Nurse Practitioner PD

SUMMARY:
The Nurse Practitioner will be responsible to the Director of Surgical Services,
Manager of PAT, and the Chief of Anesthesiology. The Nurse Practitioner
is responsible for overseeing the pre-admission testing patients requiring or
requesting anesthesia assessment. Acts as an educator, consultant, and
liaison to healthcare providers caring for the patients across the care
continuum.
Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

Instill Trust and Value Differences
Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES:
*Manages a caseload of patients in partnership with the healthcare team to optimize health status and coordinate care over time and across healthcare settings.
*Provides leadership in the development, validation, implementation, and evaluation of standards, policies, procedures, and critical paths to support the patient care delivery model.
*Assists the healthcare team to achieve mutually agreed upon healthcare goals by providing necessary support, education and encouragement.
*Demonstrates advanced physical and psychosocial assessment skills and knowledge of family dynamics, especially as it applies to the surgical patient.
*Demonstrates general understanding of anesthesia techniques, surgical procedures, and will correlate this with assessment findings.
*Provides and communicates expert consultation for clinical issues to the surgeon or anesthesia provider promoting surgical clearance for the patients evaluated.
*Facilitates patient/family education in area of expertise.
* Annually completes mandatory safety infection control, BLS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

BASIC KNOWLEDGE:

Graduate from an accredited Nurse practitioner program with MS degree. Certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) to practice in the expanded role. License must include prescriptive privileges. Certification by the American Heart Association in Basic Life Support (BLS)

EXPERIENCE:

Clinical experience as a nurse practitioner for 2 years is preferred or a supervised clinical internship in cardiology. Must have patient care services, procedures and privileges approved by the sponsoring physician.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Healthcare environment is the hospital. Physical hazards of the position are minimized by adherence to established safety procedures and precautions.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

None.

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EEO Statement:

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

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