Nurse Practitioner - Telemetry - Mount Sinai Hospital - Full Time - Night

About the role

This position is located at Mount Sinai Hospital and is full-time with night shifts.

Responsibilities

• Assesses the health status of patients/families by means of comprehensive health history and physical examination.
• Initiates and orders selected therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, consultations and laboratory examination, prescribes medication regimens, interprets findings and alters plan of care according to accepted standards of care and practice guidelines.
• Documents findings and plan of care in the patient's medical record.
• Consults with physician according to established standards, policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Develops the plan of care based on the diagnoses and individual patient needs.
• Performs a patient record review with the collaborating physician in a timely fashion but not less than every three months if utilizing a collaborative practice agreement.
• Completes the Focused Professional Practice Proctoring Evaluation (FPPE) or the Ongoing Professional Practice Proctoring Evaluation (OPPE) as required by Medical Staff for continued credentialing status.
• Participates in team meetings and conferences to enhance an interdisciplinary approach to care delivery.
• Maintains patient/employee confidentiality in the management of information.
• Works within a Collaborative Practice Agreement or Collaborative Practice Relationship Attestation as a member of the health care team in area of practice.
• Manages and coordinates a patient caseload.

Qualifications

• Education: Master's degree program designed to prepare a NP to diagnose, treat, and prescribe for a patients condition that fall within their specialty area of practice or the successful completion of an approved supplemental education program, i.e., post-master's NP certificate.
• Experience: Previous progressive experience relevant to the area of clinical practice required.
• Certified by the New York State Department of Education as a Nurse Practitioner with current registration.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS), The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certificates as required by specialty.