Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Cardiac Surgery Full Time

CORE JOB SUMMARY

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) delivers medical care to a wide variety of patients. The APRN is 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 JOB FUNCTIONS

• Performs and documents complete physical examinations and comprehensive health histories.

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

• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patients age-specific needs.

• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities

• Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability.

• Assists with the provision of care in accordance with facility state and federal regulations.

• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.

• Facilitates the patients transition within and between health care settings e.g. admitting transferring and discharging patients.

• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.

• Facilitates staff patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.

• 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:

Masters degree in relevant field

Certification and Licensing:

Valid State of Florida APRN License

Experience:

Minimum 2 years of relevant experience

Knowledge Skills and Attitudes:

• Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.

• Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail.

• Ability to analyze organize and prioritize work under pressure while meeting deadlines.

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

• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.

Department Specific Functions

• Practitioner is responsible for initiating admission orders discharges and perform comprehensive examination of patients.

• Completes history perform physical examination review medical records and laboratory reports interprets diagnostic tests formulate risk assessment and plan for surgery in conjunction with supervising physician documents in EMR (Epic/UChart Care Meditech)

• Order perform and/or monitor pertinent diagnostic tests including but not limited to: laboratory tests X-rays immunizations microscopic exams EKGs and other diagnostic tests as deemed appropriate.

• Identification monitoring management and evaluation of medical surgical and interventional conditions common to the specific client population. This includes both acute and chronic illness states.

• Collaborates with the supervising physician in making recommendations

• Provide education and counseling for patients families and community groups on various health conditions.

• Prescribe life style modification in accordance with the patients health problems

• Initiate referrals including but not limited to physical therapy occupational therapy and respiratory therapy.

• Reports incidents in event reporting system (Quantros)

• Participates in QA activities according to Joint Commission Standards as requested

• Initiate referrals and/or consultations to other health care professionals whose locations may be within the facility or community based.

• Discharge patients from hospital with appropriate discharge orders teaching prescriptions and summary when appropriate

• Function as a member of a multidisciplinary team

• Acts as a liason between nursing and medical services to ensure proper follow-through on all pre-operative patients.

• Act as a preceptor for student nurse practitioners

• Effectively triages patients and physician referral phone calls.

• Meets the expectations of the patient families and significant by listening to them demonstrating sensitivity and awareness of others.

• Follows through to ensure that established expectations are satisfied.

• Ensures compliance with all institutional policies and procedures including mandatory services employee health procedures Federal State regulatory and accrediting agencies standards and regulations.

• Responsible for the continuous development and ongoing clinical management of the patients in UHealth preoperative Assessment Center. This will be accomplished while carrying out the Mission Goals and Objectives of the University of Miami and University of Miami Hospital while focusing on the patients physicians and employees as customers.

• Participates in all activities that further professional growth and development attends/completes mandatory in-services and CBLs.

• Recognizes signs of abuse and/or neglect and reports findings to MD