Acute Care Nurse Practitioner-ICU (Day Shift) (Experience Preferred)

Northwell Career Site; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health in New York seeks a Nurse Practitioner to perform comprehensive patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and outcome evaluation while participating in performance improvement, research, and education activities.

Responsibilities include taking histories, initiating and documenting care plans, daily rounds, writing orders, interpreting labs, coordinating with physicians and nurses, and completing discharge summaries with post-discharge guidance.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required for NP practice.
• National board certification in the specialty area.
• Current NY NP license and NY RN license required.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Take initial patient histories and perform physical examinations.
• Initiate, document, and communicate the plan of care with follow-up.
• Perform daily patient rounds and adjust treatment plans as needed.
• Write orders for medications, labs, and diagnostic tests.
• Interpret laboratory results and other tests.
• Collaborate with physicians and care teams to ensure quality care.
• Document discharge summaries and post-discharge instructions.
• All duties comply with ADA essential functions.
• Support performance improvement, research, and education activities.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Team coordination

Documentation

Patient communication

Education

Master’s Degree in Nurse Practitioner

National Board Certification

New York NP License

New York RN License

BLS Certification

Job description

Job Description

Performs a variety of functions and technical procedures necessary for patient admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and outcome evaluation. Participates in performance improvement, research, and educational activities.

Job Responsibility

• Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.
• Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to ensure complete screening and preparation of patients.
• Performs daily patient rounds.
• Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.
• Interprets laboratory and test results.
• Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care.
• Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on patient charts.
• Informs patients of the necessary post-discharge care instructions.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• Master’s Degree in a Nurse Practitioner Program and National Board Certification in specialty area required.
• Current license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in New York State, and current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State, required.
• Has a collaborative practice agreement with designated protocols filed with NYS Department of Education OR collaborative relationship attestation as per the Nurse Practitioner Modernization Act 2015.
• Current BLS certification, required.

Job Preferences:

• 1+ year ICU/Critical Care Experience Preferred

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).