Advanced Practice Nurse Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Valid State of Florida APRN License.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.
• Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze, organize, and prioritize work under pressure while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form.

Responsibilities

• Perform and document complete physical examinations and comprehensive health histories, including age-appropriate assessments.
• Order and interpret diagnostic and therapeutic tests based on patients’ age-specific needs.
• Prescribe appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
• Implement interventions that help patients regain or maintain physiologic stability and monitor intervention effectiveness.
• Provide care in accordance with facility, state, and federal regulations.
• Facilitate patients’ transitions between healthcare settings, including admission, transfer, and discharge.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members and make appropriate referrals.
• Provide educational tools to support staff, patient, and family decision-making.
• Perform and document specialized examinations, including neurological classification, spasticity and spasm scores, and cognitive-functioning scores.
• Perform and document functional assessments, including mobility, activities of daily living, bowel and bladder continence, and cognition.
• Assist with rehabilitation procedures, including electrodiagnoses, intrathecal baclofen pump refills and programming, neurotoxin administration, and musculoskeletal injections.
• Prescribe appropriate Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech/Language Pathology, Recreational Therapy, and Dietary interventions.
• Follow University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguard University assets.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Tuition remission