Surgical APRN- AH Carrollwood

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Rollover PDO with service year increases in accrual

• Comprehensive benefits package

• Company Discount Programs

• Growing Organization

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

Location: 7171 N DALE MABRY HWY, Tampa, 33614

The community you’ll be caring for: AdventHealth Carrollwood

The role you’ll contribute:

Functions as a member of the medical care management team. Provides medical treatment under the supervision of the attending physician. This medical care will be provided within the frame work of the hospital’s medical staff privilege delineation criterion.

The Surgical Advanced Practitioner Registered Nurse provides self-directed, effective nursing care to groups of patients and other duties as assigned in accordance with Division of Services standards.

• The observation, assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care; health teaching and counseling of the ill, injured or infirmed; and the promotion of wellness, maintenance of health and prevention of illness and others.

• The administration of medication and treatments as prescribed or authorized by a duly licensed practitioner authorized by the laws of this state to prescribe such medications and treatments.

• The supervision and teaching of other personnel in the theory and performance of any of the above acts.”

The value you’ll bring to the team:

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Communicates with courtesy when interacting with internal or external customers—in person or on the telephone.

• Demonstrates respect for co-workers and develops positive working relationships with other departments.

• Participates in hourly rounding for outcomes using the AIDET technique.

• Incorporates Caring Model behaviors and culturally competent care into daily practice

• Demonstrates organizational commitment standards and values

• Monitors staff compliance with customer service behaviors and reinforces hospital goals for service management.

• Adheres to organizational standards for dress and professional appearance.

• Demonstrate collaboration and teamwork in managing patient flow-i.e. promotes timely patient placement by following hospital policy for patient admission, discharge and transfer.

• Participates in peer interviewing and peer review process.

• Communicates changes, new procedures, and processes for the nursing division, service line, and team to staff.

• Participates in monthly staff meeting for assigned unit.

• Provides required documentation for personnel file in a timely manner.

• Utilizes time effectively and accomplishes duties in necessary timeframe with minimal supervision.

• Assists staff in the delivery of patient care: assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

• Demonstrates knowledge of hospital, division, and unit Standards of Care and Practice by serving as a resource person to nurses and physicians during assigned shift.

• Mentors and coaches team members to successfully manage patient needs.

• Assists staff in effective time utilization...

• Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and impact on practice in the delivery of nursing services

• Educates staff as to their affirmative duty to report incidents, the necessity of such reporting and proper mechanisms of incident reporting.

• Assures incident reports have been filed on incidents employees may be aware of or discovered through chart review.

• Assures that reportable events occurring within the department are properly reported to Risk Management within the time required by law.

• Assists Risk Management Department in identifying risks, analyzing cause/effects of incidents and in the investigation of incidents as may be required for legal purposes.

• Works with Risk Management Department in developing corrective action plans addressing trends or categories or risks/incidents.

• Implements actions, as appropriate, recommended by Performance Improvement activities and hospital-wide Quality Improvement Council (QIC).

• Ensures compliance with core measure/HCAHPS composite benchmarks.

• Documentation meets criteria for core measure, charges, PI, and all quality/regulatory standards as measured by chart audits.

• Assists in completing, monitoring, and evaluation of unit-based Performance Improvement activities.

• Promotes staff development through patient care assignments, acting as a clinical resource and role model, identifying educational needs and ensuring staff attendance at educational in-services.

• Encourages and supports front-line decision making.

• Provides staff in-services on a regular basis.

• Keeps abreast of pertinent changes related to clinical information from CMS and other regulatory agencies.

• Initiates strategies and tactics with the nursing staff to support core measure performance.

• Coordinates with ED regarding care provided to HF and AMI patients to support core measure performance.

• Monitors concurrent Core Measure interventions and outcomes, prepares reports as needed.

• Provides symptom management of CV patients as per medical staff privilege delineation.

• Initiates orders with physician countersign.

• Works closely with performance measurement coordinators to facilitate core measurement data abstraction.

• Acts as a team leader for the performance measurement coordinators as needed to sustain benchmarks.

• Collection of comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health/situation and unit specific data for process improvement initiatives including: initial patient assessment within expected timeframe, initiates consults as indicated from database collection, identifies patient/family teaching and discharge planning needs.

• Analyzes the assessment data to determine expected outcomes and plan of care

• Identifies expected outcomes for the plan of care individualized to the patient or situation and for unit specific PI outcomes. Participation in identification of unit specific PI outcomes

• The patient’s plan of care is developed, individualized and prioritized daily in collaboration with the patient, family and health team members that is sensitive to the patient’s cultural and spiritual needs and to attain expected outcomes.

• Implements the identified plans for patients and unit specific process improvement with appropriate nursing interventions and physicians orders in an accurate, timely manner and documents intervention according to hospital policy. Coordinates implementation of the plan of care through leadership and delegation appropriate to skill level including but not limited to: LPNs, NTs, CNAs, Unit Secretaries, RTs, PTs. Educates patient/family based on assessed learning needs.

• Evaluates progress toward attainment of expected patient outcomes and unit specific process improvement outcomes daily with patient, family and health team members.

• Maintains safe practice by demonstrating unit specific clinical competency and demonstrating compliance with all regulatory standards

• Demonstrates safe practice in the administration of medications.

• Assess, diagnose, and treat acute and chronic health conditions as appropriate for surgical readiness

• Perform preoperative history, physical exams, optimization for surgery, risk stratification as indicated

• Communicate and collaborate with members of the primary and surgical team regarding perioperative plan of care

• Ensures safe and effective handoff communications and documentation of such between care givers.

• Demonstrates sensitivity to pain management by alleviating and reducing pain to level acceptable to patient.

• Provide pre and post-operative education to patient and care partners as indicated

• Integrates ethical decision making into daily nursing practice

• Integrates research findings and Evidence Based Practice into practice

• Acts as a patient advocate

• Demonstrates critical thinking skills appropriate to level of experience

• Integrates population specific standards when planning care

• Demonstrates commitment to professional and personal growth-i.e. completes all mandatory educational requirements, maintains unit based certification, acts as designated preceptor, acts as designated resource nurse, member of professional nursing organization, attains national certification, attends hospital wide committees, member of shared governance council.

• High level of Specialty area knowledge base.

• Initiative and effectiveness in communication

• Effective interpersonal relations

• Flexibility

• Planning and organizational skills

Qualifications

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed :

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Master’s Degree in Nursing

• 2 years in specialty area

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

• Licensure as an Advanced Practitioner Registered Nurse in the State of Florida.

• Valid American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

• Valid American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Life Support (ACLS) certification

• NIHSS from Know Stroke (NIHSS from American Heart Association will be accepted upon hire, subsequent renewals must be completed through Know Stroke)

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances. The salary range reflects the anticipated base pay range for this position. Individual compensation is determined based on skills, experience and other relevant factors within this pay range. The minimums and maximums for each position may vary based on geographical location.

Category: Physician Services

Organization: AdventHealth Carrollwood

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: 1 - Day

Req ID: 25010776

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.