APRN - Per Diem

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New Britain, CTtime type:
Per Diem posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
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* Position Location:

** Hospital for Special Care#
** Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

** 0#
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* Work Shift:

** First Shift#
** Department:
** Pulmonology We are dedicated to creating an environment of care and engagement that makes us one of the most desirable places to work, providing exceptional care to each patient each and every day!
** QUALIFICATIONS
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* Required:

Master's degree in nursing with a defined clinical specialty.

* Required:

Minimum of five years' experience in related clinical practice with demonstrated leadership and teaching skills.

* Required:

Current licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the State of Connecticut and current certification in a specialty from the American Nursing Association.

* Required:

Passed the State of Connecticut approved Pharmacology course required in Masters Degree Program.

* Required:

DEA licensure required for narcotic prescription.

* Required:

Basic and life support certification and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS training).
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* WORK SCHEDULE:

Coverage needed for weekday nights from 6p
-6a, weekend nights from 7p - 7a and weekend and holidays, days, from 7a - 7p
**** JOB SUMMARY
** Advance Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) will have the responsibility for promoting excellence in patient care by serving as a clinical role model, physician extender, educator, consultant and researcher. APRN will provide those patient care services in collaboration with a Connecticut licensed physician who is qualified by experience, education, and training to provide such direction. APRN will continuously assess designated patients and family care needs and collaborate with the treatment team and hospital administration to provide high quality patient care.
** PHYSICAL DEMANDS
*** Job requires sitting/working at a desk and those functions associated with clinical tasks (reaching, bending and stretching to access drawers, records, shelves).
* Job involves carrying of documents, medical records, books, occasionally small equipment and medical procedures based on clinical specialties of the APRN, i.e. endoscopic care, intravenous and medication delivery systems, specialty authorizations, wound ostomy and fistula management.
* Fine manipulation is required for writing as well as some type of patient care techniques.
* Job requires visual/perceptive skills to perform above tasks. Job requires functional use of both upper/lower extremities.
* Job requires movement related to walking and standing, fine and gross manipulation related to these activities.
* May occasionally require pushing and pulling of up to 50 pounds, frequent bending, occasional squatting, kneeling, reaching forward and above shoulders, and twisting.
** COGNITIVE DEMANDS
*** Job requires independent problem identification, abstract reasoning, adaptability to work environments and quick decision making. A high degree of selective attention, discernment, perception and concentration are necessary.
* Job requires the ability to interpret physical findings, laboratory results and subjective complaints in determination of an accurate and complete differential diagnosis, assessment strategy, and treatment plan in collaboration with the appropriate physician.
* Job requires the ability to set appropriate priorities and accurately triage clinical problems.
* Tasks require legibility, spelling accuracy, logical sentence and paragraph organization. A working knowledge of, and familiarity with, professional (medical) terms and definitions is required.
* Job requires a high level of communication skills including the expression of abstract/complex ideas, use of negotiation and active listening, and the ability to dialogue with multiple parties is necessary.
* Job requires the ability to comprehend lengthy and complex messages, or paragraphs, and to follow multi-stage and three step commands.
* Job requires the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide with all units of measure including decimal fractions, compute ratio, rate and percent, draw bar graphs, perform basic arithmetic operations involving American monetary units.
** WORK DEMANDS
*** Job requires high level of independent judgement and ability to function effectively during periods which may be stressful.
* Job requires working primarily indoors and interdependently with others as listed in principle relationships (Section III). Conditions are often noisy with frequent exposure to odors and/or body fluids/blood borne pathogens.
* Job requires occasionally being on-call and/or responding to emergency situations.
** ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
*** Adheres to the established clinical standards for physician extenders and advance nursing practice.
* Assists physicians in reaching decisions and instituting care plans for assigned patients.
* Adheres to granted clinical privileges and collaborative agreements with the collaborating physicians, care protocols,…