$25,000 sign on bonus for offers accepted through December 31, 2024. Terms and conditions apply.
The Nurse Practitioner job demonstrates a high level of expertise in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of the complex responses of individuals, families, or communities to actual or potential health problems, prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort. This role assists the health care team with the prevention of illness and injury, maintenance of wellness, and provision of comfort.
The Nurse Practitioner job continues to perform many of the same interventions used in basic nursing practice. The difference in this practice relates to a greater depth and breadth of knowledge, a greater degree of synthesis of data, and complexity of skills and intervention.
Essential Job Functions
- Employee must complete 15 contact hours of Continuing Nursing Education during this evaluation cycle.
- Failure to achieve the required number of contact hours will result in the employee being ineligible to receive an overall performance rating above "Fully Meets".
- The APN-Practitioner is a strong proponent of coaching and guidance as evidenced by:
- Planning and implementing steps to resolve problems affecting patient care quality and evaluates results.
- Role modeling patient advocacy.
- Challenging and adapting systems to maximize the benefits of patient care.
- Demonstrating advanced assessment skills in assessment, management of disease, and treatment-related side effects.
- Recommending goals and interventions for medical and nursing plan of care plans based on current literature.
- Promoting individual involvement and development of others.
- Demonstrating expert knowledge to coordinate patient care across the continuum of services: inpatient, ambulatory, and home health through the patient's trajectory of illness.
- Developing and evaluating educational materials and teaching interventions for staff, patients/caregivers, and the community.
- Fostering skill development of others.
- Assessment, diagnosis, and monitoring to improve the skills of students and staff.
- Mentoring the APN's role in the health system to promote quality patient outcomes.
Licensure, Certification, or Registration Requirements for Hire:
- Current RN licensure in Virginia or eligible.
- License to practice as NP in the specialty area in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Prescriptive Authority when required.
Experience REQUIRED:
Minimum of two (2) years experience as a RN.
Education/training REQUIRED:
Master's Degree in Nursing from an accredited program specific to area of practice.
*Applicants with current advanced practice licensure may be within one semester of graduation from obtaining a MSN degree or higher, which must be completed within six months of hire to continue employment.
Independent action(s) required:
Clinical decision-making in collaboration with physicians and daily prioritization of activities.
Physical Requirements:
- Physical: Lifting 50-100 lbs.
- Other: Exposure to potentially hazardous and infectious substances.
- Activities: Prolonged standing, Frequent bending, Walking (distance), Climbing (steps, ladder, other), Reaching (overhead, extensive, repetitive), Repetitive motion.
The Hematology and Oncology Division at VCU Health seeks a full-time NP or PA:
To join their multi-disciplinary team serving bone marrow transplant and cellular immunotherapies patients on the inpatient service. The APP will collaborate in providing care for patients undergoing stem cell transplant and cell therapies along with the complications of these procedures in the hospital. Shifts will be 12 hours in length with rotating day/night responsibilities. A successful candidate would demonstrate a high level of comfort working both in a multidisciplinary team and independently. Overnight the APP will act independently on the service and use the on-call attending as a resource.
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