Acute Inpatient APRN/ PA, Emergency Services, Per Diem, Variable Shifts, 12 hour shifts

Acute Inpatient APRN, ER, Full Time, Nights, 7pm-7am 12 Hour Shifts

Jackson Memorial Hospital

Department: Jackson Memorial Hospital - ER

Address: 1611 NW 12th Ave, Miami, Florida, 33136

Shift details: Full-Time, Nights, 3/3 schedule, 7pm-7am

Why Jackson:

Jackson Memorial Hospital is the flagship hospital for Jackson Health System and it has been a beacon of medical excellence and community care for more than a century. Throughout its rich and storied history, Jackson Memorial - located in the heart of the City of Miami - has been ground zero for some of the world's greatest medical breakthroughs and important moments in South Florida. We've grown into one of the nation's largest public hospitals, and one of the few that is also a world-class academic medical center with a proud mission and proven success. Jackson Memorial is an accredited, tertiary teaching hospital with 1,500 licensed beds, where nearly every medical specialty is provided by some of the world's most skilled and highly regarded multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.

Job Summary:

The APRN Inpatient provide a wide range of primary, acute and specialty healthcare services, both autonomously and in partnership with other healthcare professionals, in accordance with State and Federal regulations. These services include managing patient's overall care; prescribing medications and treatments; ordering, conducting and interpreting diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, EKGs and lab work; diagnosing and treating chronic and acute conditions, including injuries, infections, diabetes and high blood pressure; performing invasive procedures; counseling; and educating patients on positive health-promoting lifestyle choices and disease, injury and illness prevention. Incumbent in the job classification may perform unit specific duties based on the specialty.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Uses clinical judgments in conducting health assessments making differential diagnosis, and prescribing pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments.

Plans are implemented through independent action, health counseling, and collaboration with other members of the health team.

The APRN is responsible for clinical oversight and health center consultation regarding administration of health care policy and procedure of the delivery of on-site health services.

The NP promotes optimum health, prevents illness and injury, and manages acute and chronic health problems in the on-site setting.

Performs physical examinations and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines and instructions of Physician.

Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients clinical problems and health care needs.

Records physical findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patients condition.

Provides written home-going instructions.

Makes referrals for follow-up to appropriate community resources.

Collaborates with other specialties to ensure interdisciplinary management and continuity of care for both inpatients and outpatients.

Collaborates with Physician and other health professionals to prepare comprehensive patient care plan as necessary.

Prescribes or recommends medications or other forms of treatment such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.

Refers patients to Physician for consultation or to specialized health resources for treatment.

Maintains detailed and accurate medical records.

Educates and coaches nursing staff on best nursing practices.

Initiates search of nursing literature/suggests changes/improvement in patient care standards.

Integrates current knowledge of professional issues, trends in health care and technological advances into scope of practice.

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Follows and performs all related unit specific policies and procedures, as detailed on the unit specific competency check-list.

Utilizes job and unit specific equipment as required.

Employees assigned lead job duties may perform the following, but not limited to: approve time off requests for IR NPs.

Coordinate tracking board and first cases.

Address IR escalations, expediting and prioritizing escalations to help shorten LOS.

Onboarding Fellows, orient residents. Lead staff huddle.

Main resource for the unit/hospital (touchpoint person for the unit).

Review case delays.

Involved in PI projects for the department.

Psychiatric nurse practitioners can capacitate psychiatric patients in the hospital setting, they can also provide one of the professional opinions on the "2 Physician certification" form (B-32).

Demonstrates behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Expertise).

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

Experience:

Generally requires 5 to 7 years of related experience. Units at BHH require 1 year of experience.

Education:

Master's degree in Nursing is required.

License Certification:

Valid Florida Advanced Practice RN license required. Valid APRN Board certification in specialty area required.

American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) and any additional applicable life support certification for Healthcare Providers is required upon hire with at least 6 months validity and maintenance at JHS for the duration of employment.

Must meet and maintain valid and current all unit specific and organizational skills/competencies, certifications/licensures, as required by regulatory and/or nursing standard of practice for the specialty.

Jackson Health System is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.