Category : Healthcare
Location/City : TX – Houston
Id : 24149
Are you searching for a job in a fast-paced hospital environment? Then you’ve come to the right place. We’re on the lookout for a Nurse Practitioner (OB) to practice in an advanced role to provide pre-natal care, well woman services and assisting physicians with deliveries and surgical procedure. In this role you will be required to work collaboratively with other member in the health care team. You will also be responsible for education, research, consultation and evaluation of clinical practice at different levels.
Think you’ve got what it takes?
Job Duties & Responsibilities
Obtains a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients as documented in the patient’s medical record
Differentiates between normal and abnormal findings as documented in the patient’s medical record
Performs or recommends age-appropriate health screening procedures as documented in the patient’s medical record
Performs and evaluates diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests as documented in the patient’s medical record.
Analyzes multiple sources of data and formulates a differential diagnosis in collaboration with physicians as demonstrated in the written documentation.
Accurately evaluates patient’s responses to interventions and modifies the plan of care demonstrated by written documentation.
Writes accurate, legible orders that are co-signed by a physician as appropriate, demonstrated in the patient’s medical record
Collaborates effectively with other members of the health care disciplines to provide comprehensive care to patients
Requests consultation and/or initiates referral for specialized care as appropriate
Communicates with health care team members the comprehensive assessment, impression, and plan of care
Identifies and documents patient/family learning needs, readiness to learn, and level of understanding, incorporating family culture and belief systems on all patients
Assesses and documents impediments to patient/family learning and formulates plans to overcome them as needed
Serves as a preceptor to graduate students and other practitioners to provide support and clinical expertise
Collaborates in the development of medical research protocols to delineate nursing care requirements
Serves as a resource for interdisciplinary research and incorporates concepts from health care research into clinical applications
Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature and attending staff development and continuing education programs annually.
Practices independently or interdependently in the nurse practitioner’s role under a delineation of clinical privileges.
Explores and implements charges/reimbursement for services as appropriate
Develops at least one QI aspect of care, which shows improvement, related to patient outcome
Requirements
Master of Science in Nursing
Current, valid, unencumbered license as a registered nurse in the state of Texas
Current certification • initial certification and maintenance of certification by national certifying bodies recognized by the Board of Nurse Examiners
A minimum of 2 years experience in the applied specialty
Must have knowledge of nursing functions and medical terminology, and a broad knowledge of adult learning principles and how to apply these principles to teaching
Ability to operate all types of equipment and perform routine and special procedures used in the daily advanced nursing care of children
Ability to demonstrate leadership qualities
EOE-M/F/V/D
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