NURSE PRACTITIONER (APRN)- Surgical Services

UHS•Wellington, FL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Surgical Services Nurse Practitioner is a clinical expert in managing individual and group surgical patients and helps ensure high-quality, cost-effective care and continuity with applicable standards. The role provides the surgical team with assistance in the operating room and similar settings, including technical assistance with specific intraoperative procedures. The scope of practice includes comprehensive preoperative care management, intraoperative surgical first assisting, and postoperative care management. Working interdependently with the surgeon, the NP uses appropriate knowledge, skill, and judgment to help ensure safe operations and optimal patient outcomes. The Surgical Services NP applies knowledge of relevant standards, guidelines, and regulations to analyze, direct, and facilitate preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative surgical care. Duties may also include interviewing patients; obtaining and recording health histories; conducting physical and developmental assessments; ordering diagnostic tests; diagnosing health problems; managing care within the NP's education and scope; providing health teaching and counseling; initiating referrals; and maintaining health records. The NP collaborates with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare disciplines using an interdisciplinary approach and must be willing to cross-train and float to meet institutional needs. This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week at Wellington Regional Medical Center in Wellington, Florida. The hospital describes its workplace as a supportive environment focused on safety, patient care, teamwork, innovation, and professional growth.

Requirements

Certification as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner by the Florida State Board of Nursing.
BSN and MSN.
Current ARNP license in Florida.
Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
Current American Heart Association ACLS certification.
At least 1 year of previous operating room experience.
Basic computer skills.

Nice To Haves

CNOR certification preferred.
RNFA preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage individual and group surgical patients and help ensure high-quality, cost-effective care and continuity with standards of care.
Assist the surgical team in the operating room and similar settings, including assisting the surgeon with specific intraoperative procedures.
Provide comprehensive preoperative patient care management, intraoperative surgical first assisting, and postoperative patient care management.
Work interdependently with the surgeon to support safe operations and optimal patient outcomes.
Apply relevant standards, guidelines, and regulations to analyze, direct, and facilitate preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative surgical care.
Interview patients; obtain and record health histories; perform physical and developmental assessments; order diagnostic tests; diagnose health problems; manage care within the NP's education; provide health teaching and counseling; initiate referrals; and maintain health records.
Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare disciplines using an interdisciplinary approach.
Cross-train and float as needed to meet institutional needs.