Description
SHIFT: Nights (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time
About Del Sol Medical Center
Since 1974, Del Sol Medical Center has provided quality healthcare to El Paso and the surrounding region. As the only full-service, acute care hospital in East El Paso with a Level II Trauma designation in Emergency Services, we continue to expand our services to meet the growing needs of our tri-state community, providing special expertise in Cardiology, Maternity & Child Services, a Level III NICU, a Center of Excellence designation for our Bariatric Clinic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, and a newly renovated 32-bed Rehabilitation Hospital. The physicians, nurses and staff at our 350-bed hospital are committed to providing the highest quality care with compassion and integrity.
BENEFITS:
We offer an excellent total compensation package, for variouspositions including competitive salary, excellent benefit package and growthopportunities. We believe in our team and your ability to do excellent workwith us. Your benefits include 401k, PTO medical, dental, flex spending, life,disability, tuition reimbursement, employee discount program, employee stockpurchase program. We would love to talk to you about this fantasticopportunity.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Provides primary care to hospitalized patients acting as an assistant to physicians in the inpatient units following established standards and practices. As a Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner/ is involved in the education of patients, families, physicians, and staff.
- Works in an independent andinterdependent relationship with members of the medical staff, which allow forconsultation, collaboration or referral.
- Provides diagnosis,treatment, consultation and follow up under supervision of the physician.
- Maintains legible, accurateand confidential medical records. Documentsall medical evaluations, diagnosis, procedures, treatment outcomes, education,referrals, and consultations consistent with NCQA (National Committee forQuality Assurance), TJC (The Joint Commission on Accreditation of HealthcareOrganizations, and state regulatory standards.
- Assist with theidentification of present on admission, (P.O.A.) conditions and ensurephysician documentation.
- Educates patients and /orfamilies about preventive care, medical issues and use of prescribed medicaltreatments and/or medications.
- Participates and provideseducation for the purpose of continuous quality improvement.
- Promotes core measure compliance.
- Provides ongoing oversight of appropriatenesscriteria for patient bed placement.
Qualifications
EDUCATION REQUIRED AND/OR PREFERRED:
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required.
- Successful completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner degree plan.
- Experience in acute care and management of acute care patients preferred.
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:
- Current Advanced Nurse Practitioner licensure required.
- Current certification in BLS required.
- Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support required.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED OR PREFERRED/SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES:
- Minimum of five years experience in nurse practitioner role preferred.
- Critical care experience preferred.
- Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred
- Effective leadership, teaching, research and communication skills required.
- Ability to demonstrate complex clinical skills within the framework of the advanced practice nurse.
- Advanced physical assessment and critical thinking skills req...
