Nurse practitioner pediatric med/psych

SUMMARY:

The Nurse Practitioner is accountable to facilitate a quality hospital experience and outcome for patients within a cost-effective time frame. The Nurse Practitioner will be responsible to the Medical Director of Patient Services and responsible for overseeing the progress of a specific caseload of patients across the care continuum to include pre-admission and post-discharge when feasible. Acts as an educator, consultant, and liaison to healthcare providers caring for the patients across the care continuum.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrates a fundamental grounding in nursing theory and practice with mastery of knowledge within a defined content area.
• Manages a caseload of patients in partnership with the healthcare team to optimize health status and coordinate care over time and across healthcare settings.
• Provides leadership in the development, validation, implementation, and evaluation of standards, policies, procedures, and critical paths to support the patient care delivery model.
• Oversees care coordination in acute, home care, and ambulatory care settings as feasible.
• Assists the healthcare team to achieve mutually agreed upon healthcare goals by providing necessary support, education and encouragement.
• Demonstrates advanced physical and psychosocial assessment skills and knowledge of family dynamics.
• Provides direct care to patients in acute care, ambulatory care and home care settings.
• Performs advanced practice skills under the supervision of the Medical Director.
• Provides expert consultation for clinical issues promoting increased knowledge and skills for the consultee.
• Participates in the education, clinical research and mentoring of healthcare providers.
• Facilitates patient/family education in area of expertise.
• Annually completes mandatory safety infection control, BLS, and ACLS/PALS.
• Prescriptive privileges per licensure.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

BASIC KNOWLEDGE:

• Masters of Science Degree, Graduate of accredited Nurse Practitioner program. Specialty certification required.
• Baccalaureate in Nursing
• Certified in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS).
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.

EXPERIENCE:

• Two years related experience as RN in acute care hospital setting and preferred 1-2 years experience as a nurse practitioner.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

General hospital environment with occasional stressful conditions associated with patient care.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

None.

Pay Range:

$127,504.00-$161,782.40

EEO Statement:

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location:

Rhode Island Hospital - 593 Eddy Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Work Type:

M-F 7:30am to 5:00pm; Limited weekend and holiday coverage

Work Shift:

Day

Daily Hours:

8 hours

Driving Required:

No