CRNP, Southwestern Veterans' Center
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Job Description: UPMC Community Medicine Incorporated is hiring a full-time Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner to support Comprehensive Care Associates. This role works out of the Southwestern Veterans Center Nursing Home. The schedule is Monday-Friday daylight shifts, no weekend or holidays. Southwestern Veterans' Center provides residents with the care and support they need in order to live an active and healthy life with as much independence as possible\n See what being an Advanced Practice Provider can do for UPMC and what UPMC can do for Advanced Practice Providers - it's more than just a job! \n What Can You Bring to UPMC?\n\nContribute to UPMC's mission of Life Changing Medicine \nSet the standards for the level and quality of care for the care delivery team \nProvide patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication and collaboration with all team members. \nEstablish and maintain collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care. \nDemonstrate a commitment to the community and to your health care profession \n\n What UPMC Can Do for You: \n\nA career path that provides you with the right experience to be successful in the position you want to obtain now and, in the future \nHealth and welfare benefits like medical, vision, dental, and life and disability, and an exceptional retirement program \nWork life balance to help manage other importance aspects of your life such as: PTO, wellness programs, paid parental leave \nCompetitive pay for the work that you do - base pay, merit, and premium pay\n\n Staff Level: \n The Staff Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a Physician Assistant or Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner and a member of the care delivery team. The Staff APP is responsible to set the standards for the level and quality of care. The Staff APP has responsibility, authority and accountability for the provision of care through supervision by and collaboration with a physician. The Staff APP manages and provides patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication and collaboration with all team members. The role of the Staff APP encompasses the beginnings of leadership, partnership, collaboration and supervision. The Staff APP establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The Staff APP begins to demonstrate a commitment to the community and to their healthcare profession.\n The successful candidate will be placed according to years and months of experience for employment purposes.\nDemonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and/or interact appropriately to the patients served as specified below \nDemonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span \nPossess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs \nProvide the care needs as described in the department policy and procedures \n\n Special Skills and Abilities Required: \n\nAbility to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families \nAbility to work productively and effectively within a complex environment \nHandle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment \nCritical thinking, analytical and problem-solving abilities required as related to various aspects of patient care \nGood clinical judgment \nCritical thinking skills necessary to exercise and lead others in application of acceptable standards of practice \nMobility and visual manual dexterity \nPhysical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting and positioning of patients \n\n This position is dependent upon successful attainment and maintenance of hospital privileges, if applicable to the Business Unit practice. \n Licensure, Education, Certifications, and Clearances \n CRNP: \n\nThe successful completion of an approved nurse practitioner program is required \nBSN, MSN is preferred \nProfessional nursing experience and/or nurse practitioner experience is preferred \nCurrent state RN license and CRNP certification are required \nNational certification, eligible for licensure by Pennsylvania board of nursing, eligible for certification as a CRNP by Pennsylvania state board of nursing \nCurrent CPR certification is required \nAct 34 Clearance required \nAdvanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) OR Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)\n\n UPMC has a Center for Engagement and Inclusions that is charged with executing leading-edge and next- generation diversity strategies to advance the organization's diversity management capability and its national presence as a diversity leader. This includes having Employee Resources Groups, such as PRIDE Health or UPMC ENABLED (Empowering Abilities and Leveraging Difference) Network, that support the implementation of our diversity strategy.\n UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran