Nurse Practitioner ~ Per Diem (Cancer Center at UMass Harrington)

Umass Memorial Health Caregiver

Hiring Range: $61.34 - $125.00

The final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Major responsibilities include:

• Providing diagnostic and assessment services.
• Analyzing data collected to determine health status and identify differential diagnoses.
• Partnering with physicians regarding proposed plan of care.
• Managing therapeutic regime as outlined by established protocols.
• Documenting patient care outcomes.
• Prescribing medications from Schedules II-VI.
• Providing patient education.
• Enhancing professional growth and development through participation in educational programs.
• Participating in department driven practices including on call scheduling, rotating weekends, etc.

Ambulatory Care Nurse Practitioners:

• Completion of accredited program pertinent to the departmental needs (OB/GYN, Pediatrics, etc.) and has passed the appropriate certification exam.
• Partners with collaborating physician or designee as necessary with complexity of problems or plan of care.
• Formulates plan of care with patient and multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Maintains department specific competencies that are degree specific, age specific to the discipline and license specific per certifying authority.
• Participates in department driven practices including on call scheduling, rotating weekends, etc.

Acute Care Nurse Practitioners:

• Graduate of an approved Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program (ACNP) and has passed the ACNP board certification.
• Under the supervision of designated collaborating physicians, conduct comprehensive health assessments, analyze date and formulate clinical decisions to manage acute and chronic illnesses.
• Responds to sick calls of patients and treats them according to the acuity of illness.
• Participates in department driven practices including on call scheduling, rotating weekends, etc.

Critical Care Nurse Practitioners:

• Graduates of an approved Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program (ACNP) and has passed the ACNP board certification.
• Under the supervision of designated collaborating physicians, conduct comprehensive health assessments, analyze date and formulate clinical decisions to manage acute and chronic illnesses.
• Performs procedures such as central line placement, insertion of arterial catheters, lumbar punctures, paracentesis and thoracentesis.
• Provides patient education and therapeutic management of the family in crisis related to critical illness.
• Maintains competencies as directed by the division.
• Rotation in the telemedicine intensive care unit (EICU-Hahnemann Campus)

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:

• Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
• Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
• Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
• Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
• Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
• Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education: Required:

1. Masters or doctoral degree.

2. Graduate of approved Nurse Practitioner program with certification.

3. Current Massachusetts license.

Experience/Skills: Preferred: 3-5 years of experience.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

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