Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Job Description
Acute care nurse practitioner
provides competent, safe, and compassionate care based on established Patient Care and Nursing Standards. Works collaboratively within a multidisciplinary health care team and is responsible for providing comprehensive and age-appropriate care to both well and/or ill patients under the direct supervision of a Nurse Practitioner or physician.
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Performs history and physical examination of all patients seen
Obtains relevant and complete history and performs appropriate physical exam
Actively participate in conferences and presentations other staff education including but not limited to quality improvements initiatives as directed
Admitting, rounding, and discharging patients in the acute setting
Performs health assessments and preventative health measures within guidelines and in collaboration with physician
Discusses case with physician when appropriate
Formulates and documents plan of care
Prescribes medication or other forms of treatment as indicated
Participates in On-Call program which may include after-hours, weekend and holiday calls and visitations
No procedures required
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ACLS, BLS, CPR, BCLS, NRP, PALS, NP, DEA
Education for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the acute care nurse practitioner job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Master's and Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Education Program, Education, Graduate Education, Graduate, School of Nursing, Science, Physician Assistant Program, Health Care, Nurse Anesthesia
Skills for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Desired skills for acute care nurse practitioner include:
Organizations Service Standards and incorporates them into the performance of responsibilities
CMS
DOH standards pertinent to hospital
Evidence based practice and principles of safety
JCAHO
NYUHC Patient and Nursing Care Standards
Physical
Behavioral and emotionalcharacteristics typical for the age group
NYUHC Patient and Nursing Care Standards with incorporate current evidence-based practiceand principles of safety
Professional nursing theory
Desired experience for acute care nurse practitioner includes:
CV or Acute Care NP experience preferred
CV or Acute care experience as an NP preferred
Requires corrected vision and hearing to a normal range
May require exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids
Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse and certification as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Michigan
NPI, can be obtained post hire as part of credentialing
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Examples
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Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of acute care nurse practitioner. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for acute care nurse practitioner
- Demonstrate accurate and timely documentation of detailed patient history and physical exams, consults and daily progress notes
- This position involves the coordination of inpatient admission, treatment, follow-up, and discharge planning for the patient population served
- Partner with education programs to assist with training opportunities, facilitate orientation to the organization and oversee ongoing training of Advanced Practitioners, and manage the mentoring program for new Advanced Practitioners
- Contribute to the development and implementation care path/guidelines, participate in the variance capture and analysis in an effort to enhance quality, service and resource management
- Resolves effectively conflict with others
- Adheres to hospital/department personnel policies
- Ninety percent of H&Ps will be dictated within 4 hours of patient's admission
- Analyzes data to formulate diagnosis or diagnoses
- Ensures that chart reviews demonstrate complete list of diagnoses on all progress notes
- Provides evidence showing that medication changes were made that resulted in overall patient and hospital savings
Qualifications for acute care nurse practitioner
- Completion of an accredited educational program for nurse practitioners required
- Acute Care Certification is required
- Minimum of three years of current clinical nursing experience required
- Prior experience in similar clinical setting/specialty preferred
- 2-5 years' advance practice experience in orthopedics is desired
- Current License as RN in Ohio
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of acute care nurse practitioner. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for acute care nurse practitioner
- Ensures that appropriate medication literature is provided to our patients
- Expedites patient discharge by monitoring length of stay and timely completion of discharge instructions and dictation of discharge summaries
- Makes appropriate referrals based on patient priorities
- Initiates discharge planning upon patient's arrival to hospital as evidenced by chart review
- Evaluates, revises as necessary and redesigns Advanced Practice Provider protocols in conjunction with physician sponsor on annual basis
- Provides education to staff, in form of in-services, at least three (3) times per year
- Mentors staff and does frequent, informal teaching using plan of care as dynamic tool
- Monitors nursing care on on-going basis as round on patients
- Formulates plan based on priority issues for patient and family
- Expertise in acute care settings in order to assess and identify medical necessity
Qualifications for acute care nurse practitioner
