Critical Care Nurse Practitioner - Emergency Medicine Clinical Evaluation Unit

Join Duke as a Critical Care Nurse Practitioner - Emergency Medicine Clinical Evaluation Unit in Durham, North Carolina. Duke Emergency Medicine Observation Highlights: Observation Medicine at Its Best. Deliver focused, protocol-driven, top-of-scope care to patients who need short-term treatment, monitoring, and clinical decision-making in a fast-paced observation environment.

Key Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the attending physician(s), provide direct clinical services for critically ill patients according to the established protocols and utilizing evidence-based clinical practice in the Clinical Evaluation Unit.

• Perform detailed histories and physical exams on patients placed in observation.

• Develop, initiate, and manage individualized treatment plans for a broad range of acute and subacute conditions.

• Order, interpret, and act on diagnostic studies including labs, imaging, and EKGs.

Requirements

• Education Nurse Practitioners: Work requires completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, with a Master's degree in Nursing.

• Critical Care / Acute Care NP Master's or completion of ACNP/CCNP post-Master's program strongly preferred.

• Physician Assistants: Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program.

• A Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred.

Benefits & Compensation

Work Schedule

• Full-Time position.

• On-site position.

• Night or evening shifts may be required.

Work with Duke in Durham, North Carolina.