Gastroenterology Specialist

Job Highlights:

Gastroenterology Nurse Practitioner - DePaul GI Group

• Collaborate with physicians to deliver best care in a busy GI practice on campus at DePaul Hospital.
• Work with a team of 3 physicians and 2 nurse practitioners in a large volume, busy practice.
• Enjoy autonomy with new and existing patients in a Monday to Friday clinic setting.
• Benefit from competitive compensation and a full complement of benefits.
• Join a physician-led organization with more than 65 locations throughout the service area.
• Work in a collegial, supportive environment with flexible schedules, favorable call schedules, and generous time-off plans.

About St. Louis:

St. Louis is an affordable place to live with 2.8 million residents and a wide range of activities for everyone. Highlights include the world-renowned St. Louis Arch, the St. Louis Symphony, Fox Theater, Art Museum, Science Center, Missouri Botanical Gardens, and one of the best zoos in the country.

Job Summary:

In collaboration with physician(s), demonstrates and provides professional nursing care to specialty patients requiring an advanced level of knowledge and management of their nursing care.

Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Initiates and provides medical interventions in response to acute changes in patient conditions.
• Provides educational services to nursing and ancillary departments and serves as an educational consultant on clinical practice issues.
• Applies evidence-based practices to achieve multidisciplinary collaboration to facilitate continuity of care.
• Contributes to the satisfaction of the medical staff by collaborating with physicians to deliver best care.
• Recognizes and utilizes opportunities to act as a change agent by introducing nursing practice innovations.
• Evaluates nursing practices associated with specialty area, defines needs/problems with patient care, and makes constructive suggestions that create a positive patient outcome.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Completion of a formal post-basic education program from or formally affiliated with an accredited college, university, or hospital (Before July 1, 1998) or a graduate degree from an accredited college or university (After July 1, 1998) with a concentration in the appropriate advanced practice nursing clinical specialty area.
• Board certification by a national recognized certifying board in the appropriate population focus.
• Current or compact RN license in the appropriate state.
• Appropriate APRN license or document of recognition in the appropriate state.

Experience:

• One year of experience.

Physical Requirements:

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching, and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds, and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping, and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

Required Professional License and/or Certifications:

• Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR).
• APN Controlled Substance - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR).
• Full Practice Authority APRN Control Substance - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR).
• Full Practice Authority APRN - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR).
• Nurse Practitioner - Missouri Division of Professional Registration.
• Registered Nurse Practitioner - Missouri Division of Professional Registration.
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN).
• Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C) - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
• Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber (APNP) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services.

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America).

Job Type:

Employee.