Perioperative Nurse Practitioner Flex

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Perioperative Advanced Practice Providers (APP) are members of the perioperative health care team working in collaboration with anesthesiology, surgery, nursing, and other health care professionals to provide pre-surgical management. APPs in this clinical role are responsible for completing the History and Physical examination on surgical candidates and coordinating with the Surgical and Anesthesia teams to meet the pre-surgical needs of patients. Responsibilities included in the Perioperative APP role includes: management of chronic/acute illness and disease, leadership in clinical practice, arrangement of clinical consultation, promotion of education, involvement in scholarly work and service activities, fiscal responsibility, and dedication to professional growth and development.

Department: Periop APP
Hours per week: varies based on the needs of the unit
Shift: 8 hour shifts, days

Come Write Your Story With Us

• BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association required. Prescriptive Authority, DEA, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) preferred.
• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master’s Degree Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) or Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
• Experience: Three years combined experience as RN or PNP
• Licensure(s): Registered Nurse (RN) License; Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
• Certification(s): Primary Care, Acute Care, or Dual Acute/Primary Care certification
  • BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association required. Prescriptive Authority, DEA, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) preferred.

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

• Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs
• Infancy - >30 days to 1yr
• Neonate - <30 days
• Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs
• School age - >5yrs to 13yrs
• Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs
• Toddlers - >1yr to 3yrs

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

Family Centered Care:

Teamwork and Collaboration:

Quality and Safety:

Leadership and Professionalism:

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES

• Provides and coordinates care for patients presenting for surgical procedures, through a collaborative practice with the Anesthesia and Surgical care team
• Assesses family communication, adaptation, and coping skills to provide the best support for the family, including recognizing when the need for crisis or other interventions may be necessary
• Maintains a knowledge base by reading professional literature, attending educational programs, and reviewing changes in health legislation and relevant professional research
• Collects pertinent patient information including clinical history, diagnostic tests, physical examination and behavioral and developmental assessments
• Works effectively in a multi-disciplinary, academic health care setting
• Accurately documents relevant data including but not limited to results of diagnostic tests, laboratory results, patients’ condition, response to therapies and follow-up interventions
• Utilizes appropriate resources and inter-disciplinary team to establish appropriate priorities of care
• Evaluates patient physiological and behavioral responses to interventions for revision of management plans
• Demonstrates appropriate knowledge and implementation of evidence-based clinical care to improve outcomes
• Maintains clinical competency
• Maintains knowledge of normal and abnormal variations for all body systems and ability to incorporate assessment findings into management
• Manages multiple patients on a care team

SCOPE & LEVEL

• Complexity: Falls between the entry and full performance/senior level. Duties assigned are generally repetitive and restricted in scope but may be of substantial intricacy. Employee primarily applies standardized practices.
• Communications: Contacts with team members, clients or the public where explanatory or interpretive information is exchanged, gathered, or presented and some degree of discretion and judgment are required within the parameters of the job function.
• Guidelines: Developmental, standard, or intermediate level. Guidelines are generally numerous, well established, and directly applicable to the work assignment. Work assignment and desired results are explained by general oral or written instructions.
• Supervision Received: Under normal supervision, within a standardized work situation, the employee performs duties common to the line of work without close supervision or detailed instruction. Work product is subject to continual review.
• Decision Making: Decisions or recommendations on non-standardized situations are limited to relating organizational policies to specific cases. Brings non routine issues to supervisor. Problems that are not covered by guidelines or that are without precedent are taken up with the supervisor.

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Hearing
  • Constantly uses hearing in performance for daily job duties.
• Will frequently use hands while keyboarding and writing.
• Back and Upper Body (lifting and carrying)
• Vision
  • Constantly uses sight in performance for daily job duties.
• Others
  • Able to assist or assume direct patient care as census directly permits. Exposure to unsteady or falling patient: In the course of transferring a patient, may encounter a patient who falls or loses balance, causing employee to fall and/or bear the full weight of a patient.
• Will frequently sit for 2-4 hours per day while accessing computer, talking on the telephone, and while attending meetings.
• Constantly uses sight in performance for daily job duties.
• Able to assist or assume direct patient care as census directly permits. Exposure to unsteady or falling patient: In the course of transferring a patient, may encounter a patient who falls or loses balance, causing employee to fall and/or bear the full weight of a patient.
• Constantly uses hearing in performance for daily job duties.
• Will frequently stand/walk for 6-8 hours per day.
• Will occasionally lift/force exerted up to 100 pounds.
• Body Movement:
  • Will frequently stand/walk for 6-8 hours per day.
  • Will frequently use hands while keyboarding and writing.
  • Will frequently sit for 2-4 hours per day while accessing computer, talking on the telephone, and while attending meetings.
  • Back and Upper Body (lifting and carrying)
  • Will occasionally lift/force exerted up to 100 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.
• Exposure: Exposure to radiation: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to heights: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to lung irritations: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Frequent.
• Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Regular/Frequent.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

Salary Information

Benefits Information

As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid sick leave and a robust wellness program.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.