Nurse Practitioner, General Surgery & Surgical Oncology, PRN

Texas Health • Plano, TX

7d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Nurse Practitioner in General Surgery & Surgical Oncology, working on a PRN (as needed) basis, primarily on weekends. The role involves utilizing advanced assessment and communication skills to provide comprehensive patient care, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, and contributing to process improvements. The position is located at Texas Health Plano, a 386-bed full-service hospital serving North Texas, known for its specialization in various medical fields and its Magnet designation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Graduate of an accredited nursing program required
• Master's Degree Graduate of a Nurse Practitioner program required
• RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire required
• APRN - Advanced Practice Nurse Upon Hire required
• NP - Nurse Practitioner Upon Hire required
• BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly required

Nice To Haves

• 2 years general surgery or surgical oncology experience as a nurse practitioner preferred
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support 30 Days preferred

Responsibilities

• Utilize principles and skills in communication and interviewing techniques in obtaining a comprehensive health history to formulate a plan of care and make decisions for appropriate therapeutic.
• Use principles and skills in advanced health assessment for differentiating normal and abnormal findings.
• Synthesize knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, culture, and socioeconomics to access, evaluate, and provide therapeutic interventions to patients.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to improve care processes in order to promote continuity of care.
• Initiate actions to meet patients/families’ needs.
• Take actions to reduce patients risks.
• Perform specialty specific technical procedures safely and proficiently.
• Produce documentation that initiates, follows, and revises patients' plan of care.
• Focus on adherence to clinical pathways, protocols, and policies to ensure high reliability of clinical program.
• Promote population health through the evaluation of care delivery models as they pertain to community, environmental, cultural and socio-economical dimensions of health.
• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

Benefits

• On-site childcare center

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level