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Top Reasons to Work at AdventHealth

•** **Rollover PDO with service year increases in accrual.

•** **Comprehensive benefits package, including tuition reimbursement and matching 403b plan.

•** **Patient facing positions receiving company paid initial sets of scrubs.

•** **Company Discount programs

•** **Growing Organization

Work Hours/Shift:

Full Time

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

Demonstrates respect for co-workers and develops positive working relationships with other

departments.

• Demonstrates organizational commitment standards and values

• Adheres to organizational standards for dress and professional appearance.

• Provides required documentation for personnel file in a timely manner.

• Utilizes time effectively and accomplishes duties in necessary timeframe with minimal

supervision.

• Assists staff in the delivery of patient care: assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes,

planning, implementation, and evaluation.

• Demonstrates knowledge of hospital, division, and unit Standards of Care and Practice by

serving as a resource person to nurses and physicians during assigned shift.

• Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost, and impact on practice in the delivery

of patient care services

• Educates staff as to their affirmative duty to report incidents, the necessity of such reporting

and proper mechanisms of incident reporting.

• Ensures compliance with core measure/HCAHPS composite benchmarks.

• Documentation meets criteria for core measure, charges, PI, and all quality/regulatory

standards as measured by chart audits.

• Assists in completing, monitoring, and evaluation of unit-based Performance Improvement

activities.

• Keeps abreast of pertinent changes related to clinical information from CMS and other

regulatory agencies.

• Initiates orders with physician countersign.

• Collection of comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health/situation and unit specific

data for process improvement initiatives including initial patient assessment within expected

timeframe, initiates consults as indicated from database collection, identifies patient/family

teaching and discharge planning needs.

• Analyzes the assessment data to determine expected outcomes and plan of care

• The patient’s plan of care is developed, individualized, and prioritized daily in collaboration

with the patient, family and health team members that is sensitive to the patient’s cultural and

spiritual needs and to attain expected outcomes.

• Evaluates progress toward attainment of expected patient outcomes and unit specific process

improvement outcomes daily with patient, family, and health team members.

• Maintains safe practice by demonstrating unit specific clinical competency and demonstrating

compliance with all regulatory standards

• Demonstrates safe practice in the administration of medications.

• Ensures safe and effective handoff communications and documentation of such between care

givers.

• Demonstrates sensitivity to pain management by alleviating and reducing pain to level

acceptable to patient.

• Integrates ethical decision making into daily nursing practice

• Integrates research findings and Evidence Based Practice into practice

• Acts as a patient advocate

• Demonstrates critical thinking skills appropriate to level of experience

• Integrates population specific standards when planning care

• Demonstrates commitment to professional and personal growth-i.e. completes all mandatory

educational requirements, maintains unit based certification, acts as designated preceptor,

acts as designated resource nurse, member of professional nursing organization, attains

national certification, attends hospital wide committees, member of shared governance

council.

• High level of Specialty area knowledge base.

• Initiative and effectiveness in communication

• Effective interpersonal relations

• Flexibility

• Planning and organizational skills

• Follows signed APRN protocol after employment

The Advanced Critical Care Provider would be expected to complete the following under

physician direction and within the credentialing standards of the Hospital:

• Assess patients for changes in condition and institutes appropriate interventions, including

initiation of necessary emergency care.

• Procedures performed but not limited to: Placement of Chest Tubes, arterial lines and

catheters, central lines, venous catheters, pulmonary artery catheters, temporary

pacemakers, airway management, bronchoscopy, and defibrillation.

• Participates and assists with the pre-, peri-, and postoperative management (which may

consist of: cardiac transplant, VAD, MCS, and ECMO patient in the and CVICU’s) or other

areas in relation to critical care specialty.

• Rotates through Neuro and Medical ICU’s as well.

Preoperative:

The APRN/PA will perform initial interview and assessment of patient.

• Assist in preoperative evaluation and education.

• The APRN/PA will complete all clinical documentation for surgical patients, to include

consult notes, discharge notes, daily progress notes, and preoperative notes.

• Communicates/coordinates with Pre-Admission Testing area, surgical scheduling, and

nursing units.

• Communicates any abnormal findings to Chief of Anesthesia, Attending Surgeons for

inpatients and outpatients.

• Order necessary testing or treatment within scope of license and protocols.

• Implement treatment plans.

• Perform patient education.

• Communicate with all members of surgery, to include anesthesia providers and referring

surgeons.

Postoperative Hospitalization and Discharge:

• Assists with postoperative management of patients under the direction of the Attending

Surgeon, executes a wide range of management plans for patients.

• Discusses the care of each patient with the Attending Surgeon, and other consult

service(s) involved with the care of the patient.

• Attends daily rounds and rounds independently on surgical patients as needed.

• Works collaboratively with Case Management and prepares patients for discharge,

including patient and family discharge teaching, continuing care, and rehabilitation

arrangement in conjunction with nursing, writing discharge prescriptions, and confirming

primary care or referring physician follow-up.

• Arranges for admission to the floor (H&P, orders).

• Identifies patients for patient optimization, empowering patients in healthcare and

improving healthcare delivery.

• Assist in compliance of Immediate Post-op notes prior to patient discharge from the PACU

department

Educational and Community Outreach

• Assists with educational and community outreach as deemed necessary.

• Coordinates, organizes, and participates independently in service line specific education

for patients

Schedule Details:

• Ability to provide in-hospital coverage on a rotating shift basis.

• Includes days and nights and rotating weekend coverage.

• Campus: As assigned

Qualifications

•** **EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Degree from an accredited school upon hire OR Physician Assistant from an accredited school upon hire • 2 years of experience in specialty area upon hire

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

Current Licensure as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner in the State of Florida

upon hire or

• Current licensure in the State of Florida as a Physician Assistant upon hire.

Master’s degree in physician assistant studies

Graduate of a physician assistant program approved by the Accreditation Review

Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in in specialty area: Cardiology (Non-Invasive and Invasive

Interventional), Surgical, Pediatrics, etc..

• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or RQI upon hire

• Current American Heart Association Advanced Life Support certification (ACLS) certification

or RQI upon hire

• Current American Heart Association Pediatric Life Support certification (PALS) certification

or RQI upon hire

Job Summary

Functions as a member of the medical care management team. Provides medical treatment under the supervision of the attending physician. This medical care will be provided within the framework of the hospital’s medical staff privilege delineation criterion. The Critical Care Advanced Services Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) or Surgical Physician’s Assistant (PA) provides self-directed, effective care to groups of patients and other duties as assigned in accordance with Division of Services standards. • The observation, assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care; health teaching and counseling of the ill, injured, or infirmed; and the promotion of wellness, maintenance of health and prevention of illness and others. • The administration of medication and treatments as prescribed or authorized by a duly licensed practitioner authorized by the laws of this state to prescribe such medications and treatments. • The supervision and teaching of other personnel in the theory and performance of any of the above acts.

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances. The salary range reflects the anticipated base pay range for this position. Individual compensation is determined based on skills, experience and other relevant factors within this pay range. The minimums and maximums for each position may vary based on geographical location.

**Category:** Physician Services

**Organization:** AdventHealth Medical Group West FL

**Schedule:** Full-time

**Shift:** 3 - Night

**Req ID:** 24042131

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.