APRN Allied Health Professional Hospitalist

General Description

The APRN is responsible for promoting and demonstrating Parrish Healthcare’s Culture of Choice®; and is an Allied Health Professional member of Parrish Medical Center’s Medical Staff. The APRN works collaboratively with the supervising physician or designated back‑up physicians. The APRN performs physical exams, collects, and documents data, conducts approved diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, orders and schedules laboratory studies and professional consultations, prescribes appropriate interventions and medications, and provides direct patient care services in their assigned unit.

The APRN contributes to excellence in patient care, teaching, consulting, and provides leadership to the organization and healthcare professions. The APRN is responsible for ensuring strategic goals and objectives are met or exceeded by providing leadership, direction, and oversight to effectively fulfill our mission to provide Healing Experiences for Everyone all the Time® and achieve organizational strategic (Game Plan) goals.

This position reports to the Chief Nursing Officer.

HOSPITALIST

Per Diem

12

The APRN is responsible for promoting and demonstrating Parrish Healthcare’s Culture of Choice®; and is an Allied Health Professional member of Parrish Medical Center’s Medical Staff. The APRN works collaboratively with the supervising physician or designated back‑up physicians. The APRN performs physical exams, collects, and documents data, conducts approved diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, orders and schedules laboratory studies and professional consultations, prescribes appropriate interventions and medications, and provides direct patient care services in their assigned unit.

The APRN contributes to excellence in patient care, teaching, consulting, and provides leadership to the organization and healthcare professions. The APRN is responsible for ensuring strategic goals and objectives are met or exceeded by providing leadership, direction, and oversight to effectively fulfill our mission to provide Healing Experiences for Everyone all the Time® and achieve organizational strategic (Game Plan) goals.

This position reports to the Chief Nursing Officer.

• Provide direct clinical services for critically ill adult patients, according to established protocols and utilizes evidence-based clinical practice standards in collaboration with the supervising physician.
• Obtain patient health histories and complete physical examinations. Document findings noting pertinent normal and abnormal findings.
• Order and interpret appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests. Explain the necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of procedure (s) to patients, patient's family, staff, and healthcare learners.
• Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based upon patient's clinical status. Document patient preparation and response to procedure(s).
• Formulate and implement treatment plan for acute illness management in collaboration with the designated primary supervising physician and/or attending back‑up physician(s). Document in medical records and appropriate narrative summaries. Utilize prescriptive privileges as allowed by the Florida Board of Nursing. Document all prescriptions in a patient's medical record.
• Assess patient for change in status and institute appropriate interventions. Initiate necessary emergency interventions to stabilize patients. Provide family-centered care by communicating with the family regarding the changing health care needs of their family member. Assesses family adaptation, coping skills and the need for crisis or other intervention.
• Utilize current research and evidence-based decision‑making in all clinical practice. Incorporate clinical research findings in the development and implementation of standards of care.
• Perform and participate in quality/performance improvement activities. Serve as a clinical expert and leadership consultant to nursing, members of the healthcare team and to the larger community.
• Participate in and support accreditation, compliance, and regulatory activities of the…