Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Inpatient Neurology/EMU

What you will do Clinical Practice Expert: Provides advanced level of direct and indirect care to individual patients/families and/or groups of patients/families in collaboration with physicians and interdisciplinary team members. Education/Clinical Staff Development: Provides leadership and collaborates with other health professionals and educational resources to establish staff education programs to address the specific needs of populations of patients. Evidence-Based Consultant & Researcher: Demonstrates collaborative leadership with researchers, other health professionals, divisions, and departments to generate knowledge and make practice changes based on research findings, as well as, the results of the organizational and departmental quality improvement processes. Clinical Leadership: Provides leadership in meeting system, organizational, division, and departmental goals. Demonstrates accountability for professional responsibilities and self-development. Education and Formal Training Requirements Required: Master's Degree Advanced Practice Nursing Required: Master's Degree Nursing Work Experience Requirements (General nursing of clinical practice at the RN level 3-5 years) Licenses and Certifications Requirements Required: Advanced Practice Nurse Tennessee – Tennessee Board of Nursing Required: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center Required: BASIC LIFE SUPPORT – American Heart Association Required: Registered Nurse Tennessee – Tennessee Board of Nursing Preferred: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner – American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Preferred: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred: School Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred: Registered Nurse Arkansas – Arkansas State Board of Nursing Preferred: Emergency Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred: Advanced Practice Nurse Mississippi – Mississippi Board of Nursing Preferred: Family Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred: Acute Care Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – Pediatric Nursing Certification Board Preferred: Neonatal Nurse Practitioner – National Certification Corporation Preferred: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner – American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Preferred: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Preferred: Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred: Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred: Registered Nurse Mississippi – Mississippi Board of Nursing Preferred: Family Nurse Practitioner – American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Preferred: Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner – National Certification Corporation Preferred: Gerontological Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred: Adult Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred: Emergency Nurse Practitioner – American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Physical Demands Frequent invasive and non-invasive patient contact. Exposure to patient body fluids as well as exposure to hazardous or poisonous materials. Exposure to excessive heat or cold as required. Ability to react quickly to emergency situations. May require handling or administering of narcotics. Ability to read and write to communicate orally and in writing with other individuals. Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. without assistance and push and pull up to 250 lbs. Ability to sit in one place, stand, walk, squat, kneel, reach, twist, crawl, and bend. Ability to perform repetitive hand and wrist motion, as well as using hands for gripping and squeezing. Ability to use hands and feet together for repetitive coordinated motions. Good hand-eye coordination. Supervision Provided by this Position There are no supervisory or lead responsibilities assigned to this position. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Proficiency in applying advanced concepts, principles, and professional techniques in a specialized field of nursing. Such proficiency is acquired through completion of a master’s degree or higher in a nursing specialty and is demonstrated through national specialty certification as a nurse practitioner. #J-18808-Ljbffr