Nurse Practitioner, PRN

Texas Health Resources•Arlington, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital is an independently licensed hospital located on the campus of Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital. It is a 47-bed facility including a 20-bed Cardiovascular ICU and a 27-bed cardiac telemetry unit. The hospital is accredited for Chest Pain through The Joint Commission and has achieved AHA’s Gold Plus award for three years in a row plus AHA’s Gold Plus award for Heart Failure. The hospital specializes in CABG and Valve surgeries, thoracotomies, general cardiac including heart failure, cardiomyopathies, AMI, TAVR, Impella, and heart catheterizations including angioplasty, stenting, and electrophysiology studies. The work environment is team-based with a cardiac focus, boasting excellent patient and staff satisfaction results and a collaborative culture within all departments.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree, graduate of an accredited nursing program is required.
Master's Degree, graduate of a Nurse Practitioner program is required.
RN - Registered Nurse is required upon hire.
APRN - Advanced Practice Nurse is required upon hire.
ACNP - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner is required upon hire.
BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly is required.
ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within 90 days of hire.
A high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Two (2) years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner is preferred.

Responsibilities

Delivers care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process
Utilizes 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 interventions
Uses principles and skills in advanced health assessment for differentiating normal and abnormal findings
Synthesizes knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, culture, and socioeconomics to access, evaluate, and provide therapeutic interventions to patients
Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to improve care processes in order to promote continuity of care
Initiates actions to meet patients/families' needs
Takes actions to reduce patients risks
Performs specialty specific technical procedures safely and proficiently