Usc
Nurse Practitioner (Critical Care & Stepdown) - Critical Care - Full Time 12 Hour Rotating Shifts (Non-Exempt) (Union)
Los Angeles, CA - Health Sciences Campus · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$81k-$132kDetected 9 hours ago
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About the role
- The Nurse Practitioner is a member of the intensive care team and has as his/her primary responsibility the management of critically ill complex patients in an intensive care and stepdown care setting.
- The NP contributes to excellence in patient care, research, teaching, consulting, and provides leadership to the organization and nursing profession.
- Duties may include obtaining patient health histories and complete physical examinations, documenting findings noting pertinent normal and abnormal findings, ordering and interpreting appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests.
Responsibilities
- 2. Demonstrates the ability to manage high acuity patients requiring specialized monitoring and care.
- 3. Develops Plans of Care with individualized interventions and completes patient care procedures correctly.
- Manages treatment of hospitalized patients.
- 5. Directly performs or orders appropriate diagnostic studies and interprets finished results including lab studies, professional consults and approved diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
- Develops and implements long and short range treatment plans.
- Formulates and implements treatment plans for acute illness management in collaboration with the designated primary supervising physician and/or attending back-up physicians.
Requirements
- Req Master's degree Graduate from an accredited school of Nursing (MSN).
- Req 5 years Five years clinical nursing experience required.
- Req 2 years 2 years minimum Critical Care Nurse Practitioner experience required
- Req 2 years 2 years minimum ICU/critical care nursing experience required.
- Req Must be able to intubate patients (or willing to perform this function once trained) and manage critical situations and codes.
- Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only)
- Please refer to the Background Screening Policy Appendix D for specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying.
- Req Registered Nurse - RN (CA Board of Registered Nursing)
- Req Nurse Practitioner - NP (CA Board of Registered Nursing)
- Req Nurse Practitioner Furnisher (CA DCA) Current license to furnish medications in the State of California.
- Req DEA Certificate Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Certificate issued by the U.S. Department of Justice for Schedule II-V controlled substances.
- Req NP Board Certified Possession of National Board Certification in Nurse Practitioner area of specialty accredited by Accreditation Board of Specialty Nursing (ABSNC) or National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA). ◦ If work in Hospital/Acute Care Setting must have Certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) or Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) upon hire. ▪ (*Grandfathered from Acute Care Certification requirement if hired/transferred prior to 12/2015.)
- Req Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
- Req Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association - *ACLS as required by the NPs Job description for NPs in the Hospital/Acute Care Setting and Ambulatory Infusion Centers (*Required for Hospital/Acute & Infusion Center Clinic settings only)
- Keck Hospital of USC, a 343-bed acute care hospital, provides exceptional and innovative care for complex medical and surgical conditions across a wide range of specialties. The hospital's world-renowned physicians deliver compassionate, customized, patient-centered care and treat the most acutely ill patients with highly innovative techniques and treatment plans. As a leading academic medical center, hundreds of clinical trials are currently taking place at Keck Hospital and its affiliated research institutions, giving patients access to novel and promising therapies that are generally not available elsewhere. Every day at Keck Hospital, physicians, nurses and staff go beyond the science of exceptional medicine to bring patients breakthroughs in the art of caring. Join this world-class team providing highly specialized care, up-to-the-minute research, and innovative clinical trials.
Compensation
- Read USC's Clery Act Annual Security Report
Benefits
- 11. Instructs and counsels patients and families regarding preventive care, medical problems, psychological problems, and use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
- Participates in in-service education programs and professional associations.
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