The Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care is a licensed professional nurse collaborating with physicians for prescriptive authority or the Chief Medical Officer for the Hospital; they provide direct, comprehensive, preventative and therapeutic healthcare to patients and families including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, prescription, counseling and instruction in compliance with Nurse Practitioner Protocols and all regulations governing APRNs. The APRN may provide healthcare for which the APRN is educationally prepared and for which competence has been attained and maintained. Responsible for all aspects of coordination of rapid response team (RRT) program including codes sepsis, stroke, fiscal accountability, time and resources. Perform other duties as assigned.  

Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care will be responsible for the evaluation, physical assessment, and assignment of patients to the appropriate specialty physician based on established protocols. Provides the full coordination of referred or transferring patients from outlying facilities and assumes the acceptance and assignment of unassigned patients.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

1. Rapid Response Team Coordination

Responsible for responding to RRT calls initiated by family or staff which include the following, but is not an all-inclusive list: nurse concerns, Codes Blue, STEMI, Stroke/Stroke Red, Fall, Gray, Sepsis, SIRS alerts, increased MEWS score, Cortrak placement, IV/IO access, serving as a nursing resource and completing unit rounds.

2. Patient Assessment

Accurately assesses patient conditions and documents effectively to support charges and to communicate with other providers.

Provides comprehensive patient assessment, including functional, mental, social and physical conditions. Establishes accurate diagnosis.

Seeks consultation/supervision of physician as needed to confirm proper assessment.

3. Patient Treatment

Rounds on patients at risk during shift assisting nurses to ensure effective care delivery.

Independently implements and documents patient care treatments and maintains skills requisite to the position for which he/she is placed.

Utilizes multidisciplinary team services in treatment plan.

Appropriately involves patients and caregivers in treatment planning.

Provides interface between clinic and other providers to assure timely, comprehensive services for patients.

Independently develops and implements treatment plans and evaluates patient’s outcome.

Complies with all statues and regulations governing Advanced Practitioner Nurses and functions within the legal boundaries of the APRN category.

Responds in appropriate manner during patient emergency situations.

Provides supervisory support for outpatient therapeutic services as needed.

4. Program Development

Independently identifies program weaknesses/gaps in service and develops solutions to improving patient care and customer services.

Provides professional and community education with regard to health issues.

Participates in community services events as needed.

Takes responsibility for clearly communicating patient needs, care plans and problem resolution to physicians and other health care team.

The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

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Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians advanced practice clinicians nurses and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2200 care centers serving 24 states.

Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible employees may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit https://www.commonspirit.careers/benefits.

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.