Allegheny Health Network Careers

Date: 07/26/2016
Job Number: 51570
Location: West Penn Hospital
Department: Cardiovascular
Status: casual
 

Allegheny Health Network is an integrated delivery network focused on preserving health care choice and providing affordable, high-quality care to the people in our communities. With more than 14,000 employees including 7,400 health care professionals, nearly 200 primary care and specialty care practices, Allegheny Health Network includes seven hospitals in Pennsylvania with nearly 2,400 licensed beds.
Allegheny Health Network’s clinical expertise ranges from primary care to the most complex surgical procedures. Services include cancer diagnosis and treatment, cardiovascular care, neurological and neurosurgical services, organ transplantation, orthopedic and rehabilitation services, and women’s health.
Job Summary: Functions in the expanded role as a professional nurse, performs acts of medical diagnosis or prescription of medical therapeutic or corrective measures in collaboration with and under the direction of a physician licensed to practice medicine.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assesses, evaluates, and intervenes in the physical, mental, and developmental health of the patient through performance of enhanced physical assessment using patient/family interviews, observation, inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion.
• Coordinates the plan of care within the area of specialty.
• Discriminates between normal, normal variations, and abnormal deviations by specific screening tests and refers patient with abnormal finding to appropriate healthcare services.
• Communicates with patient, family, interdisciplinary team and community health services as appropriate; including patient/family education.
• Demonstrates effective leadership skills while contributing to Department, Division and Hospital goals.
• Responsible for professional development.
• Must be a graduate of an accredited PA State Nursing Board approved Master's or Post Master's nurse practitioner program; or have completed an approved program that was in existence prior to change in PA. Professional Nursing law 63PS (2002)

Education:

• Licensure/ Current PA RN; plus meet the current requirements for state certification for a nurse practitioner in PA.

Certification/Registration:

• Requires critical thinking skills and decisive judgment. Incumbent has the ability to identify patient care needs and begin to prioritize patient care needs with minimal supervision.

Complexity of Work:

• Follows Standard Precautions and/or other appropriate precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Personal Protective Equipment: Required

Experience:

• Two years RN experience in Cardiology strongly preferred.