Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Multiple Locations!

7500 Methodist Medical Group; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

7500 Methodist Medical Group is seeking an Advanced Practice Nurse in Memphis, TN. This role involves providing advanced clinical care, leading staff education programs, and conducting research to improve nursing practices.

The successful candidate must possess a Master's Degree in Nursing and a valid Advanced Practice Nurse license in Tennessee. This position requires a proactive approach to patient care and the ability to collaborate effectively with healthcare teams.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in nursing required.
• 3-5 years of clinical practice at the RN level required.
• Advanced Practice Nurse license required in Tennessee.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and indirect patient care in collaboration with healthcare teams.
• Lead educational programs for staff development.
• Research and apply evidence-based practices in nursing.

Skills

Clinical Practice Expert

Leadership in clinical staff development

Evidence-based consultancy

Advanced communication skills

Education

Master's Degree Advanced Practice Nursing

3-5 years general nursing experience

Job description

What you will do

• Clinical Practice Expert: Provides advanced level of direct and indirect care to individual patients/families and/or groups of patients/families in collaboration with physicians and interdisciplinary team members.
• Education/Clinical Staff Development: Provides leadership and collaborates with other health professionals and educational resources to establish staff education programs to address the specific needs of populations of patients.
• Evidence-Based Consultant & Researcher: Demonstrates collaborative leadership with researchers, other health professionals, divisions, and departments to generate knowledge and make practice changes based on research findings, as well as, the results of the organizational and departmental quality improvement processes.
• Clinical Leadership: Provides leadership in meeting system, organizational, division, and departmental goals.
• Demonstrates accountability for professional responsibilities and self-development.

Education and Formal Training Requirements

• Required: Master's Degree Advanced Practice Nursing
• Required: Master's Degree Nursing Work Experience Requirements (General nursing of clinical practice at the RN level 3-5 years)

Licenses and Certifications Requirements

• Required: Advanced Practice Nurse Tennessee – Tennessee Board of Nursing
• Required: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Required: BASIC LIFE SUPPORT – American Heart Association
• Required: Registered Nurse Tennessee – Tennessee Board of Nursing
• Preferred: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner – American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• Preferred: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred: School Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred: Registered Nurse Arkansas – Arkansas State Board of Nursing
• Preferred: Emergency Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred: Advanced Practice Nurse Mississippi – Mississippi Board of Nursing
• Preferred: Family Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred: Acute Care Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
• Preferred: Neonatal Nurse Practitioner – National Certification Corporation
• Preferred: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner – American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
• Preferred: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• Preferred: Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred: Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred: Registered Nurse Mississippi – Mississippi Board of Nursing
• Preferred: Family Nurse Practitioner – American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• Preferred: Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner – National Certification Corporation
• Preferred: Gerontological Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred: Adult Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred: Emergency Nurse Practitioner – American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Physical Demands

Frequent invasive and non-invasive patient contact. Exposure to patient body fluids as well as exposure to hazardous or poisonous materials. Exposure to excessive heat or cold as required. Ability to react quickly to emergency situations. May require handling or administering of narcotics. Ability to read and write to communicate orally and in writing with other individuals. Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. without assistance and push and pull up to 250 lbs. Ability to sit in one place, stand, walk, squat, kneel, reach, twist, crawl, and bend. Ability to perform repetitive hand and wrist motion, as well as using hands for gripping and squeezing. Ability to use hands and feet together for repetitive coordinated motions. Good hand-eye coordination.

Supervision Provided by this Position

There are no supervisory or lead responsibilities assigned to this position.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Proficiency in applying advanced concepts, principles, and professional techniques in a specialized field of nursing. Such proficiency is acquired through completion of a master’s degree or higher in a nursing specialty and is demonstrated through national specialty certification as a nurse practitioner.