Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (H) - Surgery: Vascular - Full Time

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

The University of Miami/UHealth Department of Surgery: Vascular has an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN). 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.

Core Job Functions

• Performs and documents complete physical examinations and comprehensive health histories.
• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for patients.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient's age-specific needs.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities. Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability.
• Assists with the provision of care in accordance with facility, state, and federal regulations.
• 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 staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

Department Specific Functions

• Practitioner is responsible for initiating admission, orders, discharges and perform comprehensive examination of patients.
• Completes history, perform physical examination, review medical records and laboratory reports, interprets diagnostic tests, formulate risk assessment and plan for surgery in conjunction with supervising physician, documents in EMR (Epic/UChart, Care, Meditech)
• Order, perform and/or monitor pertinent diagnostic tests including but not limited to: laboratory tests, X-rays, immunizations, microscopic exams, EKG's, and other diagnostic tests as deemed appropriate.
• Identification, monitoring, management and evaluation of medical, surgical and interventional conditions, common to the specific client population. This includes both acute and chronic illness states.
• Collaborates with the supervising physician in making recommendations
• Provide education and counseling for patients, families, and community groups on various health conditions.
• Prescribe life style modification in accordance with the patients' health problems
• Initiate referrals, including but not limited to physical therapy, occupational therapy, and respiratory therapy.
• Reports incidents in event reporting system (Quantros)
• Participates in QA activities according to Joint Commission Standards as requested
• Initiate referrals and/or consultations to other health care professionals whose locations may be within the facility or community based.
• Discharge patients from hospital, with appropriate discharge orders, teaching, prescriptions, and summary when appropriate
• Function as a member of a multidisciplinary team
• Acts as a liason between nursing and medical services to ensure proper follow-through on all pre-operative patients.
• Act as a preceptor for student nurse practitioners
• Effectively triages patients and physician referral phone calls.
• Meets the expectations of the patient, families and significant by listening to them demonstrating sensitivity and awareness of others.
• Follows through to ensure that established expectations are satisfied.
• Ensures compliance with all institutional policies and procedures including mandatory services, employee health procedures, Federal, State, regulatory and accrediting agencies standards and regulations.
• Responsible for the continuous development and ongoing clinical management of the patients in UHealth preoperative Assessment Center. This will be accomplished while carrying out the Mission, Goals and Objectives of the University of Miami and University of Miami Hospital while focusing on the patients, physicians and employees as customers.
• Participates in all activities that further professional growth and development, attends/completes mandatory in-services and CBL's.
• Recognizes signs of abuse and/or neglect and reports findings to MD

Core Qualifications

Education: Master's degree in relevant field required

Certification and Licensing: Valid State of Florida APRN license required. Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements

Experience: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications. Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Full time

Employee Type: Staff