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Acute Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

• Critical Care (ICU)

• Medical ICU (MICU)

• Cardiothoracic ICU (CTICU)

• Neurocritical Care (NCC)

Full-time - Rotating shifts

12 hour Shifts - Weekend and holiday rotation

Positions available at:

West Jefferson Medical Center - Marrero

East Jefferson General Hospital - Metairie

University Medical Center - New Orleans

The Acute Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant Critical Care 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.

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 QUALIFICATIONS

Master’s degree from an approved Acute or Critical Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program - required.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) from American Heart Association

• Acute or Critical Care Nurse Practitioner Certification or Physician Assistant Certification
• Registered Nursing License (RN) from the Louisiana State Board of Nursing
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) from the Louisiana State Board of Nursing

OR

• Physician Assistant (PA) - Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners

WORK SHIFT:

Variable Hours (United States of America)

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