ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDER PRN - CRITICAL CARE

About Us

At Cooper University Health Care, our commitment to providing extraordinary health care begins with our team. Our extraordinary professionals are continuously discovering clinical innovations and enhanced access to the most up-to-date facilities, equipment, technologies, and research protocols. We have a commitment to our employees to provide competitive rates and compensation programs. Cooper offers full and part-time employees a comprehensive benefits program, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, and retirement. We also provide attractive working conditions and opportunities for career growth through professional development. Discover why Cooper University Health Care is the employer of choice in South Jersey.

About the Role

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is licensed, registered, and has completed specialized graduate or doctoral education, and is nationally certified to provide health and medical care for diverse populations in a variety of settings.

Responsibilities

• Function within the scope of practice as defined by the state nurses practice act, delineation of privileges set forth by the practice setting, and the American Nurses’ Association Code of Ethics (for Advanced Practice Nurses).
• Utilize the scientific process and national standards of care as a framework for managing patient care.
• Function within the scope of practice as defined by the supervising physician (for Physician Assistants).
• Practice autonomously and/or in consultation with a collaborating/supervising physician and other health care professionals to assess, diagnose, treat, and manage patients’ health problems/needs.
• Perform patient history and physical examinations to determine a working differential diagnosis and develop an individualized plan of care.
• Order, perform, supervise, and interpret diagnostic and laboratory tests.
• Prescribe pharmacologic agents and non-pharmacologic therapies.
• Provide therapeutic measures, teaching, education, and counseling to individuals, families, and groups.
• Formulate diagnoses for uncommon or unstable conditions in consultation with a collaborating/supervising physician, and either refer to a specialist or participate in dual management and treatment.
• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic illnesses, with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention.
• Serve as health care researchers, professional educators, interdisciplinary consultants, and patient advocates.
• Prescribe medications in accordance with current APP prescribing guidelines, state, and federal law, and document all prescriptions and refills in the patient’s chart.
• Work in collaboration with Cooper intensivists to manage intensive care patients, including performing procedures such as intubation, central lines, arterial lines, and utilizing POCUS.

Requirements

• Master’s degree required (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant).
• American Heart Association BLS certification.
• New Jersey APN & RN license or NJ PA license.
• Acute care certification for APNs or PA certification.
• Experience in critical care and/or hospital medicine preferred.
• Experience with POCUS and performing procedures such as intubation, central lines, and arterial lines is ideal.
• New graduates will be considered but must be highly motivated to learn and seek independent opportunities to become autonomous in the role.

Schedule

Per Diem - varies.