NEURO CRITICAL CARE- NIGHTS - PRN- NURSE PRACTITIONER/PHYSICAN ASSISTANT- ATLANTA
Company: Piedmont Healthcare
Location: Atlanta
Posted on: October 24, 2024
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Job Description:
Description:
Advanced Practice Provider Neuro Critical Care- Nights- PRN
Piedmont Healthcare is recruiting for a Physician Assistant or
Nurse Practitioner to join our neurocritical care and neurovascular
team on our Piedmont Atlanta campus. Will apply specialized skills
and knowledge to consult on Neuro ICU and Neurovascular patients in
the ICU, ED, and Floor inpatient services. Contributes to
excellence in patient care, research, teaching, and consulting.
This is an excellent opportunity to be part of building a
comprehensive stroke center program and grow the neurosciences
service line with the vision to become the highest quality and
largest program in Georgia. We have embarked on a 10-year
expansion, starting with a new, 16-floor tower that will increase
our capacity to care for our patients. This new tower will house up
to 408 beds and 13 new operating rooms, for a 22% increase in
Piedmont Atlantas capacity to care for patients and the
community.
The service line includes neurosurgery, neuro hospitalist and neuro
intensivist services with a dedicated 10 bed neuro-ICU unit and
thriving spine and brain tumor programs. A brand new 20 bed
dedicated neuro-ICU unit, will be constructed with anticipated
completion in 2021 with expansion to 42 beds in 2022.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Provides direct clinical services for neurologically ill adult
patients within institutional guidelines and utilizing
evidence-based clinical practice standards under the supervision of
the patients physician.
2. Obtains patient health histories and completes physical
examinations and documents findings in accordance with hospital
requirements.
3. Orders and interprets appropriate diagnostic and laboratory
tests, explaining the necessity, preparation, nature and
anticipated effects of procedure(s) to patients, patients family,
staff and healthcare learners.
4. Performs approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based
upon patients clinical status and documents procedures in
accordance with hospital requirements.
5. Performs clinical duties including:
a. Participate as a first assistant on procedures.
b. Assessment of physiologic parameters of respiratory function:
pulse oximetry, end- tidal CO2, pulmonary mechanics, and blood gas
sampling.
c. Assessment of physiological parameters of cardiovascular
function and hemodynamic status to include, but not limited to:
EKG, blood pressure, esophageal/precordial auscultation, central
venous, peripheral, pulmonary arterial and intracranial pressure,
core temperature
d. Placement and removal of central venous and/ or peripheral
catheters, pulmonary arterial catheters, External Ventricular
Devices (EVD)
e. Lumbar puncture
f. Placement and removal of chest tubes
6. Interfaces patients with monitoring and instrumentation
equipment, and directs and educates others in performing the same
functions.
7. Formulates and implements a treatment plan for acute illness
management in collaboration with the designated primary supervising
physician and/or attending back-up physician(s) and documents in
medical records and appropriate narrative summaries.
8. Assesses patients for changes in status and institutes
appropriate interventions, including initiation of necessary
emergency interventions to stabilize patient.
9. Incorporates clinical research findings in the development and
implementation of standards of care.
10. Supports IRB approved clinical research/trials though a variety
of activities including but not limited to: obtaining consent;
ordering diagnostic tests; recording laboratory and diagnostic
results; administering therapeutic interventions; and documenting
and reporting patient outcomes including toxicities or adverse
events.
11. Performs and participates in quality/performance improvement
activities and clinical research.
12. Serves as a clinical expert and education consultant to
nursing, members of the healthcare team and to the larger
community.
Piedmont Benefits:
Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications
1-2 years of neurosurgical experience with a high degree of
clinical judgment
Minimum Qualifications
Masters, Bachelors Degree from an Accredited PA program and
National Board Certification
--or--
Licensed as a Nurse and approved to practice as a NP by State of
Georgia with National Certification
Keywords: Piedmont Healthcare, North Atlanta , NEURO CRITICAL CARE- NIGHTS - PRN- NURSE PRACTITIONER/PHYSICAN ASSISTANT- ATLANTA, Healthcare , Atlanta, Georgia
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