Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) - Full-time

Select Specialty Hospital - Palm Beach•Palm Springs, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Select Specialty Hospital - Palm Beach is a critical illness recovery hospital that also includes an acute inpatient rehabilitation unit. We are committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. Each employee plays a vital role in doing that by living our cultural behaviors - celebrating success, owning the future, being patient-centered, creating change, thinking first and building trust. At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.

Requirements

Permanent State Registered Nurse License and Certificate of Authority
Master's degree or Doctorate in Nursing Practice
National Nurse Practitioner Certification (Adult, Acute Care or Family) through AANP or ANCC
BLS and ACLS
Previous experience working in a hospital setting
Knowledge and skills related to the care of adolescent patients through patients in an advanced age is required
Strong interpersonal communication skills
Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

Responsibilities

Works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary health care team providing continuity in the care management of chronically critically ill patients.
Improves patient outcomes by planning care that will prevent complications, promptly identifying changes in patient condition, and intervening to stabilize patients.
Acts as a resource and mentor to clinical staff and follows evidence-based practice guidelines.
Performs daily clinical rounds on patients and leads multidisciplinary rounds with the pharmacist and other direct caregivers for designated patients.
Assesses patients, orders and reviews diagnostic testing information, formulates and alters clinical plans of care as needed, including prescribing appropriate treatments and medications within the scope of practice.
Works closely with patients and families to provide continuity of care, provide teaching and answer questions, and maintain or exceed patient/family satisfaction with care.
Responds to staff concerns about changes in patient condition. Readily recognizes changes in condition, stabilizes the patient, and/or seeks appropriate consultation.
Follows evidence-based practice guidelines and prevents complications that may impact the patient’s psychological and physiological well-being to the extent possible.
Obtains and organizes data to assist attending and consulting physicians with admissions, consultations, progress notes, and discharges as needed, but responsibility for completion of documentation, including assessment and plan, rests with the physician.
Demonstrates measurable impact in assisting the multidisciplinary team to provide safe and superior quality care by: increasing patient satisfaction, decreasing return to acute care events, and preventing adverse events such as medication errors, falls, and hospital-acquired pressure ulcers.
Champions nurse-driven protocols to decrease urinary catheter utilization rates and MDRO infection rates.
Drives mechanical ventilation liberation rates.
Acts as a mentor to other clinical staff at the bedside and assists in providing leadership for clinical initiatives.
Maintains high ethical standards and follows all company service standards.
Annually updates NP professional portfolio.
Performs other duties as assigned.