Nurse Practitioner - Emergency Medicine (Supplemental)
About The Position
The Emergency Room Nurse Practitioner collaborates with physicians to care for patients of varying ages who require urgent or emergent care. The role includes performing physical examinations, collecting and documenting data, organizing and performing approved diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, ordering and scheduling laboratory studies and professional consultations, prescribing appropriate interventions and medications, and providing direct patient care services to admitted Internal Medicine patients. The ED Nurse Practitioner contributes to excellence in patient care, research, teaching, and consulting, and provides leadership within the organization and the nursing profession.
Requirements
- Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
- Successful completion of advanced practitioner training and certification as a practitioner from an approved nurse practitioner program.
- Eligible at all times to be insured for professional liability.
- Active RN license in Kentucky or a compact state.
- Current unrestricted license to practice as an APRN in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
- BLS certification.
- Board certification.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with physicians in caring for patients of varying ages who require urgent or emergent care.
- Perform physical examinations.
- Collect and document patient data.
- Organize and perform approved diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
- Order and schedule laboratory studies and professional consultations.
- Prescribe appropriate interventions and medications.
- Provide direct patient care services to admitted Internal Medicine patients.
- Contribute to patient care, research, teaching, and consulting.
- Provide leadership within the organization and the nursing profession.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
