and managing patients following established practice standards and protocols. Working closely with medical staff, nursing, and ancillary support staff, the nurse practitioner facilitates communication between the members of the healthcare team and patient/family to enhance the quality of care provided to patients. The advanced practice nurse works within the individual and practice setting scopes of practice.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
- Graduation from an accredited Nurse Practitioners Program with practice authority in the State of Texas
- Five years experience in peri-operative or peri-anesthesia nursing required
- Bilingual in Spanish preferred
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
- Graduate of an accredited school for advanced nursing and a current license to practice in the State of Texas.
- B.S.N. M.S.N. preferred
- ACLS, PALS, and CPR required
AGE-SPECIFIC COMPETENCE:
Must demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide appropriate care to the age of patients served in designated services. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to their needs.
- Exercising appropriate age-specific communication skills when interacting with customers, patients, and families.
- Utilize age-specific teaching methods when working with patients and families.
- Interacts in an appropriate manner based on developmental age.
- Positions patient based on an understanding of developmental age.
- Implements safety measures that are appropriate to developmental age.
- Uses age-appropriate equipment and supplies.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.
- Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
- Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
- Provide continuum of care to patients in the peri-anesthesia and peri-operative setting.
- Function independently, under the supervision of an attending physician, in caring for patients with a wide variety of diseases and conditions.
- Have excellent communication and customer service skills, proven excellence in clinical care and supervisory skills.
- Participate and help coordinate structured rounding on pre-operative and post-operative patients as needed.
- Coordinate transitions between pre-op areas, OR and PACU.
- Supervise any clinical pathway development and utilization in the clinical area.
- Facilitate bedside nursing education and work with peri-op and peri-anesthesia Educators on basic and advanced knowledge base.
- Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
- Perform and record history and physical examinations.
- Will assist with physician directed Pre-operative Care and Postoperative Care including:
Write appropriate pre-op orders (including nursing care, medication orders, laboratory, ECG, radiological examinations, and obtain consultations approved by the surgeon or anesthesiologists). Review pertinent abnormal findings in the patient's history, physical examination, radiological and laboratory data with the surgeon or anesthesiologist, obtain appropriate consultation, additional laboratory or radiological studies as needed, and initiate appropriate medical intervention. Record in progress notes pertinent findings from history, physical examination, laboratory studies, and radiological examination. Confirm the operating room schedule in collaboration with the surgeon, OR team, and anesthesiologist.
Assess, perform, and document parent/patient education. Write appropriate postoperative orders including general and specific nursing care. Attend the patient in the early postoperative period reviewing laboratory and radiologic data and making appropriate interventions. Advise the attending surgeon or anesthesiologist of unexpected events, providing an accurate synopsis of events related to a major change in the patient’s condition and describing corrective measures already taken. Serve as a resource for nursing staff specifically regarding care of surgical patients.
- Participate in Anesthesia or Surgical Service conferences.
- Serve as liaison with the high-risk population including clinical visits.
- Collaborate with research personnel on research projects and data collection.
- Supervisory duties with selected nursing resources.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS:
- Customer Service: Enthusiastically interacts with all customers. Assumes personal responsibility for meeting customer needs. Consistently demonstrates a commitment to customer satisfaction.
- Interpersonal Skills: Is sensitive to the needs, ideas, and feelings of others. Develops and maintains rapport with others. Listens well. Facilitates a group process.
- Adaptability/Flexibility: Demonstrates the ability to change behaviors and plans to meet rapidly changing/competing job demands (new or unusual situations). Receives change as a challenge. Revises plans to meet changing circumstances.
- Communication: Clearly and effectively communicates ideas and requests to others. Persuades or influences others through spoken or written communication.
- Initiative: Starts and completes tasks with a minimum of prompting. Willing to make recommendations and assume additional responsibilities.
- Team Player: Fully participates in maintaining a positive team environment that is conducive to customer satisfaction. Builds trust among co-workers, focusing on accomplishing hospital and departmental mission and goals.
- Organized and Efficient: Organizes work and uses time efficiently. Takes the initiative to find additional work during slow or downtimes. Recommends innovative ways of doing work more efficiently and effectively.
- Core Values: Practices DCH core values.
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