Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner - Neuroscience - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - FT - 10H Days

What You Will Do

Provides/enhances patient care based on advanced nursing practice principles in area of specialty and or scope of practice in the Physician's Assistant Role.

Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Nursing or related Health Care degree or equivalent experience.
• Certified California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing AND California Nurse Practitioner (NP) Certificate - CA Board of Registered Nursing; OR California Physician Assistant License - CA Physician Assistant Board.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association.
• ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 Year experience.
• DEA Controlled Substance Registration - U.S. Department of Justice.

Essential Functions

• Collaboration: Demonstrates critical thinking and problem-solving skills in the area of specialty when consulted by interdisciplinary team members. Collaborates with members of health care team in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating comprehensive healthcare for patients and families. Improves outcomes due to interventions with others.
• Evaluation: Performs ongoing assessment based on advanced nursing practice principles and specialty knowledge of patient population within scope. Examines the learning needs of patients/families in collaboration with members of the health care team. Plans, provides, and coordinates patient/family education. Participates in the evaluation of patient/family education outcomes.
• Assessment: Performs ongoing assessment based on advanced nursing practice principles and specialty knowledge of patient population within scope. Examines the learning needs of patients/families in collaboration with members of the health care team. Plans, provides, and coordinates patient/family education. Participates in the evaluation of patient/family education outcomes.
• Plan: Plan of care promotes optimal health outcomes and development of goals incorporates interdisciplinary input. Intervention: Advanced nursing principles and practices applied per standardized procedures including furnishing medications as clinically indicated. Evaluation: Patient progress towards goals evaluated and plan of care altered based on evaluation. Documents care/services per guidelines and SHC compliance/billing policies (department specific).

Professional Development

• Recognizes self-development needs and seeks out resources or experiences that promote professional growth.
• Member of professional organization related to specialty.
• Participates in community health event(s).
• Participates in activities that promote the nursing/physician's assistant professions, specialty area and advanced practice nursing.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class.