Nurse Practitioner Part Time - Surgery Evaluation Center - DePaul Hospital

This opportunity is a great way to exercise clinical experience and run your clinic. High level of assessment and judgement skills leading to an autonomous experience. Supportive environment providing quality patient care and interventions leading to improved surgical outcomes, decreased cancellations and lower complication rates. Our TCC clinic has been recognized by regional and system level leadership as paving the way to lowering readmissions for high risk patients that are without regular primary care coverage.

Hours:

16 scheduled hours per week.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Autonomy and ability to evaluate and assess chronic health conditions with critical thinking skills for determining appropriate escalation for patient clinical optimization

• The APN will have responsibility for the surgery evaluation clinic (approx. 60-70%), as well as the transitional care clinic.

• Assesses patient of any age presenting for health care and obtains a personal medical history, appropriate physical examination with recording of the resulting information.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient s age-specific needs.
• Addresses and responds to patient and staff requests for information in a timely manner, prioritizing patient requests and urgent needs.
• Plans for patient care by making comprehensive clinical decisions based on advanced diagnostic skills and professional judgment, reviewing results of diagnostic tests and procedures, developing and implementing a treatment plan for the patient and/or family, and providing a wide range of interventions required to effect change.
• Problem solving skills demonstrated by making competent advanced clinical decisions, utilizing appropriate resources, consulting with physician, as appropriate, and involving management where necessary.
• Maintains effective methods of formal and informal communication with staff so that dissemination of information/administrative decisions are conveyed in a positive and supportive manner; motivates and supports staff to achieve department/contractual goals and operational benchmarks.
• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
• Facilitates the patient s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals. Facilitates referral of patients to other appropriate community healthcare facilities, agencies and resources.
• Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.
• Recognizes and utilizes opportunities to act as a change agent by introducing nursing practice innovations.
• Evaluates nursing practices associated with specialty area, defines needs/problems with patient care and makes constructive suggestions that creates a positive patient outcome.
• Promotes positive health behaviors and self-care skills through education and/or counseling.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Master's degree from nationally accredited Nurse Practitioner program

EXPERIENCE

• One year experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.