Nurse Practitioner Fellow - Hackensack Meridian Health

The post-graduate internal medicine fellowship for Nurse Practitioners is designed to provide Advanced Practice Nurses an opportunity to engage in both didactic and clinical experiences through a 12-month fellowship at one of the top medical centers in the nation. During the year-long fellowship, the Nurse Practitioner will rotate through a variety of patient care settings, including an elective rotation of choice. Clinical rotations will include subspecialties in internal medicine and didactic hours. One year Nurse Practitioner Fellowship program at HackensackUMC. 

Board examination needs to be taken and passed by February 2025, New Jersey Nurse Practitioner License, CDS & DEA required.https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/about-us/new-team-members
Anticipated start date is June 23rd, 2025. Only open to New graduates within 18 mos of June 2025

At Hackensack Meridian Health's Hackensack University Medical Center, the post-graduate internal medicine fellowship for Nurse Practitioners is designed to provide Advanced Practice Nurses an opportunity to engage in both didactic and clinical experiences through a 12-month fellowship at one of the top medical centers in the nation. During the year-long fellowship, the Nurse Practitioner will rotate through a variety of in-patient care settings, including an elective rotation of choice. Clinical rotations will include subspecialties in internal medicine and didactic hours.

The fellowship program goals include:

• Building upon the education and practice base required to instill confidence to practice independently to manage a patient caseload;
• Developing effective communication and presentation skills as part of the inter professional care team;
• Utilizing evidence-based medicine practices through value-based care;
• Preparing the APN to assume full responsibility for care of complex populations in multiple settings;
• Providing an avenue for APN leadership within the organization;
• Leading an evidence-based project or research.
• Advanced Practice Nurse Fellowship: Internal Medicine

This is a full time Nurse Practitioner for12 months at HackensackUMC. Generally it will be an (8) hour day shift with occasional nights required. This depends on what rotation the NP is completing. Weekends and holidays as needed.

Application Deadline is December 31st 2024

1. Participates in decisions affecting APRN practice and in opportunities to advance nursing practice within the institution.

2. Seeks opportunities to promote HackensackUMC APRN practice recognition locally, nationally, and internationally at conferences, round table discussions, manuscript publications in journals and texts, and conference presentations (poster and podium).

3. Provides excellence in the patient experience through modeling Service Excellence Standards.

4. Communicates a shared vision with the department of patient care and the department of specialty practice.

5. Participates in APRN interviewing, credentialing, and peer review process as requested.

6. Participates in a minimum of one professional specialty organization.

7. Supports the nursing blueprint by providing evidence of practice outcomes.

8. Displays support of the institutional pillars through systems management, change management, and scholarly practices.

9. Ensures consistency with HackensackUMC nursing protocols, standards of care, and accomplishment of disease specific quality indicators.

10. Provides 24/7 patient care coverage. Evidence-based Practice (direct clinical practice)

11. Applies evidence and value-based practices to achieve positive outcomes for patients and families.

12. Evaluates patient/family transition of care planning for resource utilization, cost, quality, and promotion of self-management for chronic health maintenance.

13. Demonstrates clinical expertise by utilizing advanced assessment and leadership skills.

14. Completes medication reconciliations.

15. Completes annual APN peer review.

16. Evaluates current protocols and standards of care for translation of 'best practice' into clinical practice.

17. Provides culturally diverse and educationally appropriate health management education.

18. Facilitates patient-centered coordinated care through participation at daily interdisciplinary team rounds and staff RN patient rounding.

19. Supports organizational and department of patient care strategies through annual professional cascading goals.

20. Coordinates the development of evidenced-based practice protocols and standards of care that include interventions and treatments to achieve desired outcomes.

21. Aligns practices with the organizational pillars.

22. Analyzes patterns of variance in practice and makes recommendations for evidence based practice changes to improve patient outcomes.

23. Serves as a clinical resource to nursing staff, patients/families, and other multidisciplinary team members across the continuum to evaluate complex patients and identify appropriate interventions and evaluation of outcomes.

24. Identifies practice gaps and initiates practice changes supportive of evidence-based practice 'best practices' with nursing staff within area of practice and population.

25. Participates in policy/procedure reviews for updating with current evidence-based and value-based practices. Consultation/Collaboration

26. Acts as a resource to staff for addressing clinical, process, and system opportunities for improvement which promote excellence in care and clinical outcomes.

27. Serves as a member of organizational and departmental meetings, work-groups, and committees as requested representing APRNs and/or the department of patient care.

28. Builds credibility with medical staff as nursing experts for patient care, quality of care, and the profession of nursing.

29. Collaborates with medical staff leaders to support nursing-led protocols to enhance the nurse's ability to function at their highest level of education and skill applying 'lean' system and change management principle.

30. Acts as a mentor for APRN and graduate students of other disciplines.

31. Acts as a clinical resource for evidence based practice.

32. Identifies educational needs of patients/families and collaborates with other multi disciplinary team members to implement appropriate teaching materials. Coaching/Guiding

33. Coaches nursing and other disciplines on applying evidence-based and value-based care.

34. Participates in enhancing RN practice, applying expert clinical skills, through staff RN patient rounding and making recommendations for improvement in inter-shift 'hand-off' communications for assessments, nursing quality indicators, and core measure assessments.

35. Facilitates, coordinates, and participates in formal or informal nursing educational programs as clinical experts.

36. Creates a shared vision for patient and family-centered care by applying shared governance concepts to engage staff and other disciplines in decision-making.

37. Promotes a collaborative work environment which supports the organizational mission, behavior expectations, values, and pillars (quality, people, finance, growth, and service). Utilizes and disseminates relevant research findings through clinical practice, education or consultation.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

1. Graduate of an NLN/AACN accredited program in Nursing.

2. Master's degree.

3. Maintains clinical competencies through participating in continuing educations programs (contract hours per years) and clinical practice as mandated by the Board of Nursing and national certification body.

4. Experience in relevant patient care setting.

5. In collaborative agreement with physicians on staff and fulfills terms of collaborative agreement.

Licenses and Certifications Required:

1. NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.

2. AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification.

3. Advance Practice Nurse License.

4. Current APN certification with prescriptive privileges in NJ.