Night Nurse Practitioner
Northside Hospital
Night Nurse Practitioner
Northside Hospital
Georgia nonprofit health system
Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.
Under general supervision, medical consultation, and direction as outlined in an approved Georgia Nurse Protocol Agreement, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides advanced nursing and medical care to critically ill cardiac patients in the intensive care setting. The NP performs comprehensive assessments; establishes medical diagnoses; orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests; initiates and manages therapeutic interventions; and coordinates care in collaboration with the cardiovascular critical care team.
Practice is conducted in accordance with Georgia Board of Nursing regulations, institutional policies, and the NP’s education, training, certification, and granted clinical privileges.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED1. Master’s degree in Nursing.2. Currently licensed as an advanced practice nurse in the state of Georgia by the GeorgiaBoard of Nursing and certified as a Nurse Practitioner by the American NursesCredentialing Center (ANCC) or equivalent body. Nurse Practitioner candidates must holdAcute Care certification (ACNP or AGACNP).3. Please refer to the Medical Staff Guidelines for certifications and credentialing applicableto this position.4. Must hold American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.5. Must hold American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
Georgia nonprofit health system
Northside Hospital is a nonprofit health system providing hospital and outpatient care to communities across Atlanta and north Georgia. Its specialty services span maternity and newborn care, cancer treatment, cardiovascular medicine, surgery and emergency care, supported by a network of physicians and diagnostic services. Northside says its maternity service delivers more babies annually than any other community hospital in the United States; patients receive inpatient and ambulatory care through its hospitals and outpatient facilities. The system combines clinical services with research and community education, and traces its operating roots to the 1970 opening of its Atlanta flagship; its headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia.
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