Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner, St. Louis County - SSM Health Care System

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Initiates and provides medical interventions in response to acute changes in patient conditions.

• Provides educational services to nursing and ancillary departments and serves as an educational consultant on clinical practice issues.

• Applies evidence based practices to achieve multidisciplinary collaboration to facilitate continuity of care.

• Contributes to the satisfaction of the medical staff by collaborating with physicians to deliver best care.

• Recognizes and utilizes opportunities to act as a change agent by introducing nursing practice innovations.

• Evaluates nursing practices associated with specialty area, defines needs/problems with patient care and makes constructive suggestions that creates a positive patient outcome.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Completion of a formal post-basic education program from or formally affiliated with an accredited college, university or hospital (Before July 1, 1998) or a graduate degree from an accredited college or university (After July 1, 1998) with a concentration in the appropriate advanced practice nursing clinical specialty area.

• Board certification by a national recognized certifying board in the appropriate population focus

• Current or compact RN license in appropriate state

• Appropriate APRN license or document of recognition in appropriate state

EXPERIENCE

• One year experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.

• Constant standing and walking.

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Occasional driving.

• Rare crawling and running.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS    State of Work Location: Illinois 

•     Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) 

•     And 

•     APN Controlled Substance - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) 

•     And 

•     Full Practice Authority APRN Control Substance - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) 

•     And 

•     Full Practice Authority APRN - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) 

      State of Work Location: Missouri 

•     Nurse Practitioner - Missouri Division of Professional Registration 

•     Or 

•     Registered Nurse Practitioner - Missouri Division of Professional Registration 

      State of Work Location: Oklahoma 

•     Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN) 

•     And 

•     Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C) - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) 

      State of Work Location: Wisconsin 

•     Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber (APNP) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services