Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant III SICU PRN, Weston Hospital

                    

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Job Title

Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant III SICU PRN, Weston Hospital

                        

Location

Weston

                    

Facility

Florida Weston Hospital

                     

Department

SICU-Weston Hospital

                      

Job Code

001434

                     

Shift

Variable

                       

Schedule

7:00am-7:00pm/7:00pm-7:00am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Cleveland Clinic Weston is seeking a skilled and compassionate PRN Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) to join our multidisciplinary SICU/CVICU team. The APP will provide comprehensive critical care services to post-surgical and cardiovascular patients in a high-acuity ICU setting. This position offers flexible scheduling and the opportunity to work with a dynamic team dedicated to delivering exceptional patient care.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide direct care to critically ill patients in the SICU/CVICU in collaboration with attending intensivists and multidisciplinary teams.
• Perform clinical assessments, order and interpret diagnostic tests, develop and implement treatment plans.
• Perform procedures such as arterial and central line placement, intubations, and other critical care interventions (depending on credentialing).
• Participate in rounds, rapid response, and emergency interventions.
• Document all care accurately and timely in the electronic medical record.
• Maintain compliance with hospital policies, regulatory standards, and best practices in critical care.
• Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical examinations (where indicated), initiates appropriate lab, radiology tests or other special tests required for evaluation of illness, and scrutinizes lab data to establish a record of the patient's current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan.  Works in collaboration with the health care team.
• Performs and interprets common laboratory, radiologic, cardiographic and other routine diagnostic procedures used to identify pathophysiologic processes as credentialed and privileged by the Medical Executive Committee and the Governing Body of the applicable hospitals.
• Performs routine and specialized procedures as credentialed and privileged by the Medical Executive Committee and the Governing Body of the applicable hospitals.
• May prescribe and monitor medications as allowed by license through applicable state board and Cleveland Clinic policies.
• Educates patients and answers questions regarding their disease, treatments, related drug and treatment side effects and hazards.
• Participates in medical team rounds; collaborates with nursing, medical and other healthcare team members regularly to ensure quality patient care.
• Refers patients to specialists as appropriate for consultation or for specialized health resources and treatment.
• Ensures continuity of care by serving as a liaison between patient and other members of the multi-disciplinary care team or with other specialty areas as necessary.
• Participates in quality monitoring thru the review of records and treatment plans for patient outcomes on a periodic basis to assure quality care.
• Facilitates appropriate length of stay, discharge planning and compliance with regulatory standards for inpatient management.
• Supports professional development of the health care team.
• Promotes translation of evidence-based practices, guidelines, and research.
• May conduct research studies.  May assists in data collection and analysis.
• May serve as clinical preceptor for students. May onboard new caregivers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program.
• Current licensure as an NP or PA in the state of Florida
• National certification (for APRN: AGACNP-BC or ACNP-BC required).
• DEA license and BLS/ACLS certification required. 
• Minimum 2 years of experience in ICU setting preferred.
• Proficiency in critical care procedures strongly preferred.
• Strong clinical judgment, communication, and teamwork skill