Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Medicine, Medical Oncology - Per Diem

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CORE JOB SUMMARY
The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Per Diem delivers medical care to a wide variety of patients. The incumbent examines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other health care professionals. Furthermore, the incumbent ensures proper illness and injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Per Diem prescribes medications and orders diagnostic tests, and advises patients about continuing care.
 

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS  

• Performs and documents complete physical examinations and comprehensive health histories.  

• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for patients. 

• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to the patient’s age-specific needs. 

• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities. 

• Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability. 

• Assists with the provision of care in accordance with facility, state, and federal regulations. 

• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions. 

• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients. 

• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals. 

• Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools. 

• Serves as a role model and mentor for staff. 

• Ensures and coordinates standardization of the advanced practice process between patient care services and collaborative teams.  

• Integrates current knowledge of professional issues, trends in healthcare, and technological advances into the scope of practice. 

• Participates or leads a hospital committee.  

• Co-leads collaborative team in developing a new service or strategic performance improvement. 

• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets. 

• Participates in survivorship and long-term care of patients following completion of treatment.  

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Education:

• Master's degree in relevant field required

Experience:

• No previous experience required

Certification and Licensing:

• Valid State of Florida APRN license required

• Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.