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Posted: 17-Nov-23
Location: Littleton, Colorado
Salary: Unpaid
Categories:
Operations
Internal Number: 23041480
Description
AdventHealth Littleton is seeking a NP to join our hospital-based orthopedic team. This individual will provide post-operative care and general medicine management as well as manage our adolescent orthopedic population.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS:
- Transmits/prescribes prescription orders pursuant to written protocols as authorized.
- Performs initial and on-going assessments and discharge planning
- Utilizes skills of observation, inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation using diagnostic instruments or laboratory procedures
- Documents patient care findings within established standards utilizing CPOE
- Coordinates care by collaborating with surgeons and others to obtain appropriate services
- Provides an accurate, thorough and timely report of patientâ™s condition to surgeons and multidisciplinary team members.
- Works collaboratively with Utilization Review and Care Management regarding patientâ™s LOS and discharge planning.
- Initiates multidisciplinary teaching plans
- Recognizes life-threatening situations and intervenes correctly with minimal supervision. May be a member of the Rapid Response team.
- Reassesses patients regularly and revises interventions/plan of care as needed
- Counsels individuals, families and groups about health and illness and promote health maintenance.
- Makes positive contributions to and supports the development and execution of policies/procedures/ standards/protocols.
- Recognizes, develops and implements professional and community education programs related to health care as required.
- May serve on various hospital committees and teams and serves as an internal resource for CMS, TJC and appropriate quality process improvement initiatives.
- Ensures that patientâ™s medical record has appropriate documentation to meet all quality and patient experience indicators.
- Utilizes hospital pharmacy formulary
- Works with interdisciplinary teams to reduce unnecessary readmissions to the hospital.
- Actively participates in department Meetings for Orthopedics, quality improvement meetings, and staff education as requested.
- Other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Nurse Practitioner training from an accredited school of nursing
- One-year experience as an Acute Care Practitioner
- One-year Orthopedic experience preferred
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:
- Current licensure to practice professional Nursing in state of Colorado or in a qualifying compact State
- Registered as Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- Certified in Basic Life Support
This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.
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