Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider

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Job description

Job Overview

The Critical Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The NP provides healthcare in critical care settings, including surgical and medical ICUs. The NP has didactic education, clinical competency and national certification in identified area of clinical practice. The NP demonstrates medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical competence, professionalism, interpersonal communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and is responsible for professional development and competency validation. The NP has an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and application.

Responsibilities
• Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care.
• In collaboration, provides healthcare services for primary, acute and complex care of patients and manages patient's overall care, identifying expected outcomes for diagnoses.
• Orders, performs, interprets and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• Forms differential diagnoses and treats acute and chronic conditions.
• Prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.
• Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care;
• Initiates appropriate referrals and consultations;
• Provides specialty specific consultation services upon request and within specialty scope of practice;
• Facilitates the patient's transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.

Requirements

-Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care (CPNP-AC) or Physician Assistant (PA)
- Proven experience in hospital medicine or related settings
- Proficiency in medical terminology and standards of care
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Knowledge of tube feeding, alimentation, and case management is a plus

Join our dynamic healthcare team where you can make a meaningful impact on patients' lives while advancing your career as a Nurse Practitioner.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $113,000.00 per year

Education:
Master's (Required)

License/Certification:
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified (Required)

Ability to Relocate:
Nashville, TN: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

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