Advanced Practice Rn Provider-Hospital Medicine

The Metro Health System, affiliated with Case Western Reserve University, Hospital Medicine division is seeking full time Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Practitioner. The successful candidate will deliver direct patient care consistent with the advanced practice registered nurse’s education, experience and certification, in collaboration with a physician, which includes diagnosis, management and/or referral of health care issues. Promotes consumer, family, and community health through preventative health care actions and through patient advocacy.

The advanced practice registered nurse may also manage complex illnesses and/or deliver specialty care. Upholds the mission, vision, values, and customer service standards of The Metro Health System.

• Providing a safe environment for patients.
• Reporting safety concerns, errors and near misses.
• Participating in system improvement initiatives to prevent errors.
• Providing evidence-based care as applicable to the role.
• Performs patient assessment, documents and analyzes data relative to specialty based on patient needs, existing signs and symptoms and current patient data.
• Utilizes critical thinking in formulating differential diagnosis and establishing priorities in care.
• Institutes measures to promote and maintain health, prevent illness, maintain comfort and meet achievable patient and family care preferences.
• Develops individual, evidence-based plan of care for patient with ongoing management and evaluation of patient outcomes based upon advanced practitioner’s scope of practice and certification in collaboration with patient, family, and/or other pertinent health care provider(s) including collaborating and specialty physician(s) as needed.
• Provides care in a manner which enhances patient satisfaction; maintains and promotes good public relations.
• Selects appropriate communication approach to achieve desired outcomes; identifies barriers to communication; initiates appropriate interaction and evaluates results.
• Accepts accountability for clinical practice including making decisions proactively, responding to changing needs of patients/families and representing patient needs to others as appropriate.
• Ensures that compliance is maintained with all applicable regulatory agencies and laws, national standards, The Metro Health System Code of Ethical Conduct and American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics.
• Prescribes drugs and therapeutic devices in accordance with laws and within scope of practice, if holds Certificate to Prescribe.
• full-time night shift position working 7p-7a, 6 days Monday through Saturday on, 8 days off. 12 shifts in a 28-day period.

• Performs patient assessment, documents and analyzes data relative to specialty based on patient needs, existing signs and symptoms and current patient data.
• Utilizes critical thinking in formulating differential diagnosis and establishing priorities in care.
• Institutes measures to promote and maintain health, prevent illness, maintain comfort and meet achievable patient and family care preferences.
• Develops individual, evidence-based plan of care for patient with ongoing management and evaluation of patient outcomes based upon advanced practitioner’s scope of practice and certification in collaboration with patient, family, and/or other pertinent health care provider(s) including collaborating and specialty physician(s) as needed.
• Provides care in a manner which enhances patient satisfaction; maintains and promotes good public relations.
• Selects appropriate communication approach to achieve desired outcomes; identifies barriers to communication; initiates appropriate interaction and evaluates results.
• Accepts accountability for clinical practice including making decisions proactively, responding to changing needs of patients/families and representing patient needs to others as appropriate.
• Ensures that compliance is maintained with all applicable regulatory agencies and laws, national standards, The Metro Health System Code of Ethical Conduct and American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics.
• Prescribes drugs and therapeutic devices in accordance with laws and within scope…