Nurse Practitioner Transitional Care

Overview

The Nurse Practitioner provides collaborative medical management of patients in the hospital. The NP works with the physicians to assist with workflow, clinical documentation, clinical follow-up, optimizing resource utilization, and compliance with quality measures. The NP works collaboratively with other members of the hospital team in the provision of patient care, with the underlying objective of enhancing the quality of clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, clinical documentation, improving patient throughput and reducing length of stay.

• Weekend requirement
• Spanish speaking is a plus

Responsibilities

1. Provides appropriate collaborative medical care as outlined in the Clinical Privilege Delineation granted to the Nurse Practitioner through Medical Staff credentialing process.To include but not limited to: Conducts comprehensive patient assessments in the adult patient. Orders, conducts, and interprets pertinent laboratory and diagnostic studies and procedures, recommends tests and monitors the results. Formulates, implements, and evaluates an outcome-based treatment plan.
2. Ensures completeness and accuracy of patient charts and maintains appropriate records detailing the patient's treatment plans and outcomes.
3. Document patients' progress and assess patient needs. Documentation supports the severity of illness of the patients and the relative resource consumption associated with their care. Assists with patient care management; provides follow-up care to patients; consultation; education; and updates physicians on patients' status.
4. Facilitates patient education relating to medical processes, medication, nutrition, and health promotion. Educate patients on care options and assist them in making decisions on available options.
5. Collaborates with attending physicians and consultants as appropriate to patient care. .
Assist in coordinating the activities of patient care. Collaborates with patients, families, other clinicians, and referral services to assist in the patient's care progression
Demonstrate effective communication skills with the interdisciplinary team
Prescribe medications in accordance with the governing laws established by the New Jersey State Board of Nursing
May provide emergency care to adult patients with the collaborating physician as warranted by the patient's condition.

Qualifications

1.Independently participates in continuing education and maintains documentation.
2. Serve as a clinical resource to nursing staff, patients, and other multidisciplinary team members for improvement which promote excellence in care and clinical outcomes.
Participates in policy/procedure reviews for updating with current evidence-based and value-based practices
4. Promotes a collaborative work environment which supports the organizational mission, behavior expectations and values.
5. Promotes innovation within clinical practice by seeking opportunities to bring new clinical knowledge into practice.
6. Identifies ethical care issues and coordinates interdisciplinary collaborative meetings to resolve those issues.
7. Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
8. Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
9. Demonstrates willingness to be flexible in order to meet departmental/physician/patient needs.
10. Participates in quality improvement activities, projects and meetings.
Graduate of an NLN/AACN accredited program in nursing and nurse practitioner
Master Degree in Nursing, Nurse Practitioner
Advanced Practice Nurse National Certification
Maintains clinical competencies through participating in continuing educational programs (contact hours per years), and clinical practice as mandated by Board of Nursing and national certification body.
Unrestricted license to practice in New Jersey.
Eligible for credentialing and appointment to Medical Staff

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.

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