Nurse Practitioner III/Physician Assistant III | Pediatric Newborn Nursery | Day - UF Health

JOB DUTIES:

An Advanced Practice Provider III (APP III) is a direct patient care provider licensed in the State of Florida and/or Georgia and provides medical services to patients as defined by their scope of practice and under the supervision of a physician licensed to practice medicine in the State of Florida/Georgia. Provides patient care with advanced knowledge of subspecialty service.
Clinical Area: Subspecialty Outpatient and/or Inpatient Setting may perform procedures/consults, less than 50% time spent in OR, and/or works in the NICU.

Essential Functions:

• Provides timely and appropriate referrals to patients in need of further medical care and services. Responds to consults, schedules procedures and handles discharge planning, as appropriate. Educates and counsels patients/families regarding their health care, including routine health maintenance, as applicable. May provide education and instruction to residents and students.
• Performs or assists with procedures of higher complexity in clinic or inpatient unit. Monitors and manages invasive and/or medical devices and placement of devices within scope of practice. May manage care of pre/post-operative and pre/post-procedural patients.
• Formulates comprehensive health management plans for high acuity, more complex patients in collaboration with physicians, pharmacists, and other medical professionals to include progress notes, narrative discharge summaries, consults, etc. Facilitates patient participation in making health care decisions.
• Enters pertinent clinical information in the patient’s medical record in a timely and accurate manner and in accordance with established compliance billing guidelines. Documents and closes open encounters, MyChart messages, and other EMR communications in accordance with institutional requirements.
• Call coverage may be required specific to departmental needs.
• Obtains patient histories, performs physical examinations and/or diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, as well as orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests for patients with high level of complexity. Reviews, prescribes and/or recommends medications and treatments to patients
• May provide education and instruction.

Temperament:

Must be able to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, or unusual situations. Must be capable of dealing with periodic cyclical workload pressures and levels of responsibility. Required to make independent judgments without supervision. Must be able to make generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria. Must have the adaptability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure. Requires the ability to work with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.

Skills, Qualifications and Required Experience:

Skills, Knowledge, Abilities:

Regulations/Policies
• Knowledge of regulatory agency standards (e.g. Joint Commission, HRS, HIPPA), Nursing Standards and Florida Nurse Practice Act.

Training/Support
• Capacity to assess patient health and measure/record physiologic and growth indices.

Training/Support
• Knowledge of acute and chronic care protocols, administration of medications, delivering physical care following treatment plan.

Training/Support
• Ability to develop health education programs and materials.

Critical Thinking/Sound Judgement
• Ability to make responsible decisions within the scope of a dependent medical practitioner.

Professionalism
• Strong interpersonal skills to interact with physicians, administrators, directors and managers across the organization.

Communication
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Experience Requirements:

2 years Outpatient/inpatient setting preferred

Education Requirements:

Masters Nurse Practitioner required, or Masters Physician Assistant Program required.

Certification/Licensure Requirements:

Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner License or Physician Assistant License required or at time of hire

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) preferred at time of hire

PALS Certified preferred at time of hire

UFJPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace