Inpatient Women's Health Nurse Practitioner ; NURSE PRACT

To provide independent advanced level nurse practitioner clinical expertise to patients and their families on an on-going basis. This includes the management of chronic stable medical conditions, routine care, acute or critical care, and medical and specialty protocols (e.g., chemotherapy) as defined by standardized procedures or independently based on licensure. This may include non-invasive or invasive procedures, surgical procedures, including operative first assist per approved standardized procedures as identified by the list available on the Medical Staff Office.

Patient management decisions are independent where appropriate after assessment of the patient and interdependent with consultation with an attending or other member of the team. NPs are expected to act as an expert resource person for health care providers including nurses, residents and other ancillary staff. #CA-LA

• One (1) year of recent experience as Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
• Valid California Registered Nurse License without restriction
• California Nurse Practitioner Furnishing License
• California Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) without restriction
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Certificate within 3 months of hire
• American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS), or UC Davis Health CPR
• National NP board certification in aligned specialty with the practice area
• Graduation with a master’s degree, DNP or PhD in Nursing from an accredited School of Nursing
• Ability to cope with personal stress experienced by team members, other professionals, and caretakers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Judgement skills to effectively meet the needs of patients
• Self-direction and organizational skills to function in an independent role
• Ability to meet minimum standards for hospital credentialing and billing standards as a billable provider

• Experience with ultrasound
• Experience interpreting fetal heart rate tracing

• 90% - Clinical Practice
• 10% - Other Professional Activity

UC Davis Health is at the forefront of incorporating Advanced Practice Providers (APP) as part of interprofessional care teams to support increasing numbers of complex care patients. APPs are vital parts of the multidisciplinary hospital based teams caring for our patients in specialty care throughout the UC Davis Health system.

Under the direction of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Attending physicians, the inpatient Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (NP) will care for and manage antepartum and postpartum obstetric patients. This includes admission of patients, managing patients in OB emergency room, performing non-stress tests, ultrasound evaluation, managing postpartum complications and preparing patients for discharge. The NP is expected to order medications and diagnostic testing, interpret laboratory values and diagnostic test results safely and appropriately.

The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for documentation of care in History and Physicals, daily progress notes, discharge summaries. When necessary, the Nurse Practitioner may see consults in the Emergency Department or other inpatient settings and staff consults with attending physicians. The Nurse Practitioner may also be involved in quality improvement and/or research projects.

• Salary or Pay Range: $92.07 - $121.51
• Salary Frequency:
  Hourly
• Salary Grade: 118
• UC
  
  Job Title:
  
  NURSE PRACT 2
• UC Job Code: 009147
• Number of Positions: 1
• Appointment Type:
  Staff:
  Career
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