- Acute Care Adult NP or ANP with extensive experience with arrhythmia/cardiac patients strongly preferred
- Have a love for inpatient hospital setting
- Current APRN – Advanced Practice Nurse Licensure
- Previous 2-year experience in an acute care setting as an RN, preferred
- Critical Care Nursing or Fellowship experience preferred
- Experience in cardiac surgery preferred
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Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of acute care nurse practitioner. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for acute care nurse practitioner
- Provides information and support to patients and families
- Maintains contact with assigned patient caseload between visits, based on their particular needs
- Coordinates discharge planning with attending physicians, inpatient nurse practitioners, social work and patient>and family, to assure timely and safe discharge
- Supports the mission, philosophy, standards, goals and objectives of the institution, department and service line.>Plans and organizes care to meet individual patient needs and to ensure appropriate clinical resource utilization>per protocols, pathways, and other means
- Provides consultation about the transplant process to the nursing staff responsible for the patients care in the>hospital setting
- Autonomously manage the medical care of neuro-critical care patients
- Participate in daily rounds with an attending physician and develop/implement clinical care plans for each patient based on their specific needs
- Perform bedside procedures within their scope of practice
- Hold and/or participate in family meetings
- Participates in academic and professional development through attendance and/or participation at national/regional conferences
Qualifications for acute care nurse practitioner
- Surgical Critical Care experience preferred
- BLS, ACLS required, ATLS preferred
- Biloxi, MS
- Other (10-2850 A Application for Nurse and Nurse Anesthetists, Unofficial Copy of transcripts, Copy of Certification)
- Experience in transplantation and acute care preferred
- Upon hire on a designated overnight shift mandatory Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) completion within 6 months
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for an acute care nurse practitioner. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for acute care nurse practitioner
- History and Physical
- Ensure adherence to Joint Commission standards and all related corporate policies, procedures, and protocols
- Promotes knowledge and compliance with regulatory requirements related to patient safety
- Treat all patients and co-workers with dignity and respect
- Assist in the education of patient care staff in the use of new equipment, supplies, and instruments
- Participates in the orientation of new Neuro ICU team members in coordination with the management team in the Neuro ICU
- Participates in development of policies and procedures for the Neuro ICU
- Critical Care Rapid Response Team – Registered Nurses (RN)
- Grady Critical Care Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (ACNP)
- Active participation in daily (Monday- Friday) interdisciplinary team rounds for PMCC patients to review patient status, coordinate team input, update care plans and develop longitudinal care plan recommendations
Qualifications for acute care nurse practitioner
- Masters degree from an accredited nurse practitioner program
- Master’s prepared Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
- Pennsylvania state licensure and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certification or Masters prepared Physician Assistant is required
- Ability to commit and work at least 60 hours (includes class time) per week (including nights, weekends and holidays) for the entire 12 month program
- A Health Care Assessment, references and personal interview is required
- Master’s prepared Nurse Practitioner with Acute Care certification
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Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for an acute care nurse practitioner. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for acute care nurse practitioner
- Establishes medical diagnoses from short-term, chronic and acute health problems for new and established patients
- Provide post vascular surgical follow up in the clinic to include office procedures and wound care such as suture, staple and tunneled catheters removals, biopsy, sharp wound debridement, application and management of advanced wound technologies, Vacuum Assisted Closure devices, and DME
- Educates patients and/or intervenes in acute or chronic illness
- Advanced clinical skills and three years of related clinical nursing experience in the Cardiac Surgery or Cardiology specialty are or equivalent
- May perform the initial evaluation and management for new admissions to critical care area
- Admit any direct admissions or outside hospital transfers
- Ensure to maintain compliance with GI Surgery service specific protocols
- Help develop GI Surgery service specific protocols
- Attend daily GI Surgery service rounds with Residents
Qualifications for acute care nurse practitioner
- Recent (within last 5 years) experience with pain management and palliative care
- Minimum of three years experience in nursing, experience preferred in critical care or neuroscience
- Membership in pertinent professional organizations is preferred but not required
- NPI billing number required
- Training/experience in palliative care, hospice, or geriatrics preferred
- Must be flexible with traveling between care centers and area hospitials and SNF's to meet clinical needs