Nurse Practitioner

City / State : Bronx, New York

Grant Funded : No

Department :

Card - Heart Failure Faculty Practice

Bargaining Unit : NYSNA

Work Shift : Day

Work Days : DAYS VARY

Scheduled Hours : 7 AM-5 : 30 PM

Scheduled Daily Hours :

9.5 HOURS

Hourly Rate : $81.37

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SUMMARY OF POSITION :

The Montefiore NP maintains standards of the practice for nursing as defined by the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice and Nursing's Social Policy Statement. The NP actualizes the vision, mission, values, balanced scorecard performance measures for Montefiore Medical Center. The NP participates in performance improvement / research activities; maintains professional practice standards and clinical expertise; and demonstrates leadership skills. The NP demonstrates core and unit specific competencies based on the patient population served.

The Nurse Practitioner will assess and provide care to a selected group of patients in collaboration with physicians. The NP will be responsible for carrying out the plan of care for his / her patient panel. The NP contributes to the actualization of the philosophy and objectives of the specific Division / Department. He / she practices within the scope of practice in care delivery. He / she participates in performance improvement and research activities, and maintains professional practice standards and clinical expertise .

EDUCATION, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE :

A. New York State License for a Registered Professional Nurse and current registration or valid permit to practice in New York State as an RN.

B. Current New York State Nurse Practitioner specialty certification and registration.

C. Masters or post Master=s Certificate in specialty as a nurse practitioner preferred; or a combination of education and experience that is acceptable to N.Y. State Education Department and the Director of Nursing and / or Chairman of the Department, or Division Director.

D. National certification in nurse practitioner specialty (ie : ANCC, AACP or NAPNAP) preferred.

E. Additional education as required by specialty / patient care location

F. Effective English communication skills, both written and oral

G. Ability to use data entry and retrieval system

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.