Nurse Practitioner: Maternal Health Clinic

Hoag•Newport Beach, CA

About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner provides high quality advanced nursing care in accordance with professional regulatory standards and within the scope of the nurse practitioner license. This role provides multidisciplinary care, including patient evaluations and assessments, patient education, interventions, and documentation of the plan of care. The Nurse Practitioner requests physician consultations and multidisciplinary consults, recognizes ethical/legal/medical dilemmas, and confers with appropriate resources when making ethical decisions. The role may involve working as an independent provider or under indirect physician supervision, and may see patients of all age populations. Depending on the specific area, work hours may vary, including weekends and holidays, and may require on-call time. Privileges granted by the Medical Staff Department can include arranging patient admissions and transfers, performing and dictating exams, histories, and physicals, rounding on assigned patients, writing progress notes with a plan of care, and dictating discharge summaries. The Nurse Practitioner may also furnish non-narcotic medications and durable medical equipment (DME), controlled substances III, IV, V with appropriate licensure/certification, and controlled substances II with appropriate licensure/certification. They may order blood products, laboratory tests, radiological, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and neurological studies, oxygen therapy, respiratory treatments, and pulmonary tests. Additionally, the Nurse Practitioner may perform drain and suture removal, and order and administer medications and IV therapy with the ability to assess and adjust dosing. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Master’s in Nursing (MSN) or DNP required.
Completion of proctoring by Medical Staff Office.
Advanced clinical knowledge and skills in the care and management of patients.
Current license in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner in California.
Furnishing license issued by the State of California and personal DEA number (For all areas other than Breast Center).
BLS required.
National board certification as Nurse Practitioner in area of specialty required (except Outpatient Oncology).
Current negative TB test and health screen report or questionnaire clearance by a physician prior to employment. The tuberculosis test shall be conducted under licensed medical supervision not more than 45 working days prior to employment or 5 working days after employment and renewed annually from the date of the last TB test.

Nice To Haves

Breast Care: 3 years' experience in Women’s Health or Adult Oncology as a nurse/NP or equivalent. Advanced clinical knowledge in personalized cancer risk assessment. Training or education in genetics, bilingual preferred.
Cardiac Admin: Experience in adult/geriatric cardiovascular care. Experience in cardiovascular data collection preferred.
Emergency Dept: Experience in psychiatric/mental health.
Endoscopy/Surgical Center for Digestive Diseases: Experience in adult/geriatric care, ambulatory, and/or inpatient care preferred.
Hoag Compass: Experience delivering care through a hybrid, virtual, and in-person model a plus. Knowledge of electronic medical record systems, patient registration, scheduling, and insurance verification process. Must have a passion to be a part of a team dedicated to changing healthcare access & delivery.
HMG – Primary Care: Experience in Family or Internal Medicine and/or adolescent/adult/geriatric care preferred.
HMG – Urgent Care: Urgent care/ER experience or 3 years of Family Medicine as a NP preferred. Comfortable working as a single provider and seeing patient of all ages. Proficient in procedures frequently performed in an urgent care setting.
HOI: Experience in Orthopedics and/or recent adult/geriatric acute care preferred.
Neuro/Oncology Clinic: Experience as a Nurse/NP in Adult Oncology/Neurology or equivalent education and experience. Bilingual or multilingual and/or clinical trial experience preferred.
Neuroscience: Minimum of 1+ year recent experience as a NP, preferably in an ambulatory and acute healthcare environment or experience in Neuroscience. 2+ years experience preferred. Bilingual or multilingual preferred. May be asked to participate on the Crisis Response Team, Addiction and Pain Management Service. For C&L Psychiatric, 2 years recent experience as a PMHNP.
Medical Imaging (Nuclear Medicine, Neuro-Interventional Radiology, etc.): Minimum 2 years of experience performing or assisting in invasive procedures performed with the utilization of advanced imaging.
Palliative Care: 2 years’ advance practice nursing experience, including prescribing experience, in relevant area. Experience in adult/geriatric care preferred. Advanced knowledge and assessment skills in Palliative Care preferred.
Risk Adjustment: Experience in Family or Internal Medicine and/or Geriatric Care preferred. Bilingual or multilingual preferred.
Heart Valve Clinic: 2+ years cardiology or advanced heart failure experience preferred. Experience with advanced therapies (LVAD, transplant, MCS) preferred.
Endoscopy Clinic: DEA license required within 6 months of position effective date.
HATC Admin: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner license designated by manager.
Infusion Centers: DEA license required within 90 days of position effective date.
Neurosurgery – Pituitary: NPF – Nurse Practitioner Furnishing License Preferred.
Neurosciences C&L Psychiatric: PMHNP strongly preferred.
Cardiac Administration: ACLS required.
DEA: DEA License Chemical Dependency - ACLS Required.
Emergency Department: ACLS required.
Endoscopy/Surgical Center for Digestive Diseases: ACLS required.
Heart Valve Clinic: ACLS required.
HATC Admin: ACLS required.
HMG – Primary Care: ACLS required.
HMG – Urgent Care: National Certificate in area of specialty required.
Hoag Orthopedic Institute: Completion of an ECG course and testing or equivalency required.
Neuro/Oncology Clinic: ACLS required. ONS certification preferred.
Neurosurgery – Pituitary: ACLS required.
Neuroscience: ACLS required.
Nuclear Medicine: ACLS required.
Pain Management - ACLS Required.
Palliative Care: ACLS required.
Risk Adjustment: ACLS required.
Infusion Centers: ACLS required.
DEA: DEA License.
Solmar Retreat: BLS – AHA Basic Life Support.
Hoag Orthopedic Institute: Orthopedic Nurse Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide high quality advanced nursing care in accordance with professional regulatory standards and within the scope of the nurse practitioner license.
Provide multidisciplinary care including patient evaluations and assessments, patient education, interventions, and documentation of the plan of care.
Request physician consultations and multidisciplinary consults.
Recognize ethical/legal/medical dilemmas and confer with appropriate resources and staff when making ethical decisions.
Arrange admission and transfer of patients.
Perform and dictate exams, history and physicals.
Round on assigned patients and write progress notes with plan of care.
Dictate discharge summary.
Furnish medications (non-narcotic) and durable medical equipment (DME), controlled substances III, IV, V with appropriate licensure/certification, and controlled substances II with appropriate licensure/certification.
Order blood products, laboratory tests, radiological, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and neurological studies, oxygen therapy, respiratory treatment, and pulmonary tests.
Perform drain and suture removal.
Order and administer medications and IV therapy with the ability to assess and adjust appropriate dosing.
Perform other duties as assigned.