Primary Care Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner

Ranked #1 for Safety, Quality and Patient Satisfaction, Jupiter Medical Center is the leading destination for world-class health care in Palm Beach County and the greater Treasure Coast.

Outstanding physicians, state-of-the-art facilities, innovative techniques and a commitment to serving the community enables Jupiter Medical Center to meet a broad range of patient needs. Jupiter Medical Center is the only hospital in Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties to receive a 4-star quality and safety rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Education

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program
• Graduate of an accredited Advance Practice nursing program with either a Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) degree or Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) degree

Experience / Qualifications

• Certification requirements by the American Heart Association for BLS & ACLS vary. Please refer to job description on the shared drive for recruitment.
• NIHSS certifications vary. Please refer to job description on the shared drive for recruitment.
• Holds a current license as an ARNP in the state of Florida
• A minimum of 2 years of Cardiovascular Critical-Care hospital experience
• Clinical expert in Cardiovascular nursing practice and in the delivery of evidence-based nursing interventions
• Specialized skills to integrate care across the continuum and through three spheres of influence:  patient, nurse, system
• Able to create environments through mentoring and system changes that empower nurses to develop caring, evidence-based practice to alleviate patient distress, facilitate ethical decision-making and respond to diversity (The Consensus Model for APRN Regulation)
• Demonstrates critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills
• Demonstrates strong problem solving, teamwork and consensus-building
• Provides a positive influence to improve outcomes and satisfaction of the patients, families, nurses, and the healthcare team
• Ability to collaborate effectively as a team leader in a dynamic health care environment
• Demonstrate expertise in caring for patients across the adult age continuum

Position Summary

• This position will be working closely with the cardiovascular critical care patients, physicians and nurses to assist in the development of the Open-Heart Surgical program;
• Manages comprehensive and individualized care through the inpatient phase in collaboration with the Cardiothoracic Surgeons by utilizing the best available evidence to guide practice interventions
• Enhance and implement the delivery of optimal patient care and evaluate the post-surgical cardiac patients to improve patient outcomes
• Develop criteria for and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice in addition to enhancing all quality measures in the post-operative patient in accordance with the STS guidelines
• Provide consultation to the nursing and healthcare team; patients and families 
• Utilizes teaching, learning theory and appropriate teaching strategies in the provision of education to nursing in both the CVICU and PCU, healthcare team, patients and families
• Collaborate with the Clinical Manager and Executive Director, Cardiovascular Service line to serve as leaders, change-agents and advocates at all levels to create innovative solutions for the cardiovascular patients as well as assisting the STS data abstractor with quality measures
• Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Rounds
• Communicates effectively with patients, families, physicians and the multidisciplinary healthcare team to assure the delivery of efficient and coordinated care
• Responsible for reconciling patient discharge medications
• Mandatory post-operative phone calls on all patients that are discharged to monitor care on a consistent continuum
• Participates in research activities appropriate to education, experience and environment

Position is a salaried position with flexibility of time depending on the needs of the patients and nursing team; occasional call required

Team Member Competencies

• Establishing Relationships
• Builds effective networks, working relationships, and alliances in order to collaborate effectively within department and organization.  Can relate to all kinds of people regardless of background; find topics and common interests that can be used to build rapport with others.
• Peer Support
• Provides guidance and feedback to help others strengthen knowledge/skills needed to accomplish tasks, solve problems, and perform effectively within the team. 
• Inspiring and Motivating Others
• Fosters commitment and cohesiveness by facilitating cooperation and working as a team within t