Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Plastic Surgery - Full Time

Current employees: internal application process available via Workday.

About the role

The Department of Surgery at the University of Miami has an opportunity for an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in the Division of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery at UHealth Tower. The APRN examines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other healthcare professionals, ensuring proper illness and injury care, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. May prescribe medications and order diagnostic tests, and advises patients about continuing care.

Responsibilities

• Performs and documents complete physical examinations and comprehensive health histories.
• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for patients.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests for the patient’s age-specific needs.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
• Implements interventions to support the patient in regaining or maintaining physiologic stability.
• Assists with providing care following facility, state, and federal regulations.
• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between healthcare settings (e.g., admitting, transferring, and discharging patients).
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.
• Facilitates staff, patient, and family decision-making by providing educational tools.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Valid State of Florida ARNP License.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.

Skills

• Ability to exercise sound judgment.
• Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze, organize, and prioritize work under pressure while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical and dental coverage.
• Tuition remission.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System is South Florida's only university-based health system, providing leading-edge patient care powered by research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we serve South Florida, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, with over one million patient encounters each year.

Job Status: Full-time