Advanced Practice Provider - APRN or PA - Critical Care

Responsibilities

• History taking, clinical assessment, physical examination
• Order entry, clinical documentation, interpretation of diagnostic studies
• Clinical diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care
• Endotracheal intubations, arterial lines, central lines, and temporary hemodialysis catheter lines placement
• Evaluation of signs and symptoms, including age-appropriate changes
• Develop and reformulate differential diagnoses, identify co-morbidities, and use diagnostic strategies
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary health care team and supervising/collaborating physician(s)
• Perform endotracheal intubations, arterial lines, central lines, and temporary hemodialysis catheter lines placement
• Participate in daily team transition huddles to facilitate effective coordinated patient care
• Utilize evidence-based practice and prescribe appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
• Implement treatment and referral orders; interpret and evaluate appropriate lab and diagnostic testing
• Maintain quality of the healthcare practice through consultation, collaboration, continuing education, certification, and evaluation
• Engage in interdisciplinary peer and colleague review
• Adapt teaching and learning approaches based on physiological and psychological changes, age, developmental stage, cognitive status, readiness to learn, health literacy, the environment, and available resources
• Identify processes, principles to meet quality core metrics and documentation standards and expectations
• Participate professionally and work collaboratively to identify processes, principles to meet quality core metrics and documentation standards and expectations
• Advocate on behalf of the patient population and the profession through active participation in the health policy process
• Address the development and implementation of system policies affecting services

Requirements

• Master’s degree with an Advanced Practice Nursing Focus and National Board Certification required for APRN
• Master’s degree required with the appropriate National Certification for PA
• Current Ohio Board of Nursing license for APRN
• Current Ohio License 50RX – License to practice as a physician assistant with prescriptive authority
• Maintain collaborative/supervision agreement as required through the Ohio Medical Board/Ohio Board of Nursing
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification required
• Ability to communicate and relate well with staff, provider(s), and the public
• Awareness of patient confidentiality and ability to follow directions well from physician and work autonomously with little direction
• Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships and critical analysis skills
• Demonstrates ability to multi-task and work under stress
• Maintains competencies and skills of specialty area of practice
• Demonstrates assessment skills, diagnosis with critical thinking and implementation of a plan of care
• Professional Role - skill includes clinical reasoning and builds collaborative intra and interprofessional relationships to provide optimal care to patients with complex acute, critical, and chronic illness
• Skill of advocating on behalf of the patient population and the profession through active participation in the health policy process
• Managing and Negotiating Healthcare Delivery Systems - skill in addressing the development and implementation of system policies affecting services

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Advanced Practice Provider experience required
• Acute Care position in ICU requires Acute Care training & 2 years of Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider experience
• Variated position assigned to home campus but may occasionally float to another ICU campus
• Work four 13-hour day and/or 13-hour night shifts in a 2 week pay period
• ICU Physician presence and/or on call availability 24/7
• Training time will be offered initially, length of time will be based on prior ICU experience
• No new graduate Advanced Practice Providers