Lead Nurse Practitioner - Cardiac Surgery - Sharp Memorial Hospital - FT -10 hour Days

** Facility:
** Sharp Memorial Hospital

** City
* * San Diego

** Department*
* ** Job Status*
* Regular

** Shift*
* Day

** FTE*
* 1

** Shift Start Time*
* ** Shift End Time*
* AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association;
Master's Degree in Nursing;
Master's Degree; DEA Controlled Substance Registration - U.S. Department of Justice;
California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing;
California Nurse Practitioner (NP) Certificate - CA Board of Registered Nursing

** Hours**  **:*
* ** Shift Start Time:*
* 6:30 AM

** Shift End Time:*
* 5 PM

** AWS Hours Requirement:*
* 10/40 - 10 Hour Shift

** Additional Shift Information:*
* ** Weekend Requirements:*
* As Needed

** On-Call

Required:

*
* No

** Hourly Pay Range (Minimum
- Midpoint
- Maximum):*
* $83.970 - $108.360 - $121.360

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.  The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant's years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

** What You Will Do*
* Provides/enhances patient care based on advanced nursing practice principles in area of specialty.

** Required Qualifications*
* + Master's Degree in Nursing  Or

+ Master's Degree Related to Health Care or equivalent experience.

+ AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association
-REQUIRED

+ California Nurse Practitioner (NP) Certificate - CA Board of Registered Nursing
-REQUIRED

+ California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing
-REQUIRED

** Preferred Qualifications*
* + 3 Years

+ DEA Controlled Substance Registration - U.S. Department of Justice
-PREFERRED

** Essential Functions*
* + Achieves operational outcomes

Collaborates with other disciplines/departments to resolve daily operational issues when supervising unit.

Performs one or more of the following:
* Facilitates staff in prioritizing and problem solving daily operational issues;
* Collaborates with Physicians to address operational issues;
* Demonstrates resolution of operational issue with targeted outcomes as negotiated with manager or director; and
* Collaborates with other disciplines/departments to resolve identifies issues with demonstrated improvement in operational flow.

+ Collaboration Demonstrates critical thinking and problem solving skills in the area of specialty when consulted by interdisciplinary team members.

Collaborates with members of health care team in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating comprehensive healthcare for patients and families.

Improves outcomes due to interventions with others.

+ Education patient and family

Assesses the learning needs of patients/families in collaboration with members of the health care team.

Plans, provides, and coordinates patient/family education.

Participates in the evaluation of patient/family education outcomes.

+ Human resource management

All 90 day and annual performance reviews are completed within 30 days of due date.

Assures employee files are current and complete including annual PPD, CPR, RN licensure, safety test, etc.

Performs one or more of the following:
* Orients/mentors staff into new roles resulting in achieved competencies within identified timelines;
* Develops staff's leadership skills, facilitating learning and growth;
* Assists staff to resolve identified learning/performance issues; and
* Develops new area of expertise relevant to human resource management.

+ Oversee productivity

Achieves productivity score between 98-100%.Monitors flexing, on-call, skill mix, use of overtime, per diem and registry.

Performs one or more of the following:
* Identifies and/or participates in implementation of cost reducing or revenue enhancing ideas;
* Contributes to utilization of supplies in a cost-effective manner that supports delivery of care within budgeted supply expense per unit of service;
* Contributes to meeting budgeted salary expense per unit of service; and
* Develops new area of expertise relevant to resource management.

+ Patient care Assessment:
Performs ongoing assessment based on advanced nursing practice principles and specialty knowledge of patient population within scope of NP practice.

Patient database/documentation complete including history, physical assessment.

Orders and interprets appropriate diagnostic testing.

Identifies appropriate differential diagnoses.

Plan of care promotes optimal health outcomes and development of goals incorporates interdisciplinary input.

Intervention:
Advanced nursing principles and practices applied per standardized procedures including furnishing medications as clinically indicated.

Evaluation:
Patient progress towards goals evaluated and plan of care altered based on evaluation.

Documents care/services per guidelines and SHC compliance/billing policies…