Nurse Practitioner

SUMMARY:

The Nurse Practitioner is accountable to facilitate a quality hospital experience and outcome for patients within a cost-effective time frame. Under the general supervision of the Medical Director, and in cooperation with the Director, Diagnostic Imaging, and Diagnostic Imaging Manager, is responsible for coordinating patient care activities for select at risk individuals with clinically
significant cancers.

The Nurse Practitioner at the Breast Imaging Center
facilitates the experience and outcomes for patients on the continuum from
screening to diagnosis to breast cancer treatment. Acts as an educator, consultant, and liaison to healthcare providers caring for the patients across the care continuum.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

Instill Trust and Value Differences
Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES:

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES:

Demonstrates a fundamental grounding in
nursing theory and practice with mastery of knowledge within a defined content
area.

Manages a caseload of patients with breast
health care needs in partnership with the healthcare team to optimize health
status and coordinate care over time and across healthcare settings.

Provides leadership in the development,
validation, implementation, and evaluation of standards, policies, procedures,
and critical paths to support the patient care delivery model.

Oversees care coordination in acute, home
care, and ambulatory care settings as feasible. Effectively communicates with
referring providers and the health care team at the breast imaging center to
provide patients with patient-centered and evidence-based care.

Assists the healthcare team to achieve mutually
agreed upon healthcare goals by providing necessary support, education and
encouragement.

Demonstrates advanced physical and
psychosocial assessment skills and knowledge of family dynamics.

Provides direct care to patients in acute
care, ambulatory care and home care settings. This includes providing patients
breast cancer risk assessment, educating patients on imaging results, providing
pre- and post- procedure education and wound care, assisting with procedures, compassionately
delivering biopsy results, and efficiently making referrals for treatment.

Assists
in assuring proper compliance with outside regulatory agencies and assists in preparation
and maintaining necessary data collection for regulatory certifications for the
center.

Performs advanced practice skills under the
supervision of the Medical Director.

Provides expert consultation for clinical
issues promoting increased knowledge and skills for the consultee.

Participates in the education, clinical
research and mentoring of healthcare providers.

Facilitates patient/family education in
area of expertise.

Annually completes mandatory safety
infection control, BLS, and ACLS/PALS.

Prescriptive privileges per licensure.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.BASIC KNOWLEDGE:
Masters 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.
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 RESPONSIBILITIES:
None.

Pay Range:

EEO Statement:

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

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