Nurse Practitioner, Orthopedic Surgery, - PRN, Days

Texas Health Resources•Dallas, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Texas Health is hiring a Nurse Practitioner for its Orthopedic Surgery Department at Texas Health Dallas in Dallas, Texas. This PRN, day-shift role is scheduled from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The department is based in a Level I Trauma Center, features a specialized joint replacement program, and includes a six-person Orthopedic Surgery APP team. The Nurse Practitioner obtains comprehensive health histories, develops plans of care, makes decisions about therapeutic interventions, and uses advanced health assessment skills to distinguish normal from abnormal findings. The role applies knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, culture, and socioeconomic factors to evaluate patients and provide therapeutic interventions. The Nurse Practitioner collaborates with the multidisciplinary team, responds to patient and family needs, reduces patient risks, performs specialty-specific technical procedures, and documents and revises plans of care. The position also supports adherence to clinical pathways, protocols, and policies and promotes population health through evaluation of care delivery models. Texas Health Dallas is an 875-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital that has served the Dallas community since 1966. It provides services including cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, women’s services, emergency medicine, outpatient surgery, and wellness services. The hospital is part of Texas Health, which has more than 28,000 employees.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree; graduate of an accredited nursing program.
Master’s degree; graduate of a Nurse Practitioner program.
Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency.
Registered Nurse (RN) upon hire.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) upon hire.
Nurse Practitioner (NP) upon hire.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly.
One of the listed Nurse Practitioner credentials is required: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Adult Nurse Nurse Practitioner (ANNP), Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), or Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (AGNP).
Must be credentialed by Medical Staff Services.

Nice To Haves

Two years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner.
Acute Care certification.
One year of experience in Orthopedic Surgery.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 30 days.
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) credential.

Responsibilities

Obtain comprehensive health histories using effective communication and interviewing skills, formulate plans of care, and make decisions about appropriate therapeutic interventions.
Use advanced health assessment skills to differentiate normal and abnormal findings.
Apply knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, culture, and socioeconomic factors to evaluate patients and provide therapeutic interventions.
Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to improve care processes and promote continuity of care.
Initiate actions to meet patients’ and families’ needs.
Take actions to reduce patient risks.
Perform specialty-specific technical procedures safely and proficiently.
Document, initiate, follow, and revise patients’ plans of care.
Promote adherence to clinical pathways, protocols, and policies to support high reliability of the clinical program.
Promote population health by evaluating care delivery models in relation to community, environmental, cultural, and socioeconomic dimensions of health.