Nurse Practitioner Physician Assistant Organ Transplant Night
Company: Hackensack Meridian Health
Location: Hackensack
Posted on: March 12, 2025
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Job Description:
Overview
NIGHT shift position for a full time Nurse Practitioner or
Physician Assistant in transplant surgery. Inpatient Transplant
Patient coverage, NIGHTS, weekends as needed.The Transplant
Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner assists, monitors, and
manages the day-to-day needs of patients as requested by, in
conjunction with, and under the supervision of a physician.Ideal
candidate would have prior inpatient surgical practice experience,
preferably nephrology experience. Full time Physician Assistant or
Nurse Practitioner position. Schedule is flexible however Probable
schedule is (3) 13.5 hr shifts/week..
Responsibilities
Leadership 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 principles. 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 multidisciplinary 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). Research 35. Utilizes and
disseminates relevant research findings through clinical practice,
education or consultation. 36. Promotes innovation within clinical
practice by seeking opportunities to bring new clinical knowledge
into practice. 37. Actively engages in research as a primary
investigator or co-investigator. 36. Acts as a mentor and or
reviewer for research proposals. 37. Disseminates research findings
to enhance the practice of nursing by participating as presenters
at conferences locally, nationally, and internationally and through
publications. Ethical decision-making 38. Identifies ethical care
issues and coordinates interdisciplinary collaborative meetings to
resolve those issues.1. Obtains a details and accurate history, and
identifies problems and presents information to the supervising
physician. 2. Orders or prescribes medication subject to the
following: no controlled substances; the order or prescription is
administered in accordance with protocols or specific MD
directions; the prescription states whether it is written in
accordance with a protocol or specific MD directions; the
physician's assistant signs his/her own name and license number, as
well as the supervising physician. 3. Assists a supervising surgeon
in the operating room when a qualified assistant physician is not
required, and a second assistant is deemed necessary by the
supervising surgeon. 4. Assists supervising physician in a
procedure room when a qualified physician is present and it is
deemed that a qualified assistant physician is not needed. 5.
Writes post operative/post procedure note and orders for
supervising physician. 6. Performs line as a 'first line' person
responsible for all the post procedure management of patients as
requested by the primary physician. 7. Starts IVs, inserts foley
catheters and nasogastric tubes, irrigates foley catheters, orders
transfusions of blood and products, venipuncture, and debriedments.
8. Participates in research trails collecting, aggregating and
entering data. 9. Identifies the needs of the patient population
served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those
needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually
impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the
patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level
(developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.). 10. Adheres to
the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational
Competencies.
Qualifications
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
educational programs (contact hours per years), and clinical
practice as mandated by Board of Nursing and national certification
body. 4. Experience in relevant patient care setting or as
regulations dictate. 5. In collaborative agreement with physicians
on staff- fulfills terms of collaborative agreement. Education,
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred: Licenses and
Certifications Required: 1. NJ State Professional Registered Nurse
License. 2. Advance Practice Nurse License. 3. AHA Basic Health
Care Life Support HCP Certification. 4. Maintains Nation or Board
Certification as appropriate in area of specialty.Education,
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: 1. Successful completion
of an approved physician's assistant program, accredited by the AMA
Council on Medical Education. Education, Knowledge, Skills and
Abilities Preferred: Licenses and Certifications Required: 1.
Physician Assistant License. 2. Certification by the National
Commission for Certified Physician's Assistants (NCCPA) within one
year of initial employment by the Medical Center Education,
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: 1. Successful completion
of an approved physician's assistant program, accredited by the AMA
Council on Medical Education. Licenses and Certifications Required:
1. Physician Assistant License. 2. Certification by the National
Commission for Certified Physician's Assistants (NCCPA) within one
year of initial employment by the Medical Center.
HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
EMPLOYER
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy,
breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic
test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic
test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin,
nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for
military service, or status as a protected veteran.
Our Network
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As a courtesy to assist you in your job search, we would like to
send your resume to other areas of our Hackensack Meridian Health
network who may have current openings that fit your skills and
experience.
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