Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Work location: Texas Health Heart and Vascular Hospital, 811 Wright Street, Arlington, TX 76012

Work hours: Monday - Friday; 3 (12-hour) shifts,

Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital is an independently licensed, 47-bed facility with a 20-bed Cardiovascular ICU and a 27-bed cardiac telemetry unit. Accredited for Chest Pain and awarded AHA Gold Plus for Heart Failure for three consecutive years.

• Bachelor's Degree, graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Master's Degree, graduate of a Nurse Practitioner program.
• Two (2) years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner is preferred.
• RN - Registered Nurse is required upon hire.
• APRN - Advanced Practice Nurse is required upon hire.
• ACNP - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner is required upon hire.
• BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly is required.
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within 90 days of hire.

A high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and the ability to function in a fast-paced environment.

Delivers care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process.

• Assessment/Plan of Care/Technical Skill: utilizes principles and skills in communication and interviewing techniques to obtain a comprehensive health history, formulate a plan of care, and make decisions for appropriate therapeutic interventions.
• Uses principles and skills in advanced health assessment for differentiating normal and abnormal findings.
• Synthesizes knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, culture, and socioeconomics to access, evaluate, and provide therapeutic interventions to patients.
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to improve care processes and promote continuity of care.
• Initiates actions to meet patients/families' needs.
• Takes actions to reduce patients' risks.
• Performs specialty specific technical procedures safely and proficiently.

• 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment programs, and other benefits.
• Delivery of high quality patient care through nursing education, research, and innovations in nursing practice.
• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
• Supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.