Nurse Practitioner House Coverage

The full time JFK University Medical Center Nurse Practitioner provides advanced nursing care and physician support during the treatment of patients. The Nurse Practitioner provides leadership and support to the overall area of specialty. The Nurse Practitioner documents patient teaching, refers and communicates patient abnormalities to appropriate physicians, performs clinical procedures, serves as a resource for nursing and ancillary staff regarding patient and disease management, and facilitates practices in compliance with JCAHO requirements. The position's practice is characterized by comprehensive health assessments and management of acute complex patients' health problems for admitted patients, outpatients and ED admissions.Adult or Adult/Gero Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certification preferred. Prefer: Service or unit-based hospital APN experience, hospitalist/Internal medicine experience as an APN and/or rapid-response team experience as a leader or APN.