Nurse Practitioner - MICU, Nights

Job Responsibility

• Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.

• Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to ensure complete screening and preparation of patients.

• Performs daily patient rounds.

• Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.

• Interprets laboratory and test results.

• Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care.

• Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on patient charts.

• Informs patients of the necessary post-discharge care instructions.

• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Master’s Degree in a Nurse Practitioner Program and National Board Certification in specialty area required. Current license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in New York State, and current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State, required. Has a collaborative practice agreement with designated protocols filed with NYS Department of Education OR collaborative relationship attestation as per the Nurse Practitioner Modernization Act 2015.

Current BLS certification, required. 1-year Critical Care as an ACP required Or Completion of the Critical Care Fellowship.

*Additional Salary Detail

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South Shore University Hospital is a 305-bed tertiary teaching hospital and a Level 2 Trauma Center. South Shore University Hospital has received numerous awards for our exceptional patient care, including being named one of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals for COPD, heart failure and orthopedics.

Additionally, we are proud to be the first hospital on Long Island to be recognized for achievement in heart attack care by the American Heart Association with the Mission: Lifeline Gold Award, ranked one of the 50 Best Hospitals in the U.S. for heart surgery by Healthgrades, and listed as a Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital by IBM Watson Health.

In addition, SSUH has received the Silver Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) for our Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit.

South Shore University is a state designated and Gold Plus award-winning stroke center, and has been designated as a Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology and Robotic Surgery.

The hospital also offers specialized services in cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, orthopedics, general surgery, bariatrics, neurosciences and women’s health.