Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Neurology, Stroke

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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Neurology, Stroke

Full Time

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (H) (APRN) delivers medical care to a wide variety of patients. The APRN also examines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other health care professionals. Ensures proper illness and injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. May prescribe medications and order diagnostic tests. Advises patients about continuing care.The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse will participate in the inpatient services at Jackson South and West Medical Centers. 

The candidate will be: 

• Responsible for providing care and treatment of patients in the inpatient and outpatient settings. 

• Provides medical support to staff, triaging and implementing care in a knowledgeable and skillful manner, as evidenced by team feedback and documentation in medical records.  

• Obtains complete medical history, performs physical exams, and interprets medical history. 

• Administers nursing assessments to include performing examinations and assessing a patient's health status.  

• Reviews patient’s medications and reconciles them in the EMR..    

• Orders lab tests, analyzes, interprets lab test results and takes appropriate actions. 

• Enters orders. 

• Requests labs and if labs not done or abnormal, takes actions including but not limited to: notify patient/family and MD and document it appropriately. 

• Ensures that follow-up visit, MRIs and labs are appropriately scheduled.  

• Responsible for writing visit notes on patients. 

• Counsels patients and families on continued care. 

• Responsible for the effectiveness of interventions, including but not limit to call patients with active issues until issues have resolved.   

• First option for patient’s calls - test results, symptoms, med refills, authorizations, and forms. 

• Be on charge of clinic flow, with the goal of see patients at the time they are scheduled and avoid clinic delays. 

CORE QUALIFICATIONS  

Education: 

Master’s degree in relevant field 

Certification and Licensing: 

Valid State of Florida APRN License 

Experience:   

Minimum 2 years of relevant experience 

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes: 

• Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions. 

• Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail. 

• Ability to analyze, organize a