Nurse Practitioner Neuro Dementia

Responsibilities

• Works collaboratively with the healthcare team to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his/her assigned unit.
• Emphasizes health promotion and maintenance, disease prevention, and the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases.
• Adheres to and functions within the scope of practice defined by the Arizona Board of Nursing and the organization.
• Functions within a Shared Governance model for decision-making.
• Focuses on performance standards that align with the organization's initiatives.
• Direct care practice using a holistic perspective; therapeutic partnerships with patients; expert clinical thinking and skillful performance; reflective practice; evidence-based guided practice; diverse health and illness management approaches.
• Performs/collaborates with physicians to perform history and physicals, order and interpret diagnostic studies, prescribe medications, consult ancillary departments and other specialists, and provide a smooth transition between various levels of care, including discharge.
• Coaches and guides nursing staff, provides consultation with healthcare providers, supports research, and leads clinical, professional, and systems leadership.
• Mentors staff nurses by promoting their direct involvement in decisions that guide patient-family centered care, while ensuring the standards of the profession and specialty are maintained.
• Conducts and supports research, evidence-based practice, and process improvement projects to enhance outcomes of care.
• Learns and incorporates current research findings and other available evidence in practice.
• Manages reimbursement and business practices, marketing and contracting considerations, legal, regulatory, and credentialing requirements, health policy issues, organizational structure and culture, and outcome evaluation and performance improvement.

Requirements

• Masters in MS, MN or MSN from a National League of Nursing (NLN) or Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
• One year as a Registered Nurse
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certification
• Fingerprint Clearance Card (FPC)
• Nurse Practitioner License with Prescriptive Authority
• Specialty board certification from approved national certifying agency (American Nurses Credentialing Center ; National Certification Corporation, or American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP))

Qualifications

• Bilingual-Spanish preferred