Nurse Practitioner, Orthopedic Surgery, - PRN, Days

Registered Nurse Practitioner, Orthopedic Surgery

Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together

Work location: Texas Health Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, Texas, 75231

Work Hours: PRN, Days; 7:00am – 5:00pm

Orthopedic Surgery Department Highlights:

· Level 1 Trauma Center

· Specialized Joint Replacement Program

· 6 person Orthopedic Surgery APP Team

Registered Nurse Practitioner, Orthopedic Surgery

Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together

Work location: Texas Health Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, Texas, 75231

Work Hours: PRN, Days; 7:00am – 5:00pm

Orthopedic Surgery Department Highlights:

· Level 1 Trauma Center

· Specialized Joint Replacement Program

· 6 person Orthopedic Surgery APP Team

Here’s What You Need

· Bachelor’s Degree Graduate of an accredited nursing program required and

· Master’s Degree Graduate of Nurse Practitioner program required

· Other – CLIAFE – Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency required

· 2 years of experience as Nurse Practitioner preferred

· Acute Care certification preferred

· 1 year experience in Orthopedic Surgery preferred

· RN – Registered Nurse upon hire required AND

· APRN – Advance Practice Registered Nurse upon hire required AND

· NP – Nurse Practitioner upon hire required

· ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 30 days preferred

· BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support (prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly) required and

· ACNP – Acute Care Nurse Practitioner preferred or

· FNP – Family Nurse Practitioner required or

· ANNP – Adult Nurse Nurse Practitioner required or

· PMHNP – Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner required or

· AGNP – Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner required

· Other – Must be credentialed by Medical Staff Services

Here’s What You Will Do

· Utilize principles and skills in communication and interviewing techniques in obtaining a comprehensive health history to formulate a plan of care and make decisions for appropriate therapeutic

· Use principles and skills in advanced health assessment for differentiating normal and abnormal findings

• Synthesize knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, culture, and socioeconomics to access, evaluate, and provide therapeutic interventions to patients
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to improve care processes in order to promote continuity of care
• Initiate actions to meet patients/families’ needs
• Take actions to reduce patients risks
• Perform specialty specific technical procedures safely and proficiently
• Produce documentation that initiates, follows, and revises patients' plan of care
• Focus on adherence to clinical pathways, protocols, and policies to ensure high reliability of clinical program
• Promote population health through the evaluation of care delivery models as they pertain to community, environmental, cultural and socio-economical dimensions of health.

For more than a half-century, Texas Health Dallas has been at the forefront of health care in North Texas. We’re an 875-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital serving our community in and around Dallas since 1966. We specialize in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, women’s services and emergency medicine, we’ve got it. Plus, we’re a renowned Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a Comprehensive Stroke and Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and provide wellness services, outpatient surgery and women’s imaging services. Texas Health Dallas is a joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, a Level I Trauma Center,&