Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant -Hospital Medicine
Slidell, LA
- Eligibility
- NP
- Unit
- Acute Care
Posted Sep 11
What the listing says
Role
- Accepts
- NP
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Similar roles post
- LA nursing roles that state pay post $33/hr to $53/hr
LA nursing postings that state pay run $27/hr to $58/hr, the middle half $33/hr to $53/hr, across 155 postings. That covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
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About this role
This job works in a collaborative model including but not limited to: residents, fellows, attendings, and staff who care for hospital medicine patients on floors of the Medical Center. This job works under the supervision of the Medical Director or approved staff physician and in association with the PCCs, staff nurses, and discharge coordinator in the planning, implementation and evaluation of medical and nursing care; and assumes responsibility for primary and urgent medical management, emergency stabilization of all critically ill patients, teaching of residents and medical students, staff development and education, patient education and discharge planning.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
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This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at the company's discretion.
Must have computer skills and dexterity required for data entry and retrieval of required job information. Effectively verbal and written communication skills and the ability to present information clearly and professionally. Strong interpersonal skills.
Duties performed routinely require exposure to blood, body fluid and tissue. The incumbent works in a patient care area; works in an area where patients enter; works directly with patients; and/or works with specimens that could contain communicable diseases. There may be an occupational risk for exposure to communicable diseases.
Because the incumbent works within a healthcare setting, there may be occupational risk for exposure to hazardous medications or hazardous waste within the environment through receipt, transport, storage, preparation, dispensing, administration, cleaning and/or disposal of contaminated waste. The risk level of exposure may increase depending on the essential job duties of the role.
Sourced from Ochsner Health’s careers page.
Requirements
- Certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist by either AACN or ANCC
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certification from the American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification from the American Heart Association
- Current license as a Physician Assistant in the state of practice
- National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) certified
Benefits
- N/A
Place
- City
- Slidell, LA
- State price level
- 12% below the national average
Louisiana index 88.2, where 100 is the national average.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities.
How this role fits you
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On your path
Nurse Practitioner is advanced-practice territory. The long route; independence depends on your state.
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