Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Advance Practice Registered Nurse (Acute Care Clinic) Job Opening in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii - Job Description
Perform a variety of professional clinical duties in a direct health care, urgent care setting - responsible for treating a full range of urgent, emergent and chronic illness and injury, and for developing and implementing an immediate and comprehensive treatment plan.
Assignments include a wide range of activities including assessing, planning, evaluating and modifying the treatment of patients in the Acute Care Clinic(ACC) Section. Secure a comprehensive medical history from the patient or family member, records findings and makes clinical evaluation. Examine patients and performs patient work-up and assessment of patients' care and treatment; and determine the need for and orders laboratory tests, X-rays and other procedures necessary to complete assessment of the patient.
Treat patients who may have complex combinations of medical, surgical and psychiatric problems.
Demonstrate expertise in the clinical assessment and understanding of forensic implications of assault, abuse and neglect. Discriminate between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional or mental problems.
In the event of emergencies within the Acute Care Clinic (ACC), performs or supervises BLS, perform ACLS and PALS or assists physician with ACLS/PALS.
In the event of emergency within the USAHC-SB footprint, respond with Code Blue Team to employ BLS, ACLS, and PALS protocols then arrange for ALS transport to a higher echelon of care.
Make appropriate entries in the Composite Healthcare Computer System (CHCS) to document, refer, and order any and all procedures, test and prescriptions. If necessary, utilize the appropriate hardcopy for if CHCS in not operational.
Qualifications:
Must have and maintain a license for the advanced practice level in accordance with the U.S. jurisdiction requirement of their currently held RN license. Must have and maintain an unencumbered state license, with no limitations, stipulations, or pending adverse action, in any state in the United States, District of Columba, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam or the Virgin Islands.
Be board certified by a nationally recognized certifying body ? either the American Nurse?s Credentialing Center, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioner, the National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses or the National Certifications Corporation.
Be currently trained, certified and maintain certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through an American Heart Association hands on training program. No on-line course will be accepted.
Advance Practice Registered Nurse Acute Care Clinic (ACC) - Have and maintain current certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) training and certification with hand-on training through an American Heart Association approved training program. Online certification is unacceptable.
Must possess a minimum of three (3) years of experience as licensed, board certified APRN with continuous experience during the last (12 months) in a direct health care, urgent setting serving infant to geriatric.
Must have a minimum three years of experience as a licensed, board certified APRN with continuous experience during the last twelve (12) months.
Must be able to pass background investigation; Must be a graduate of an approved Nurse Practitioner program accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC).
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $110,000.00 to $150,000.00 /year
Job Location:
Schofield Barracks, HI
Required license or certification:
Must have and maintain a license for the advanced practice level in accordance with the U.S. jurisdiction requirement of their currently held RN license. Must have and maintain an unencumbered state license, with no limitations, stipulations, or pending adverse action, in any state in the United States, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam or the Virgin Islands.
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