Acute Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - Trauma ICU

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Physician Assistant/Acute Nurse Practitioner

Trauma ICU

University Medical Center

New Orleans, LA

Combination of day and night shifts

The Nurse Practitioner Inpatient / Physician Assistant provides advanced health care to individuals, families or groups as an advanced or expert clinician. Performs assessment of individual health, analyzes data to determine medical and nursing care needed, plans a treatment strategy to meet identified needs, evaluates responses to nursing and medical interventions.

Trauma ICU

• Bedside care in a Trauma ICU in a Level I Trauma Center

• Working with Dr. Patrick Greiffenstein, TICU director, Dr. Allison Smith, Trauma Medical Director, and all of the TICU attendings

• Clinical practice will include the full scope of an APP’s practice: bedside clinical care, documentation, procedures, professional billing, etc

• Integration into the UMCNO Trauma Service as a member of the Trauma Team

GENERAL DUTIES

Assessment: Assesses the complex acute, critical and chronically ill patients for urgent and emergent conditions. Uses relevant data to evaluate for any physiologic instability and utilizes data to formulate plan of care.

Clinical Interventions: Performs therapeutic interventions to stabilize acute and critical health problems. Specific interventions are listed in the Scope of Practice and approved as a part of the credentialing/privileging process. Analyzes the indications, contradictions, risk of complications and cost-benefits of therapeutic interventions.

Plan of Care: Manages the plan of care through evaluation, modification and documentation according to the patient's response to therapy. Manages changes in condition with a focus on optimizing the patient outcomes. Incorporates health promotion, health protection and injury prevention measures into the plan of care within the context of the complex acute, critical and chronic illness. Facilitates the patients transition between and within health care settings.

Education: Serves as an educational resource to the patient/family, nursing staff and provider team. Acts as a consultant to multidisciplinary health care team members.

Professional Development: Participates in scholarly activities including research and education. Participates in own professional development by maintaining required competencies, identifying learning needs and seeking appropriate educational offerings. Acts as a preceptor and mentor to support the development of nurses, APPs, students and other health care providers.

Patient Safety and Quality: Demonstrates a commitment to patient safety by speaking up about safety issues and changing practice to enhance safety. Demonstrates shared accountability for safe practice. Shares errors or potential errors through system reporting mechanisms.

Education:
• A master’s degree in Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Studies.

Certification/License:
• Active, unencumbered, unrestricted Louisiana Advanced Practice Registered Nurse license or Physician Assistant license or temporary permit
• Active Drug Enforcement Agency registration and Louisiana Controlled Drug Substance license
• American Heart Association Certification in Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support

For University Medical Center (UMC)

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies from an accredited college or university (MS-PAS)
• Physician Assistants (PA) - Louisiana State Board Of Medical Examiners
• Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS-HCP) from American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) from American Heart Association
• Current and unrestricted Controlled Dangerous Substance certificate
• Current and unrestricted DEA registration - LA
• Active Privileges through Medical Staff Office

WORK SHIFT:

Variable Hours (United States of America)

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