Nurse Practitioner Acute Care PRN - Critical Care (Medical Center)

Houston Methodist; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Nurse Practitioner to join their dynamic team in Houston. This role involves providing exceptional patient care, including diagnosis, treatment, and education, while collaborating with a multidisciplinary healthcare team. The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree in Nursing and at least two years of clinical experience. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on patient health outcomes, all while working in a supportive and innovative environment that values professional growth and teamwork. If you are passionate about patient care and looking to advance your career, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in nursing required.
• 2 years of clinical experience as a registered nurse or nurse practitioner.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive patient care, including diagnosis and treatment.
• Collaborate with healthcare teams to manage patient care effectively.
• Educate patients on preventative care and prescribed treatments.

Skills

Patient Care

Clinical Assessment

Communication Skills

Leadership

Team Collaboration

Education

Master's Degree in Nursing

Job description

At Houston Methodist, the Nurse Practitioner AC PRN position is responsible for functioning as a licensed registered nurse and care provider to provide all aspects of patient care, including diagnosis, treatment and consultation while maintaining and promoting the health of the patient. This position may work in both inpatient and outpatient situations and performs according to the nurse practice act of the State of Texas and as part of a treatment team. Role models compassionate communication with patients, physicians and the interprofessional health care team. The NP-AC PRN position provides education to patients about preventative care and prescribed treatments. This position may also conduct physicals, order tests and serve as a patient's healthcare provider, prescribing medications as appropriate. The NP-AC PRN position affects direct patient care according to the Houston Methodist Professional Practice Model Nursing Practice and Professional Performance policies and procedures.

PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Demonstrates leadership as a clinical resource, interprofessional consultant, and patient advocate. Identifies staff development opportunities for professional growth of colleagues, provides coaching to meet identified goals.

• Communicates organizational information and aspects of administrative and clinical practice in a respectful and positive manner when interacting with staff. Advocates for a balanced workload, promotes positive behaviors, and peer-to-peer accountability. Facilitates the promotion of teamwork.

• Collaborates with the interprofessional healthcare team members to manage/coordinate patient care. Advocates on patient/family's behalf to identify and resolve clinical and ethical concerns.

• Collaborates to foster healthy relationships in the work environment. Acts as a role model and coaches staff in effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication. Serves as preceptor for Nurse Practitioner students and medical resident(s), as applicable. Uses peer-to-peer accountability towards improvement of department score for employee engagement.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Coordinates appropriate, timely patient care under physician supervision, for a defined patient population(s), focusing on identified expected unit/optimal outcomes, individualized to the patient. Prioritizes care based on the patient's needs, abilities and preferences.

• Coordinates patient care between healthcare providers. Attends and participates in interdisciplinary rounds, as appropriate.

• Helps drive improvement of department score for patient satisfaction, through peer-to-peer accountability to service standards.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Functions as a quality care provider, coordinating, maintaining, and promoting the health of the patient. Assist the interprofessional healthcare team in the development and implementation of protocols to ensure patient safety. Affects direct patient care according to the nurse practice act of the State of Texas and the Houston Methodist Professional Practice Model Nursing Practice and Professional Performance.

• Conducts health assessments (initial, ongoing, discharge, as appropriate). Identifies normal/abnormal health characteristics, develops plan of care, initiates appropriate interventions, and evaluates care outcomes on defined patient populations(s).

• Performs invasive, diagnostic or therapeutic procedures necessary for defined patient population(s) based on licensure and credentialed privileges.

• Provides safe and effective care by leading and initiating outcome, quality, and safety improvement activities in alignment with organizational goals. Demonstrates highly developed assessment, clinical, documentation, leadership, and analytical skills; integrates and contributes to professional practice standards, policies, procedures, protocols and leads improvements in patient safety-related processes.

FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Implements department strategies to achieve financial target and mentors others to do the same through timely documentation of care, decreasing length of stay, optimizing efficiency, and other areas according to departmental specifications.

• Projects awareness and understanding of resource allocation based on patient needs and staff experience, knowledge, and skills.

GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Promotes quality health care through integration of current research into practice and participation in research/evidence-based activities. Leads and identifies opportunities for practice changes and performance improvement.

• Provides education of information/knowledge in professional activities such as research, presentations, and publications. Expands individual nursing knowledge and coaches staff to grow in knowledge, abilities, skills, and attitudes. Serves as clinical resource. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management. Completes and updates the My Development Plan on an ongoing basis.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.

EDUCATION

• Master's Degree in Nursing or higher

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Two years of Registered Nurse, advanced practice, or nurse practitioner clinical experience