Nurse Practitioner - Per Diem

Overview

Nurse Practitioner - Per Diem

Critical Care APP

Per Diem

85120

The Critical Care Nurse Practitioner is a licensed nurse who possesses the advanced education, knowledge, clinical skills and experience necessary to provide expert advanced practice nursing in critical care. The primary responsibility of the Critical Care Nurse Practitioner (CCNP) is providing and directing care for patients in the adult ICUs at the UCSF Medical Center. The CCNP is responsible for maintaining quality of care standards for all procedures and clinical care provided in the ICUs.

The CCNP provides self-direction and accountability in the development of this role within the medical center.

The Adult CCNP shall provide medical and nursing care under the supervision of the Physician Director of Adult Critical Care Medicine and their individual collaborating physicians. The CCNP shall provide care in accordance with standardized procedures. The CCNP shall be proficient in the areas of arterial catheter insertion, central venous catheter insertion, ventilator management, sedation, and pain control. The Medical Staff Office on a biannual basis grants privileges to practice at UCSF Medical Center.

The CCNP - Medical ICU (MICU) will primarily be based in the Medical ICU. However, may rotate through all of the focused care ICUs at the medical center if needed, including: cardiothoracic, neurologic, neurosurgical, medical, general surgical, and transplant. The CCNP shall work collaboratively with physician students, residents, fellows, and attending physicians. The CCNP will participate in the precepting of Advanced Practice Provider (APP) students and post graduate fellows.

This position is scheduled for 12 hour rotating shifts from days to nights including holidays and weekends with the following MINIMUM AVAILABILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Four (4) shifts per four (4) week schedule
• Shifts will be on both days and nights. On-call shifts are optional and do not count towards the minimum requirement.
• Weekend commitment:
  Must be available and willing to work at least 2 weekend shifts per schedule.
• Holiday Commitment:
  Must be available and willing to work at least 1 out of the 6 major holidays (Thanksgiving and day after, Christmas and Christmas Eve, New Years and New Years Eve).
• Night Commitment:
  Must be available and willing to work at least 8 night shifts in a 6 month period.

UCSF Medical Center requires all APPs to be credentialed through its Medical Staff Office in order to practice and function in their clinical role. This applies to both adult and pediatric APPs in the inpatient and outpatient clinical settings at all UCSF Medical Center sites (Parnassus, Mission Bay, Mt. Zion, Satellite Clinics, et al). This process may take up to 90 days and must be completed prior to the start date in any APP position.

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.

Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification  positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.

The salary range for this position is $135.11 - $135.11 (Hourly Rate).

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• Graduation from a California Board of Registered Nursing recognized Nurse Practitioner Program with a master's or doctoral degree aligned with the patient population and clinical role.
• A minimum of one year of recent experience working in Adult Critical Care as a Nurse Practitioner.

• A minimum of 2 years of recent experience as an inpatient Adult Nurse Practitioner in an academic medical center
• Completion of an accredited critical care practice transition program
• Author of publication in peer reviewed journal
• Experience as faculty or instructor in graduate nursing program

• California Registered Nurse (RN) License without restriction
• California Nurse Practitioner (NP) License without restriction
• California Nurse Practitioner Furnishing Number
• NP national board certification from an accepted certifying agency aligned with the patient population and clinical role
• See Addendum A below for more detail.
• California Driver License (if required for position)
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Registration with Schedules 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, and 5 registered to a California address
• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Additional required AHA certifications: ENLS

UCSF Medical Center and Campus requires certain healthcare providers to be credentialed. In most cases this is done through its Office of Medical Affairs & Governance (OMAG) prior to the first working day. Credentialing and approval of the Standardized Procedures…