Nurse Practitioners for Inpatient care

Advanced Diagnostics Healthcare System-Houston; Texas; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Diagnostics Healthcare System-Houston seeks a Nurse Practitioner to deliver comprehensive inpatient care within a multidisciplinary team. You will assess and manage patients, order diagnostics, and coordinate care across the hospital setting.

You will educate patients and families, document in the EMR, and participate in quality initiatives while complying with hospital policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Active RN and APNP license in the state of Texas.
• Current BLS and ACLS certification is required.
• PALS preferred.
• Master’s or Doctorate degree from accredited Nursing Program.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, treat, manage, educate, promote health, and coordinate care for patients and families with acute and chronic health needs.
• Demonstrate advanced medical/nursing knowledge, communication, collaboration, professionalism and systems-based practice.
• Work with the administrative, nursing and physician teams to ensure safe, effective, quality patient care.
• Provide patient- and family-centered care with compassionate, effective treatment across the lifespan.
• Document accurately and timely in the electronic medical record.

Skills

Multitasking

Critical thinking

Organizational skills

Prioritization

Education

Master’s or Doctorate in Nursing

RN and APNP license in Texas

BLS and ACLS certifications

PALS preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

The Nurse Practitioner functions as a healthcare provider who, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary health team, is responsible for providing comprehensive care to patients in an inpatient hospital setting. The Nurse Practitioner demonstrates a high degree of clinical expertise in working with patients.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management, education, health promotion and care coordination for patients and families with acute and chronic health needs.
• Demonstrates an advanced level of medical/nursing clinical knowledge, communication and interdisciplinary collaboration, professionalism and systems-based practice.
• Works with administrative, nursing, physician to assure safe, effective, quality patient care.
• Demonstrates knowledge of etiologies, risk factors, pathophysiology, presentation and epidemiology of medical conditions.
• Performs history and physical assessments of patients that are accurate, complete, concise, relevant and appropriate for age, gender and clinical problem.
• Orders appropriate diagnostic studies and correctly interpret the results.
• Utilizes critical thinking to synthesize and analyze collected data.
• Develops implements, evaluates and alters the plan of care as needed.
• Manages general medical and surgical conditions based on knowledge of the indications, contraindications, side effects, interactions and adverse reactions of pharmacologic agents and other relevant treatment modalities.
• Counsels and educates patients and families.
• Provides care that is patient and family centered, compassionate, appropriate and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness and treatment of disease throughout the lifespan.
• Facilitates consistent, coordinated care and clear communication among all members of the healthcare team.
• Incorporates the patient and family in care planning and treatment across settings.
• Serves as an advocate for patients and families in navigating the health care system.
• Considers cost effectiveness and risk/benefit analysis when making decisions about patient care. Uses evidenced-based medicine to systematically analyze and improve patient care practices.
• Participates in quality initiative/performance activities.
• Participates in development, evaluates and implements standards of care within area of specialization (policies, protocols, etc.).
• Demonstrates proficiency in procedural skills pertinent to practice area.
• Maintains accurate, complete, concise and timely documentation in the electronic medical record.
• Responds to crisis in a calm, efficient manner, directing others concisely.
• Responds promptly to changes in workload as necessary to achieve optimal productivity and efficiency.
• Demonstrates the knowledge of proper identification and reporting medical/health errors. Promptly involves the proper hospital leaders in risk management situations.
• Demonstrates the ability to assist physicians with procedures.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Demonstrates clinical competence according to licensure and according to hospital/unit specific standards.
• Meets the attendance policy standards.
• Complies with hospital policies and procedures.
• Complies with hospital/department Infection Control and Safety Policies.
• Attends appropriate in-service, departmental meeting and mandatory in-services.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested within scope of practice.

Schedule

Initial schedule will be Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with weekend coverage shared with Hospitalist. Anticipation will be to move to a 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. schedule, with each NP working seven days on and seven days off. Night coverage calls will be managed remotely during the respective coverage weeks.

Active DEA license

• Active RN and APNP License in the state of Texas
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification is required
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) preferred
• Master’s or Doctorate’s degree from accredited Nursing Program
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Ability to multi-task, utilize critical thinking skills, organize, determine priori