Nurse Practitioner - Trauma Center (Per Diem, Day Shift)
About The Position
The Nurse Practitioner maintains responsibility for providing expert clinical care in general or specialty areas. The role assesses, plans, and provides patient care in collaboration with the attending physician. It includes comprehensive health assessments, diagnosing acute and chronic illnesses, writing prescriptions, formulating treatment plans, implementing interventions, assisting with medical and surgical care, and evaluating patient responses with attending or consulting physicians. The position is at Adventist Health Sierra Vista, a 162-bed acute care facility and county-designated trauma center in San Luis Obispo, California. The facility includes a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Employment is per diem on the day shift. Adventist Health requires associates to receive required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter where applicable; medical and religious exemptions may apply. The organization participates in E-Verify.
Requirements
- Master's Degree in Nursing (MSN) or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP).
- Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice.
- Nurse Practitioner (NP) licensure in the state of practice.
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
- AHA-PALS or ARC-PALS certification.
Nice To Haves
- Two years of relevant clinical experience.
Responsibilities
- Interview patients, employees, and/or family members and construct comprehensive medical histories.
- Perform initial and periodic physical examinations, evaluate patient behavior, and explore patients’ interpretations of their health needs.
- Work within the nurse practitioner scope of practice and as an agent of the physician.
- Provide patient education about diagnoses, treatment, prognosis, health maintenance, and preventive care; provide handouts and refer patients to health education classes when available.
- Provide continuity of care, including discussing completion of treatment plans and medication or injection administration.
- Directly perform or order appropriate diagnostic studies and interpret completed results.
- Follow up on acute and chronic problems and significant abnormal test results.
- Oversee the maintenance of adequate, concise, legible, and up-to-date patient care documentation.
- Document relevant medical, medication, and discharge records; drug allergies; lab orders; subjective and objective data; diagnostic procedures; patient education; and treatment.
- Treat patients as needed, including administering medications and/or vaccines and performing procedures.
- Write orders to increase, decrease, or change medications, subject to checking and medical consultation as indicated.
- Use cost-containment measures, including prescribing only clinically necessary medications, using generic medications when appropriate, making only clinically necessary referrals, and ordering only clinically necessary diagnostic procedures.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
