Advanced Practice Provider ENT (Full Time, Days)

Job Summary

The ENT Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) functions independently within the delegated parameters delineated by the supervising physician. The ENT APRN is responsible for management of pediatric otolaryngology patients and participates in their clinical care as a member on the interdisciplinary team. Duties include but not limited to ascertaining a thorough patient history and physical examination, ordering and interpreting radiological and laboratory tests, diagnosis, prescribing medication, documenting patient care services in the EMR and departmental records, and when within scope of practice performing procedures. The ENT APRN reports to the ENT section chief.

Job Specific Duties

• Performs comprehensive and problem focused history and physical examinations of pediatric otolaryngology patients.
• Develops, implements, evaluates, monitors, and modifies a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Orders appropriate laboratory tests, radiographic studies and consultations.
• Performs procedures as demonstrated through competency and identified in delineation of privileges.
• Participates in performance improvement activities, quality initiatives and research.
• Generates, collects, and integrates data from a wide variety of sources in order to make clinical decisions about the initiation of appropriate orders, procedures, referrals, and treatments setting.
• Responsible for maintaining abreast of current advanced nursing scope of practice issues in order to facilitate a high quality of clinical performance and to promote professional growth.
• Writes orders, monitors and alters drug therapies, and performs other necessary procedures within the framework of an established protocol entered into a collaborative relationship with an MD.
• Provides inpatient consults and rounds on post-operative inpatient patients in a combination of inpatient hospital and outpatient office setting. Provides care to same day walk in visits.
• Precepts APP students.

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