Nurse Practitioner-Adult Orthopaedics

Job Requisition ID: R00052707

About the Role

To manage and provide patient medical care and promote patient health and wellness by assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating appropriate patient care in collaboration with a physician and in accordance with UMMC, state, and federal requirements and guidelines. To perform job duties in accordance with the medical center's purpose.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in Nursing
• Mississippi APRN license and national certification applicable to the area of practice

Job applications may be accepted for candidates that currently meet the minimum qualifications or candidates actively pursuing the degree and licensure requirements who will meet all minimum requirements within 6 months. Minimum qualifications must be satisfied prior to starting work.

Skills

• Knowledge of nursing care procedures and protocols
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Knowledge and understanding of computer systems, tools, and programs

Responsibilities

• Completes health assessments (patient histories and physical exams)
• Orders, collects, and interprets relevant laboratory and other diagnostic tests
• Formulates and implements comprehensive patient care plans based on patient assessments. Plans include, but are not limited to patient and family education, prescriptions, additional lab and diagnostic testing, and therapies
• Ensures complete documentation of patient assessments, patient care plans, and care provided
• Serves as educator and mentor to graduate nursing students and new hire advance practice providers
• Functions as expert/resource to nursing staff in area of specialty
• Serves on at least one nursing council, hospital, or medical center committee, task force, or project team to improve patient care or work area
• Demonstrates core standards of exceptional customer service
• Directs the management of patient care on designated patient care unit
• Directs overall operations of designated patient care unit that include making rounds, interviewing patients, collaborating with physicians and other health care team members to ensure optimum patient care
• Identifies, establishes, directs, evaluates, and reports clinic/unit-based quality improvement activities to enhance the delivery of clinical care at University of Mississippi Healthcare

The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands

• Occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold
• Occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment
• Occasional exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, bloodborne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations
• Frequent working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours
• Occasional traveling to offsite locations
• Occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature
• Occasional work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality
• Occasional bending, lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, climbing, crawling, crouching/stooping, driving, kneeling, pushing/pulling, reaching, sitting, standing
• Frequent twisting
• Constant walking

(Occasional: up to 20%, Frequent: from 21% to 50%, Constant: 51% or more)

Schedule

Full time, day shift

Pay

Salary, exempt position

Benefits

Eligible for benefits