About the position
The APRN Inpatient provides a wide range of primary, acute and specialty healthcare services, both autonomously and in partnership with other healthcare professionals, in accordance with State and Federal regulations. These services include managing patient's overall care; prescribing medications and treatments; ordering, conducting and interpreting diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, EKGs and lab work; diagnosing and treating chronic and acute conditions, including injuries, infections, diabetes and high blood pressure; performing invasive procedures; counseling; and educating patients on positive health-promoting lifestyle choices and disease, injury and illness prevention. Incumbent in the job classification may perform unit specific duties based on the specialty.
Responsibilities
- Uses clinical judgments in conducting health assessments making differential diagnosis, and prescribing pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments.
- Plans are implemented through independent action, health counseling, and collaboration with other members of the health team.
- Responsible for clinical oversight and health center consultation regarding administration of health care policy and procedure of the delivery of on-site health services.
- Promotes optimum health, prevents illness and injury, and manages acute and chronic health problems in the on-site setting.
- Performs physical examinations and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines and instructions of Physician.
- Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients clinical problems and health care needs.
- Records physical findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patients condition.
- Provides written home-going instructions.
- Makes referrals for follow-up to appropriate community resources.
- Collaborates with other specialties to ensure interdisciplinary management and continuity of care for both inpatients and outpatients.
- Collaborates with Physician and other health professionals to prepare comprehensive patient care plan as necessary.
- Prescribes or recommends medications or other forms of treatment such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
- Refers patients to Physician for consultation or to specialized health resources for treatment.
- Maintains detailed and accurate medical records.
- Educates and coaches nursing staff on best nursing practices.
- Initiates search of nursing literature/suggests changes/improvement in patient care standards.
- Integrates current knowledge of professional issues, trends in health care and technological advances into scope of practice.
- Follows and performs all related unit specific policies and procedures, as detailed on the unit specific competency check-list.
- Utilizes job and unit specific equipment as required.
- May perform lead job duties such as approving time off requests for IR NPs, coordinating tracking board and first cases, addressing IR escalations, onboarding Fellows, and leading staff huddles.
- Demonstrates behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Expertise).
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Generally requires 5 to 7 years of related experience.
- Units at BHH require 1 year of experience.
- Master's degree in Nursing is required.
- Valid Florida Advanced Practice RN license required.
- Valid APRN Board certification in specialty area required.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) and any additional applicable life support certification for Healthcare Providers is required upon hire.
