Nurse Practitioner

Education & Experience

• Master’s Degree in Nursing as Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
• Minimum 2 years experience preferred.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification

• Current Texas registered nurse license.
• Certified as a WHNP or FNP.
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (CPR)
• Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Certification preferred

Key Responsibilities:

• Help plan and coordinate the delivery of quality and safe patient care for inpatients and outpatient setting
• Collaborating with physicians within the framework of approved guidelines and protocols, following established clinical protocols and clinical practice guidelines.
• Works in an independent and interdependent relationship with members of the medical staff, which allows for consultation, collaboration, or referral.
• Maintains legible, accurate, and confidential medical records. Documents all medical evaluations, diagnoses, procedures, treatment, outcomes, education, referrals, and consultations consistent with NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance), and state regulatory standards.
• Completes hospital rounds as requested or required by the physician.
• Completes daily assignments and documentation within requested time frame.
• Provides leadership, direction, and support for nursing staff.
• Adheres to, interprets and monitors established clinical and administrative policies, procedures and standards.
• Demonstrates effective use of time management, conflict/problem resolution and delegation skills.
• Acts as a liaison between staff, physicians and patients to facilitate problem resolution.
• Coordinates and communicates patient care activities with health care team members and appropriate departments, including admissions and discharges, triage, physician orders and rounds.
• Demonstrates clear, concise professional communication with all contacts in a manner which conveys mutual respect and concern.
• Actively facilitates a positive proactive tone with co-workers and patients
• Acts as a clinical resource/role model to other members of the health care team.
• Maintains professional and appropriate communication and behavior with patients, co-workers, physicians, and vendors.
• Maintains HIPAA confidentiality at all times.

Benefits Offered

We have many plans with various deductibles, which can cover individuals or families so you can customize a plan that will work for you! Steward Health Care works with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to provide affordable health insurance for our employees. Our Health Plans Highlights are:

• • Deductibles will not apply to services provided by a Steward provider (Tier 1).
  • Office visits copays will be $0 when a member uses a Steward Provider (Tier 1).
  • Mental Health and Substance Abuse office visits will be $0 for all In-Network providers (Tier1, Tier 2, and Tier 3).

Steward Health Care is the largest private, for-profit health care network in the United States. The company is owned and led by a management team of Steward physicians. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Steward employs more than 40,000 health care professionals and operates 35 hospitals across the United States and in the countries of Malta and Colombia which regularly receive top awards for quality and safety. The Steward network includes multiple urgent care centers and skilled nursing facilities, substantial behavioral health services, more than 7,000 beds under management, and approximately 2.2 million full risk covered lives through the company's managed care and health insurance services.

The Steward Health Care Network includes more than 5,000 physicians across 800 communities who help to provide more than 12 million patient encounters annually. Steward Medical Group, the company's employed physician group, provides more than six million patient encounters per year. The Steward Hospital Group operates hospitals in Malta, Colombia and nine states across the U.S., including Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah. For more information, visit www.steward.org.