Nurse Practitioner -Adult ICU-Neurology

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Requisition :

R## Job Category:

Clinician## Organization:

SOM-Neurology-Business Administrator## Location/s:

Main Campus Jackson##

Job Title:

Nurse Practitioner
-Adult ICU-Neurology##

Job Summary:

To manage and provide patient medical care in a specialty area and promotes patient health and wellness by assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating appropriate patient care in collaboration with a physician and in accordance with UMMC, state, and federal requirements and guidelines. To perform job duties in accordance with the medical center's purpose.## Education & Experience
** Education and Experience

Required:

** Master's degree or higher in Nursing    
** Certifications, Licenses or Registration

Required:

** Mississippi APRN license and must have national certification as an Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.

Job applications may be accepted for candidates that currently meet the minimum qualifications or candidates actively pursuing the degree and licensure requirements who will meet all minimum requirements within 6 months. Minimum qualifications must be satisfied prior to starting work.## Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Knowledge of APRN procedures and protocols. Verbal and written communication skills.  Interpersonal skills.  Knowledge and understanding of MS Board of Nursing regulations.

** Responsibilities
* ** Completes health assessments in a specialty area (patient histories and physical exams).
* Orders, collects, and interprets relevant laboratory and other diagnostic tests.
* Formulates and implements comprehensive patient care plans in a specialty area based on patient assessments.  Plans include, but are not limited to patient and family education, prescriptions, additional lab and diagnostic testing, and therapies.
* Ensures complete documentation of patient assessments, patient care plans, and care provided.
* Coaches and mentors other newer nurse practitioners.
* Functions as expert/resource to nursing staff in the specialty area.
* Serves on at least one nursing council, hospital, or medical center committee, task force, or project team to improve patient care or work area. Demonstrates core standards of exceptional customer service.
* The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.
** Physical and Environmental Demands
** Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, frequent exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, frequent working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, constant activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, constant bending, frequent lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, frequent climbing, occasional crawling, frequent crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, frequent reaching,…