Acute Care Advanced Practice Nurse Intern - Specialty Critical Care (ECMO, Transplant, Advanced Heart Failure))

INTEGRIS Health•Oklahoma City, OK

13d•Onsite

About The Position

INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center is seeking an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Intern (AGACNP student currently enrolled or newly graduated) to join our team. With this ECMO team, you will experience be a part of critically ill patient care, delivering high-quality care in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment. This position provides the opportunity to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers to deliver exceptional patient care. In this high acuity area, you will be on a team who: Provides comprehensive care in a CVICU and/or Transplant ICU setting, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of critically ill patients. Manages patient care through daily rounds, formulating care plans, placing orders, adjusting treatment plans, and performing various procedures. Work closely with heart failure, CT surgery, vascular surgery, and transplant specialists in managing complex patient populations. Manages a diverse range of conditions, including heart failure, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, MCS devices (VAD, Impella, IABP, VV and/or VA ECMO), and transplant patients (heart, lung, kidney, liver, pancreas). The specialty critical care team is highly respected and provides high acuity care for the transplant, LVAD, ECMO and advanced heart failure populations. The APPs you will observe and shadow provide 24/7 support at the bedside for this population. Take a look at our Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute: https://integrishealth.org/locations/transplant/nazih-zuhdi-transplant-institute First in the state to offer ECMO therapy: https://integrishealth.org/locations/transplant/nazih-zuhdi-transplant-institute/ecmo Our ECMO team: https://integrishealth.org/locations/transplant/nazih-zuhdi-transplant-institute/ecmo/ecmo-doctors The Advanced Practice Nurse Intern (APN-I) functions interdependently with the physician and nursing staff to provide services necessary for health promotion, prevention of disease and disability and health maintenance to individuals across the life span. Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals as appropriate based on the level of patient contact this position requires. INTEGRIS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All applicants will receive consideration regardless of membership in any protected status as defined by applicable state or federal law, including protected veteran or disability status.

Requirements

Bachelors of Science in Nursing
Minimum of 3 years experience in appropriate clinical specialty.
Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Oklahoma or current multistate license from a Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) member state
National Certification preferred, required within 6 months of hire.
Must have APRN education completed within 4 years of hiring anniversary.
3 years registered nurse clinical experience in an acute care setting required
Current Healthcare provider BLS certification required
Current ACLS certification if working with adults required in acute care environments.
Current PALS certification if working with children required in acute care environments.
Current NRP certification if working with neonates required
Must be able to communicate effectively in English (verbal/written)

Nice To Haves

National Certification preferred

Responsibilities

Assesses the health status, illness conditions, response to illness, and health risks of patients
Operationalizes cost effectiveness and efficiency of provided services by active, on-going review of total cost of care for patients
Is aware of and assists staff in awareness and understanding of Quality Measures and works collaboratively to continually improve patient outcomes
Assists in the implementation and evaluation of nursing care activities through a continuing process of research and collaboration with various health team disciplines
Provides patient information regarding self-care instructions, normal anatomy and physiology, personal hygiene, preventative health care
Collaborates with the physician in the assigned practice setting, attending physicians, nursing and support staff and other members of the health team
Maintains timely documentation of the patient assessment and communicates with healthcare team to facilitate changes to the plan of care.
Additional specific specialty requirements may be identified by service line.
The Advanced Practice Nurse Intern (APN-I) reports to the Director of Research/EBP/Quality/ Advance practice nursing &/or assigned Physician.
Additional reporting may be in place in individual service lines and/or based on organizational structure.
See service line specific structures for additional information.