Nurse Practitoner - Critical Care-Cardiothoracic- Full Time 12 Hour Rotating Shifts (Non-Exempt) (Union)

Keck Medicine of USC - Los Angeles, CA

Job Title: Nurse Practitoner - Critical Care-Cardiothoracic- Full Time 12 Hour Rotating Shifts (Non-Exempt) (Union)

Position: Member of the intensive care team responsible for managing critically ill patients in a cardiothoracic ICU setting.

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Pay: $77.64 - $127.00 per hour

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City: Los Angeles

State: CA

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Job Responsibilities

Manage critically ill complex patients in an intensive care setting.
Demonstrate the ability to manage high acuity patients requiring specialized monitoring and care.
Develop Plans of Care with individualized interventions and complete patient care procedures correctly.
Conduct in-depth interviews with patients and/or family, construct comprehensive medical histories, perform initial and periodic physical examinations, and explore patient’s interpretation of health needs.
Identify and treat patients’ diseases; manage treatment of hospitalized patients.
Directly perform or order appropriate diagnostic studies and interpret finished results, including lab studies, professional consults, and approved therapeutic procedures.
Develop and implement long and short range treatment plans.
Formulate and implement treatment plans for acute illness management in collaboration with the designated primary supervising physician and/or attending back-up physicians.
Perform procedures such as obtaining specimens, performing injections, immunizations, lumbar punctures, skin biopsies, suturing, wound care, and management of conditions produced by trauma or infection.
Write orders to increase, decrease or change medication, subject to checking and counter-signing by physician.
Prescribe appropriate interventions and medications and provide direct patient care services in the ICU setting according to established protocols and evidence-based clinical practice standards.
Record pertinent progress of patients, updating and summarizing charts, changing orders when appropriate, and notifying the responsible physician of changes in the patient’s condition.
Instruct and counsel patients and families regarding preventive care, medical problems, psychological problems, and use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
Maintain compliance with established University and department policies and procedures, quality assurance, safety, environmental, infection control, and regulatory requirements.
Participate in in-service education programs and professional associations; provide leadership to the organization and nursing profession.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skills

Core Skills

Critical care management
Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
Patient assessment and history taking
Plan of care development
Interdisciplinary communication

Preferred Skills

Not specified

Requirements

Experience: 5 years clinical nursing experience; 2 years ICU experience as an acute care NP required.

Education: Master's degree from an accredited school of Nursing (MSN).

License & Certification:

Registered Nurse - RN (CA Board of Registered Nursing)
Nurse Practitioner - NP (CA Board of Registered Nursing)
Nurse Practitioner Furnisher (CA DCA)
DEA Certificate
NP Board Certified
Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
Fire Life Safety Training (LA City)

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