Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Medicine, Cell Therapy - Per Diem

CORE JOBSUMMARY                                                               

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) delivers medical care to a wide variety of patients. The APRN also examines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other health care professionals. Ensures proper illness and injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. May prescribe medications and order diagnostic tests. Advises patients about continuing care.

CORE JOBFUNCTIONS                     

• Performs and documents complete physical examinations and comprehensive healthhistories.

• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for patients.

• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specificneeds.

• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatmentmodalities

• Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologicstability.

• Assists with the provision of care in accordance with facility, state, and federalregulations.

• Monitors the effectiveness ofinterventions.

• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting,transferring,

• and dischargingpatients.

• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriatereferrals.

• Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educationaltools.

• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS     

Education:

Master’s degree in relevant field

Certification andLicensing:

Valid State of Florida APRNLicense

Experience:

Minimum 2 years of relevantexperience

Knowledge, Skills andAttitudes:

• Ability to exercise sound judgment in making criticaldecisions.

• Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention todetail.

• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work under pressure while meetingdeadlines.

• Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment.

• Ability to communicate effectively inboth oral and writtenform.

DEPARTMENTADDENDUM

Department Specific Functions                                                                         

Provides care to a select group of patients by determining and rendering advanced nursing and medicalinterventions.

Assessment/Diagnosis: Assesses patients by interviewing/examining the patient, reviewing the patient’s medical history/chart, physician’s diagnosis and orders, diagnostic test results (lab, x-ray, MRI, etc.) to determine medical diagnosis, plan of care and monitor patient’s progress.

• Performs physical assessment.

• Reviews the medical record including physician/consultation notes, lab and diagnostic tests results. Formulates medical diagnoses based on above data.

• Collaborates with physician by discussing assessment anddiagnoses.

Planning/Outcomes: Develops a plan of care from the assessment/diagnoses and physiciancollaboration.

• Identifies expected outcomes based on the assessment/diagnoses and physiciancollaboration.

• Includes interventions in plan of care that reflects expectedoutcomes

• Documents plan ofcare.

Implementation: Institutes necessary actions as outlined in plan ofcare.

• Collaborates with team members to ensure implementation of plan as described.

• Implements physician orders perprotocols.

• Communicates plan of care to teammembers.

Evaluation: Evaluates the patient’s progress in attaining expected outcomes by follow-up with collaborating physician.

• Evaluates as warranted by patient’s condition, daily, by assessment of physical findings, lab and diagnostic testresults.

• Formulates new plan of care as determined by evaluation.

Consultation/Collaboration: Consults with collaborating physician(s) on implementation, evaluation and revision of treatment plan.

• Coordinates care with interdisciplinary health care team in the development and implementation of the plan of care.

• Facilitates communication between the nursing staff and physicians with leadership skills and on-unitmentoring

• Collaborates with members of the education department and units’ leadership team inplanningeducational opportunities and competency evaluation for nursing staffmembers.

ProfessionalAccountability:

• Participates in 360° peer reviewprocess.

• Submits annual protocols revisionto state nursing and medicalboards.

• Maintains national certification andLicensure.

• Develops new or innovative systems.

• Teaches-Lectures in continuing educationprogram.

• Presents multidisciplinary patient careconference.

• Participates in and or coordinates community educationprogram.

• Serves as a preceptor to advanced practicenurses.

• Authors or contributes to an article for publication in a professional journal or book.

• Leads a hospitalcommittee.

• Co-leads collaborative team in developing a new service or strategic performanceimprovement.

Education: Serves as a mentor to the nursing staff, thus facilitating the development from novice toexpert.

• Identifies staff learning needs and provides learning experiences to meet thoseneeds.

• Provides education related to healthcare needs to patients and families, including issues related to health promotion and disease prevention.

• Provides patient/family education regarding disease processes, treatment options, treatment outcomes, possible complications, medications, discharge planning and lifestyle modification.

• Integrates current knowledge of professional issues, trends in health care and technological advances into scope of practice

Leadership: Serves as a role model tostaff.

• Identifies opportunities and challenges to promote advanced practicemodel.

• Ensures and coordinates standardization of advanced practice processes between patient care services and collaborative teams.

Research: Initiates and/or participates in unit and/or hospital researchactivities.

• Utilizes research findings and nursing theory in clinicalpractice.

• Promotes evidenced based/knowledge based nursingpractice.

• Collects data for patient and program evaluation and participates in quality assessment and improvement activities.

Department Specific Qualifications                                                             

Education:

• Master of Science Degree in Nursing; Florida Advanced Registered Nurse Practitionerlicense.

Certification andLicensing:

• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) certification in specialty area.

• ONS Chemo Certificationrequired

Experience:

• Minimum 1-2 years’ experience as an RN in an acutesetting.

• Oncology experiencepreferred.

Knowledge, Skills andAttitudes: