Description
This position is accountable for the provision of patient care and other activities as permitted by licensure and defined within Credentialing and Privileging documentation.
As part of that patient care, this position is accountable to:
- Deliver optimal patient care through effective clinical practice
- Educate the patient, patient's family, clinical staff, and others
- Consult with other healthcare providers
- Maintain current knowledge regarding options for optimal patient care and outcomes
Scope Nurse Practitioner (APRN) - Professional Accountability: Practice within scope of licensure as defined in the Utah Nurse Practice Act/Rules, national certification, education, training, and consistent with Intermountain Healthcare approved privileges and/or other aspects of the credentialing process.
Job Essentials Position Specific Duties:
- Perform patient assessments to obtain a complete and accurate record of the patient's clinical information and medical symptoms
- Order tests and exams to obtain additional information needed to ensure proper and complete care of patient
- Diagnose patient needs and determine a plan of care
- Interpret patient care tests and exams to obtain needed information to guide care
- Provide for the treatment of the patient, including appropriate prescriptive practice to achieve optimal clinical outcomes for the patient
- Utilize advanced specialty knowledge to ensure that the care provided is appropriate, effective, timely, and cost-efficient
- Complete appropriate and timely documentation of clinical care
- Code and bill accurately per established protocol and procedure
Education:
- Conduct and coordinate education to increase the knowledge of patient, patient family, and others
- Provide appropriate instruction based on patient needs to support the continuum of care
- Train other staff in areas of clinical expertise
- Participate in continuing medical education to ensure optimal clinical knowledge and effective patient care skill
Consultation/Collaboration:
- Coordinate and collaborate patient care efforts with other care providers
- Communicate clinical information timely, accurately, thoroughly, and appropriately to other providers of patient care
Research:
- Participate in research and utilize evidence-based practice to promote quality patient care, protocol development, care process model development, and best practice standards for assigned patient population
Minimum Qualifications:
- Current state license as an Advance Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
- Certification as a Nurse Practitioner
- Eligible for State Controlled Substance License II through V
- Eligible for Federal DEA Certificate II through V
- BLS Certification for Healthcare Providers
- Other certification as required (e.g. ACLS, PALS, TNCC, NRP)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree from an accredited institution
- Applicable certification from a recognized certifying organisation
- Applicable experience as defined by position leadership
Physical Requirements:
- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies
- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy
- Expected to lift and utilise full range of movement to transfer patients
- Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment