Nurse Practitioner - Critical Care - Mount Sinai Hospital - Full Time Nights

Job Summary: A nurse practitioner (NP) is a RN who has earned a separate certification as an NP through advanced clinical nursing education in a distinct specialty area of practice. The NP is an independent practitioner who diagnoses, treats, and prescribes for a patient's condition that falls within their specialty area of practice.

Requirements

• Assesses the health status of patients/families by means of comprehensive health history and physical examination.
• Initiates and orders selected therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, consultations and laboratory examination, prescribes medication regimens, interprets findings and alters plan of care according to accepted standards of care and practice guidelines
• Educates and counsels in the areas of health promotion, maintenance, disease prevention, and management of acute/chronic illnesses.
• Documents findings and plan of care in the patient's medical record.
• Consults with physician according to established standards, policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned area.
• Initiates referrals to specialty services and fosters continuity of care.
• Participates in team meetings and conferences to enhance an interdisciplinary approach to care delivery.
• Maintains patient/employee confidentiality in the management of information.
• Develops the plan of care based on the diagnoses and individual patient needs:
• Records, reports, and interprets the clients responses to the plan of care.
• Performs a patient record review with the collaborating physician in a timely fashion but not less than every three months if utilizing a collaborative practice agreement.
• Completes the Focused Professional Practice Proctoring Evaluation (FPPE) or the Ongoing Professional Practice Proctoring Evaluation (OPPE) as required by Medical Staff for continued credentialing status.

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Retirement Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement