RN Nurse Practitioner (NP), Stroke Program - FT/Days (8hr)

Company: MemorialCare Health System
Location: Long Beach
Posted on: June 8, 2021

Job Description:

Position Summary

• The Nurse Practitioner (NPII) practices as a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team using standardized procedures to independently examine, diagnose and treat patients in collaboration with supervising physician(s).
• The incumbent supports management in achieving a high-quality program for specific patient populations, for both clinical outcomes and customer service in an efficient manner. The NP II is knowledgeable of the latest clinical trends, best practices, regulatory requirements and reimbursement patterns for patients in the specialty program.
• Comprehensive Stroke Centers receive and treat the most complex stroke patients. New technologies, medication and research are fueling change in stroke care and improving patient outcomes. Stroke patients may require services from multiple specialties across various departments including emergency, neurology, neuro-interventional radiology, neurosurgery, and intensive care, medical surgical and rehabilitation departments. The advanced practice Nurse Navigator (NN) will serve as a primary point of contact for patients and families beginning with their identification as a potential stroke patient and following them through to the outpatient setting. The NN will work in collaboration with physicians, nursing and ancillary medical staff ensuring assessments, treatments, diagnostic work-up is timely, appropriate and congruent with current stroke care guidelines. As a Nurse Navigator, he/she will coordinate care, serving as a liaison between patient and physicians. This position's primary focus will be collaboration with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to provide a seamless, well organized in-patient hospital stay as well as an organized transition to out-patient resources.

Expert Clinical Practice and Collaboration

• Rounds on all stroke patients daily, coordinating and prioritizing individual patient care.
• Collaboration with physicians and personnel from all departments and specialty areas to optimize stroke care in accordance with stroke guidelines.
• Assures an individualized patient plan of care.
• Provides emotional/psychosocial support to the patient and family: acts as an advocate and serves as consistent point of contact throughout continuum of care.
• Responds to Code Strokes to assure timeliness of interventions.
• Assesses patient risks and makes necessary referrals to supportive, rehabilitative and palliative care services for the patient and their family.
• Assists patient with information gathering, accessing LBMMC resources, community resources, etc.
• Assures understanding of individualized patient and family education regarding primary and secondary prevention.
• Provides ongoing patient follow-up calls post discharge with the goal of improving quality of life for the patient and prevention of readmissions to the hospital.
• Facilitation of follow up appointments for patients with their primary care physicians and neurologist as appropriate.

Specialty Care Development

• Identifies ideas and insights into clinical improvements for specialty patient population.
• Ensure that queries generated by medical records regarding the accuracy of documentation have an appropriate response.
• Monitor and manage the patient progression through hospitalization.
• May oversee the accurate collection and entry of data specific to patient population. May prepare or oversee the preparation of reports regarding specialty care.
• Reviews clinical outcomes, progression of care, and financial indicators with appropriate Medical Directors and other specialty physicians.
• May provide education for members of the interprofessional team regarding special needs in the care of specialty patient population.
• Acts as a consultant to other care lines, service lines, BPTs on specialty specific patient care needs.

Quality Improvement and Research

• Recommends, supports, participates or leads quality improvement initiatives regarding specialty care.
• Should participate as an investigator, co-investigator in research studies specific to patient population.
• Participates a requested in peer review activities.
• Identifies patient eligibility for available research studies
• Collaborates with the Clinical Research Coordinator in consenting patients for research studies
• Assists in coordinating assessments/interventions required for participation in any research protocol
• Design implement & evaluate evidence based practice improvements and provide data for clinical changes/improved outcomes.
• Oversees documentation for the stroke patients assuring consistency, accuracy and core measures are met by physician and nursing staff.

Education

• Serves as key facilitator in identification of patient/family education needs and utilization of systems/materials to best meet those needs across the continuum.
• Coordinates education plan for all newly diagnosed patients as assigned.
• Provides training for multidisciplinary team of other healthcare providers regarding special needs in the care of patient population.
• Participates in stroke education/training for members of the healthcare team, including stroke scales, stroke protocols and guidelines, best practices, and emerging treatments.

Consultation

• Represents the specialty in key areas to facilitate access to the next level of service to be provided
• Coordinates linkages to and provides referrals to other programs and services.

