NURSE PRACTITIONER - HAH NB4041 PHYSICIANS

Salary Range : $67.1400 - $103.2200 / hour. Actual compensation may vary based on geographic location, work experience, skill level, and education.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner provides high quality advanced nursing care in accordance with professional regulatory standards and within the scope of the nurse practitioner license.

This role provides multidisciplinary care providing patient evaluations and assessments, patient education, interventions, and documents plan of care.

Requests physician consultations and multidisciplinary consults. Recognizes that ethical / legal / medical dilemmas exist in the nursing practice, and confers with the appropriate resources and staff when making ethical decisions.

May work as an independent provider and / or under indirect supervision of a supervising physician. May see all and treat a variety of age populations.

Depending on area, may work different hours, weekends and holidays. May require on-call time.

Privileges granted by the Medical Staff Department can include arranging admission and transfer of patients, performing and dictating exams, history and physicals, rounding on assigned patients and writing progress notes with plan of care, and dictating discharge summary.

Also may furnish medications (non-narcotic) and durable medical equipment (DME), controlled substances III, IV, V with appropriate licensure / certification, and controlled substances II with appropriate licensure / certification.

May order blood products, laboratory tests, radiological, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and neurological studies, oxygen therapy, respiratory treatment, and pulmonary tests.

May perform drain and suture removal. May order and administer medications and IV therapy with the ability to assess and adjust appropriate dosing.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Master’s in Nursing (MSN) or DNP required. Completion of proctoring by Medical Staff Office.
• Advanced clinical knowledge and skills in the care and management of patients.

License Required

• Current license in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner in California
• Furnishing license issued by the State of California and personal DEA number.

Certifications Required

BLS required. National board certification as Nurse Practitioner in area of specialty required.

Hoag is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Hoag is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

Hoag hires a diverse group of people in a manner that allows them to reach their full potential in the pursuit of organizational objectives.