Nurse Practitioner Thoracic Surgery

76 HonorHealth Medical Group Specialty; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HonorHealth is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join our Heart Care-Heart and Lung Surgery team in Scottsdale. The NP will work with physicians to assess patients, perform H&Ps, order tests, prescribe medications, and coordinate care across units.

Lead nursing staff and participate in research and performance improvement. The role requires an MSN or equivalent, AZ NP licensure with prescriptive authority, and DEA registration.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in nursing required
• Arizona NP license with prescriptive authority required
• DEA license required
• Fingerprint clearance card required
• Bilingual Spanish preferred

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with healthcare team to provide care for patients on the unit
• Lead and mentor nursing staff, provide education and guidance
• Perform history and physicals, order/interpret studies, prescribe medications
• Ensure evidence-based practice and patient-family centered care

Skills

Nurse Practitioner

Autonomy

Clinical leadership

Evidence-based practice

Education

Master's degree in Nursing (MSN)

Arizona NP licensure with prescriptive authority

DEA license

Fingerprint Clearance Card

Bilingual Spanish (Preferred)

Job description

Primary City/State: Shea - MOB - 10210 N 92nd St Category: Advanced Practice Providers Shift: Day Department: Heart Care-Heart and Lung Surgery NP or PA

Great care starts with great people. (Like you.) At HonorHealth, you’ll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most — caring for the health and well‑being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

Responsibilities: Job Summary

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) works collaboratively with members of the healthcare team to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his/her assigned unit. The practice of the NP emphasizes health promotion and maintenance, disease prevention and the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases. The position is associated with a significant level of autonomy; therefore, the individual must be highly motivated and able to work independently. As an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN), the NP will demonstrate leadership as a mentor, educator, researcher and provider. The NP adheres to and functions within the scope of practice defined by the Arizona Board of Nursing and the organization. Adherence to Nursing practices theory based nursing that is evidenced based utilizing a Shared Governance model for decision‑making. Practice focuses on performance standards that act in accordance with the organization's initiatives.

Essential Functions

Practice focused on Patient/Family: direct care practice using a holistic perspective; therapeutic partnerships with patients; expert clinical thinking and skillful performance; reflective practice; evidence-based guided practice; diverse health and illness management approaches. As a provider, the NP performs/collaborates with physicians to perform history and physicals, order and interpret diagnostic studies, prescribe medications, consult ancillary departments and other specialists and provide a smooth transition between various levels of care, including discharge.

Expert coaching and guidance of nursing staff, consultation with healthcare providers, research support and performance, clinical, professional and systems leadership, collaboration, and ethical decision making.

As an educator, the NP promotes nursing staff development by serving as a resource for clinical skill development, critical thinking skills, discharge planning, and effective nurse‑physician‑client‑family communication skills.

As a mentor, the NP advances the role of staff nurses by promoting their direct involvement in decisions that guide patient‑family centered care, while ensuring the standards of the profession and specialty are maintained.

As a researcher and nursing practice expert, the NP independently and collaboratively conducts and supports research, evidence-based practice, and process improvement (e.g., safety and effectiveness) projects to enhance outcomes of care. The NP is a leader for incorporation of current research findings and other available evidence in practice. Reimbursement and business practice; marketing and contracting considerations; legal, regulatory and credentialing requirements; health policy issues; organizational structure and culture; outcome evaluation and performance improvement.

Education

All staff who have direct responsibility for the care of stroke patients, please refer to the addendum for stroke specific education requirements - PRIOR TO START.

• Required Master's Degree MS, MN or MSN from a National League of Nursing (NLN) or Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) - PRIOR TO START.
• Required Experience 1 year as a Registered Nurse
• Required Other As per specialty
• Preferred Other Bilingual-Spanish
• Preferred Licenses and Certifications Clinical Other\BCLS - Basic Life Support BCLS Certification Upon Hire
• Required Fingerprint Clearance Card - State Current Fingerprint Clearance card, or within seven (7) working days after employment shall apply and be eligible for a Fingerprint Clearance Card (Pediatric Behavioral Health Sites ONLY) Upon Hire
• Required Clinical Other\DEA - Drug Enforcement Administration DEA License Upon Hire
• Required Nursing
  P - Nurse Practioner Valid Arizona Licensure With Prescriptive Authority Nurse Practitioner Upon Hire
• Required Nursing
  PC - Cert Nurse Practit Nurse Practitioner certification must be aligned with the Arizona Board of Nursing scope of practice for nurse practitioners. Upon Hire
• Required Specialty board certification from approved national certifying agency; American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC); National Certification Corporation, or American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). Upon Hire

We’re all in for your career. Expert care from experts who care. At HonorHealth, you’ll find something special. Our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness, but behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and unwavering dedication. We’re delivering a healthcare experience that simply feels better through:

• Nine acute-care hospitals
• Over 200 primary, specialty and urgent care centers
• More than 17,000 team members and 4,000 medical staff

Since 1927, we’ve been focused on doing what matters most — caring for people and communities across the greater Phoenix area. From humble beginnings to one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, we’re just as driven as we were a century ago. Come join us and go all in for your career.

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