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MO-SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital 1201 Grand

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Lead Essential Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with physician, manages complex acute, critical, and chronically-ill adult and older adult patients at risk for urgent and emergent conditions, using both physiologically and technologically derived data, to manage physiologic instability and risk for potential life-threatening conditions.

• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic interventions including, but not limited to interpretation of EKG and imaging studies, respiratory support, hemodynamic monitoring/evaluation, and line and tube insertion.

• Demonstrates exemplary leadership as the APP Team Lead to include, but not limited to recruitment, onboarding, mentoring, and retention.

• Assumes responsibility for APP staffing and scheduling.

• Promotes effective utilization of APPs.

• Maintains collaborative relationships with the physician, APP, nursing, and administrative leadership team.

• Assesses age-appropriate patients presenting for health care and obtains a personal medical history, appropriate physical examination and recording the resulting information. Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic agents. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served. The provider must demonstrate knowledge of the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the department’s policies and procedures.

• Plans for patient care by making comprehensive clinical decisions based on advanced diagnostic skills and professional judgment, reviewing results of diagnostic tests and procedures, developing and implementing a treatment plan for the patient and/or family, and providing a wide range of interventions required to effect change.

• Problem solving skills demonstrated by making competent advanced clinical decisions, utilizing appropriate resources, consulting with physician, and involving management where necessary.

• Initiates and provides medical interventions in response to acute changes in patient conditions.

• Provides educational services to nursing and ancillary departments and serves as an educational consultant on clinical practices issues.

• Applies evidence-based practices to achieve multidisciplinary collaboration to facilitate continuity of care.

• Recognizes and utilizes opportunities to act as a change agent by introducing evidence-based innovations.

• Maintains effective methods of formal and informal communication with staff so that dissemination of information/administrative decisions are conveyed in a positive and supportive manner; motivates and supports staff to achieve department/contractual goals and operational benchmarks.

• Evaluates patient care practices associated with specialty area, defines needs/problems with patient care and makes constructive suggestions that creates a positive patient outcome.

• Promotes positive health behaviors and self-care skills through education and/or counseling.

• Facilitates referral of patients to other appropriate community healthcare facilities, agencies and resources.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Master’s degree from nationally accredited Nurse Practitioner program

• Master’s degree from nationally accredited Physician Assistant program

Experience:

• Preferred: Two years of experience in a critical care setting with at least one-year experience in a leadership position

Certification/License:

• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association

• Active MO state license or ability to obtain prior to start date

Job Summary:

In collaboration with a physician(s), provides for the expansion of individualized primary healthcare services by diagnosing and treating certain acute or chronic health conditions. This position is also responsible for coordinating and supervising the activities of the Nurse Practitioners in the specified area.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrates and provides professional nursing care to patients requiring an advanced level of knowledge and management of their nursing care.

• Assess patient of any age presenting for health care and obtains a personal medical history, appropriate physical examination and recording the resulting information. Performs routine therapeutic procedures including, but not limited to, injections, immunizations, suturing, splinting, I & D’s and removal of foreign bodies. Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic agents. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served. The provider must demonstrate knowledge of the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the department’s policies and procedures.

• Plans for patient care by making comprehensive clinical decisions based on advanced diagnostic skills and professional judgment, reviewing results of diagnostic tests and procedures, developing and implementing a treatment plan for the patient and/or family, and providing a wide range of interventions (including injections, immunizations, and oral medications) required to effect change.

• Problem solving skills demonstrated by making competent advanced clinical decisions, utilizing appropriate resources, consulting with physician, and involving management where necessary.

• Maintains effective methods of formal and informal communication with staff so that dissemination of information/administrative decisions are conveyed in a positive and supportive manner; motivates and supports staff to achieve department/contractual goals and operational benchmarks.

• Contributes to the satisfaction of the medical staff by collaborating with physicians to deliver best care.

• Recognizes and utilizes opportunities to act as a change agent by introducing nursing practice innovations.

• Evaluates nursing practices associated with specialty area, defines needs/problems with patient care and makes constructive suggestions that creates a positive patient outcome.

• Promotes positive health behaviors and self-care skills through education and/or counseling.

• Facilitates referral of patients to other appropriate community healthcare facilities, agencies and resources.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Master's degree from nationally accredited Nurse Practitioner program

EXPERIENCE

• Four years' experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.

• Constant standing and walking.

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Occasional driving.

• Rare crawling and running.

Work Shift:

Rotating Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

4973980235 Prfee IM-Pulmonary MICU

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

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