Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Orthopaedics, Orthopedic Surgery (Joint) Full Time

COREJOB SUMMARY

TheAdvanced Practice Registered Nursedelivers medical care to a wide variety of patients. Theincumbentexamines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other health care professionals.Furthermore the incumbent ensures proper illness and injury care and disease prevention diagnosis treatment and recovery.The Advanced Practice Registered Nurseprescribesmedications andordersdiagnostictestsandadvisespatients 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 testsrelativeto patients age-specific needs.

• Prescribesappropriate pharmacologicand non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.

• Implements interventions to support the patient to regain ormaintainphysiologicstability.

• Assistswith the provision of carein accordance withfacility state and federal regulations.

• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.

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

• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by makingappropriate referrals.

• Facilitates staffpatientand 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 orresponsibilitiesas necessary.

COREQUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Masters degreein relevant field

Certification and Licensing:

Valid State of Florida APRNLicense

Experience:

No previous experience required

KnowledgeSkillsand Attitudes:

• Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.

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

• Ability to analyzeorganizeand 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 writtenform.

DEPARTMENT ADDENDUM

Department Specific Functions

• Participates as a member of a multi-disciplinary patient management team.

• Act as a liaisonrepresentingOrtho between the inpatient staff outside providers insurance companies and patients to provide complete patient care.

• Assistwith prepping faculty clinics prior to their scheduled dates.

• Assistwithfacilitatingthefacultyclinics to ensure efficiency and effective patient care.

• Assistwith new and follow-up patient histories and physical exams.

• Facilitate the correct ordering of studies and procedures while in faculty clinics.

• Function as the first clinical point of contact for your patients to provide clinical support through the entire continuum of care.

• Manage patients clinical requests to include medication refills ordering of DME/services and completion of necessary paperwork/letters.

• Perform andassistwith medical procedures with or without direct physician supervision within the scope of the license/certification.

• Provide patient education andparticipatein patient/family interventions.

• Follow post-operative patients andmonitorfor any postoperativecomplicationsand patients have the resources necessary for recovery.

• Ensurestheappropriate applicationsof critical pathways.

• Consult with patients and prospective patients/families by phone.Evaluate/triageneed for care andadviseregardingappropriate interventionsincluding need for emergency treatment.

• Consult with other professionalsregardingdecision-making for patient care as needed.

• Participate in decision-making with patients by providing informationregardingpathophysiology and benefits/risks of treatment options.

• Assistwith clinical and administrative staff development.

• Other duties as assigned.

Department Specific Qualifications

Certification and Licensing:

Acute Care Certification is preferred but not

Experience:

Experience inOrthopaedicispreferred