Critical Care Shock Trauma ICU Nurse Practitioner
4 days ago
Overview
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Critical Care Shock Trauma ICU Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our team. As a key member of our healthcare team, you will provide exceptional patient care and work collaboratively with our multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care.
Responsibilities
- Clinical Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive history and physical assessment for patients admitted to the Shock Trauma ICU.
- Order, obtain, and interpret diagnostic tests as needed.
- Establish medical diagnosis based on history, assessment, and diagnostic findings.
- Design, order, and document treatment plans, including prescriptions of medications.
- Initiate protocols and clinical pathways, evaluating the plan of care to ensure timely intervention.
- Perform invasive procedures as needed.
- Collaborate with attending physicians and residents regarding admission, discharge, and transfer decisions.
- Present patients in the nurse practitioner's caseload on rounds.
- Communicate the plan of care with appropriate providers, including the collaborative physician, primary care provider, referring provider, nursing staff, and case manager.
- Communicate the plan of care with patients and family members, providing patient and family instruction related to the plan of care, disease process, new treatment plans, and medication regimens.
- Counsel and educate patients and family members in disease process, health maintenance, and health promotion activities.
- Initiate appropriate referrals and specialty consultations or other agency involvement as needed.
- Facilitate patient flow, collaborating with the multidisciplinary team to ensure appropriate and timely discharge.
- Provide specialty consultation as needed.
- Advocate for patients, ensuring patient/family participation in care, knowledge of treatment options, and understanding of patient rights.
- Consider the holistic needs of patients, orchestrating resources as needed.
- Perform other activities as delineated in the nurse practitioner's written agreement.
- Provide formal and informal educational programs for other members of the healthcare team, consistent with evidence-based practice standards.
- Participate in mentoring activities, precepting students as needed.
- Promote understanding of disease processes in the area of specialty/program.
- Function as a clinical resource for other team members, including interns, residents, fellows, nurses, and medical students.
- Provide community education, health promotion, and outreach as needed.
- Act as a community health resource for specialty disease entities.
- Coordinate adequate nurse practitioner coverage on the service, working with the physician and nurse practitioner staff to ensure this coverage.
- Work with physician leaders and hospital administration to achieve service-specific outcome targets for key metrics, including clinical outcomes, length of stay, cost of care, and patient satisfaction.
- Participate in performance improvement activities aimed at improving clinical outcomes and minimizing variation.
- Develop clinical pathways in collaboration with physician leadership and the multidisciplinary team.
- Participate in and lead quality assurance activities, including chart reviews and peer review, and establish standards of practice.
- Advance the patient care delivery process through the application of research, evidence-based practice standards, and industry best practices.
- Advise and influence hospital-level policy and procedure to improve the delivery of care.
- Introduce and evaluate new patient care delivery systems, models of care, and therapeutic and preventive interventions that target patient needs not met by current care delivery strategies.
- Actively participate and contribute to various department and division meetings and organizational initiatives.
- Maintain compliance and regulatory documentation for administrative purposes and reimbursement for services.
- Participate in accreditation readiness.
- Supervise ancillary staff, including completing annual reviews.
- Model and uphold a customer service focus to all internal and external customers.
- Demonstrate respect for all people in the work environment.
- Ensure confidentiality of patient information.
- Serve on department, hospital, and community committees.
- Maintain professional licensure, certification, and collaborative agreement as required by the Maryland State Board of Nursing and national certifying organizations.
- Participate in department educational opportunities, including journal clubs and grand rounds.
- Participate in and present at local, regional, and national professional organizations.
- Pursue educational opportunities for professional growth, including CEUs and update conferences.
- Promote the organization to all customers, acting as a loyal and supportive informed spokesperson for the hospital.
- Serve as a clinical trial sub-investigator, participating in or coordinating all phases of industry-sponsored research.
- Doctorally prepared nurse practitioners are expected to conduct nursing research as the principal investigator, adding to the body of knowledge in the nursing domain.
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