Additional responsibilities:

• Complies with all policies and procedures.
• Participates in the orientation and development of students and/or new staff as assigned.
• Maintains standardized procedures and privileging/credentialing requirements according to medical staff AHP rules and regulations.
• Mentors neuroscience nurses and encourages professional growth with advanced certifications, poster abstract applications, and attendance at national conferences.
• Maintains standardized procedures and privileging/credentialing requirements according to medical staff AHP rules and regulations.

Expert Clinical Practice and Collaboration

• Rounds on all stroke patients daily, coordinating and prioritizing individual patient care.
• Collaboration with physicians and personnel from all departments and specialty areas to optimize stroke care in accordance with stroke guidelines.
• Assures an individualized patient plan of care.
• Provides emotional/psychosocial support to the patient and family: acts as an advocate and serves as consistent point of contact throughout continuum of care.
• Responds to Code Strokes to assure timeliness of interventions.
• Assesses patient risks and makes necessary referrals to supportive, rehabilitative and palliative care services for the patient and their family.
• Assists patient with information gathering, accessing LBMMC resources, community resources, etc.
• Assures understanding of individualized patient and family education regarding primary and secondary prevention.
• Provides ongoing patient follow-up calls post discharge with the goal of improving quality of life for the patient and prevention of readmissions to the hospital.
• Facilitation of follow up appointments for patients with their primary care physicians and neurologist as appropriate.

Specialty Care Development

• Identifies ideas and insights into clinical improvements for specialty patient population.
• Ensure that queries generated by medical records regarding the accuracy of documentation have an appropriate response.
• Monitor and manage the patient progression through hospitalization.
• May oversee the accurate collection and entry of data specific to patient population. May prepare or oversee the preparation of reports regarding specialty care.
• Reviews clinical outcomes, progression of care, and financial indicators with appropriate Medical Directors and other specialty physicians.
• May provide education for members of the interprofessional team regarding special needs in the care of specialty patient population.
• Acts as a consultant to other care lines, service lines, BPTs on specialty specific patient care needs.

Quality Improvement and Research

• Recommends, supports, participates or leads quality improvement initiatives regarding specialty care.
• Should participate as an investigator, co-investigator in research studies specific to patient population.
• Participates a requested in peer review activities.
• Identifies patient eligibility for available research studies
• Collaborates with the Clinical Research Coordinator in consenting patients for research studies
• Assists in coordinating assessments/interventions required for participation in any research protocol
• Design implement & evaluate evidence based practice improvements and provide data for clinical changes/improved outcomes.
• Oversees documentation for the stroke patients assuring consistency, accuracy and core measures are met by physician and nursing staff.

Education

• Serves as key facilitator in identification of patient/family education needs and utilization of systems/materials to best meet those needs across the continuum.
• Coordinates education plan for all newly diagnosed patients as assigned.
• Provides training for multidisciplinary team of other healthcare providers regarding special needs in the care of patient population.
• Participates in stroke education/training for members of the healthcare team, including stroke scales, stroke protocols and guidelines, best practices, and emerging treatments.

Consultation

• Represents the specialty in key areas to facilitate access to the next level of service to be provided
• Coordinates linkages to and provides referrals to other programs and services.

Additional responsibilities:

• Complies with all policies and procedures.
• Participates in the orientation and development of students and/or new staff as assigned.
• Maintains standardized procedures and privileging/credentialing requirements according to medical staff AHP rules and regulations.
• Mentors neuroscience nurses and encourages professional growth with advanced certifications, poster abstract applications, and attendance at national conferences.
• Maintains standardized procedures and privileging/credentialing requirements according to medical staff AHP rules and regulations.

Position Requirements

• The NP II has responsibility for a special patient population. May work across care settings to follow their patients. Schedule may have more flexibility to meet specialty patient care needs.
• Self-directed professional
• Three to five years of experience with specific patient population. May be a new graduate NP with appropriate experience as a specialty RN. Experienced NP is preferred.
• NIHSS certification and SCRN certification
• Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of California.
• Current certification as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) in the State of California.
• Current furnishing license to furnish medications in the State of California.
• An individual Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) License issued by the United States DEA for Schedule III-V controlled substances. If NP will be prescribing Schedule II medications the NP must also have the DEA license for Schedule II controlled substances.
• Certification as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) from an agency accredited by the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification (ABSNC).
• Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) and be enrolled in the Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) within 90 days of hire.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification from the American Heart Association.
• Additional certifications as applicable per department and medical staff requirements.

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