Nurse Practitioner

Summary:

The NP / PA is accountable to facilitate a quality experience and outcome for patients. The Nurse Practitioner will report to the Medical Director of Weight Management Services and participate in the progress of patients within the scope of Weight Management.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates a fundamental grounding in nursing theory and practice with mastery of knowledge within a defined content area.
• Manages Weight Management patients in partnership with the Medical Director to optimize health status and weight management goals.
• Provides leadership in the development validation implementation and evaluation of standards policies procedures and critical paths to support the patient care delivery model.
• Assists the medical director to achieve mutually agreed upon weight management goals by providing necessary support education and encouragement.
• Demonstrates advanced physical and psychosocial assessment skills and knowledge of weight management patients.
• Provides expert consultation for weight management issues promoting increased knowledge and skills for the consultee.
• Facilitates patient/family education in area of expertise.
• Annually completes mandatory safety infection control BLS and ACLS/PALS.
• Prescriptive privileges per licensure.

Basic Knowledge:

• Master's of Science Degree Graduate of accredited Nurse Practitioner program. Specialty certification required.
• Baccalaureate in Nursing.
• Certified in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS).
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients with consideration of aging processes human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.

Experience:

• Two years related experience as RN in acute care hospital setting and preferred 1-2 years' experience as a nurse practitioner.
• Oncology experience preferred.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements:

General hospital environment with occasional stressful conditions associated with patient care.

Independent Action:

Responds to individual patient-care situations demonstrating knowledge and skills acquired through education certification and work experience.

Supervisory Responsibility:

None.

Brown University Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age ethnicity sexual orientation ancestry genetics gender identity or expression disability protected veteran or marital status. Brown University Health is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.