Nurse Practitioner Critical Care

Company: CHI St. Vincent Health
Location: Little Rock
Posted on: October 12, 2021

Job Description:

Overview

CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network serving Arkansas, is part of CommonSpirit Health. We have served Arkansas since 1888 with a history of many firsts. Together with more than 4,500 coworkers, 1,000 medical staff, and 500 volunteers, we consistently receive praise for care advancements.  

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community.  

CHI St. Vincent provides you with the same level of care you provide to others. We care about our employee well-being and offer benefits that complement and support your work/life balance.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

• Free Premium Membership to our Care@Work program to help employees with child care, pet care, senior caregivers, housekeepers & more.
• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft 
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
• Paid Time Off (PTO) 
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
• Matching 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs
• Wellness Programs

Accurately assesses Crticial Care CV patients 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.
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 outcomes.
Complies with all statues and regulations governing Advanced Practitioner Nurses and functions within the legal boundaries of the APN category.
Takes responsibility for clearly communicating patient needs, care plans and problem resolution to physicians and other healthcare teams.
Possesses knowledge and skill to provide supervision to clinical staff as needed.
May develop a preceptorship for student nurses in the Senior Health Clinic.
Independently identifies program weaknesses/gas in service and contributes to development of program components to insure state of the art interventions and services.
Develops/maintains policy and procedure for patient care activities.
Uses process improvement skills to contribute to team development and program growth.
Actively participates in hospital and department projects and committees as appropriate.
Provide RN services approximately 50% of the time.
Provide clinical support for physicians in satellite clinics.
Provide care to nursing home patients approximately 50% of the time.

Current RNP and/or APN licensure with Acute Care certification in Arkansas.
Eligibility for a Medicare provider number and DEA registration.
Master’s Degree in Nursing

Experience in APN/RNP patient care preferred.

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