Job Details: Nurse Practitioner, APN/ Pedi Hematology Oncology Bone Marrow Transplant Pr

Company: Methodist Healthcare – The most preferred healthcare provider in San Antonio

Description: When you build your career at Methodist Healthcare, you'll be part of organization that cares for the people who care for our patients.
The Advanced Practice Nurse demonstrates a high level of clinical competence that creates an environment of clinical excellence resulting in improved individual and group clinical outcomes.

Facilitates individualized, evidence-based, highly effective care to patients and families through coordination/collaboration of the entire healthcare team. Through role modeling, coaching and demonstration, fosters learning for the staff and promotes outcomes-oriented nursing practice.

1. Maintains clinical competence in Advance Practice Nursing on an annual basis.
2. Serves as a role model, consultant and clinical resource to medical, nursing staff, and other health care providers to promote health and reduce illness for specified groups of patients.
3. Makes patient rounds daily to integrate essential information in order to prioritize and provide care that maximizes outcomes.
4. Evaluates currently used as well as new products and makes appropriate recommendations to enhance patient care.
5. Promotes efficiency and economy in the use of equipment, materials and supplies.
6. Maintains open lines of communication with physicians, nursing, case managers and other healthcare professionals regarding patient/family needs and identifies areas of improvement throughout the hospitalization.
7. Assists in the development of policies, procedures, standards, clinical pathways, order sets, and other resource material.
8. Assists in the development, implementation and assessment of quality improvement activities.
9. Participates in unit-based medical emergencies until code team arrives.
10. Assists with formal and informal educational activities for nursing staff, based on assessed needs of the staff, new policies and procedures and quality improvement issues to improve patient care.
11. Provides educational activities utilizing varied adult teaching-learning principles for specific patient population and their families.
12. Collaborates with and/or serves as consultant as it pertains to the education of nurses on program development and assists with the evaluation of the program, as well as revises when necessary.
13. Works collaboratively with Nurse Manager and Nursing Management Team to identify nursing competency assessment needs.
14. Coordinates and leads patient care conferences in order to guide clinical team.
15. Participates in the development of individualized plan of care with the appropriate healthcare providers to progress the patient through the hospital process to the time of discharge.
16. Participates in the selection and preparation of educational materials for nursing staff and patient and/or families as it pertains to the care of specific patient populations.
17. Attends selected meetings as appropriate.
18. Assumes responsibility for own professional growth as evidenced by involvement in professional nursing organizations and attendance at related seminars.
19. Establishes effective working relationships with staff, physicians, administrators and other departmental professionals on an ongoing basis.
20. Assumes all other responsibilities as identified by the Nurse Manager or CNO.
21. Rounds with identified physicians as necessary.
22. Consults with patient/family members/staff regarding discharge plans on a daily or as needed basis.
23. Works collaboratively with Case Manager and physicians regarding patient's discharge plans and any pending issues that may delay the process.
24. Documents patient care findings and interventions.
25. Reviews charts, identifies and evaluates quality of care, infection control and safety and risk management concerns. Forwards findings to personnel responsible for specific concern.

Qualifications
EDUCATION REQUIRED AND/OR PREFERRED:
Graduate of accredited school of nursing. Bachelor of Science in Nursing required. Masters degree in Nursing or related field required.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED OR PREFERRED:
Five (5) years experience in clinical specialty (Med/Surg, Neurosurgery preferred).

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES:
Demonstrates effective leadership, teaching and clinical skills. Role model in critical thinking, assessment skills and evidenced based nursing care. Excellent human relations and verbal/written communication skills. Knowledge of adult learning principles. Serves as role model and resource for nursing staff and other mid-level providers. Use of technology and resource management.

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:
Holds current RN licensure in the State. Preferred ARNP.
BLS required; ACLS and Advanced Certification preferred.
Sadia.Jalali@MHShealth.com

Posting Date: Aug 11 08