Advance Practice Provider (FT) APP Heart Transplant -NB at RWJBarnabas Health – New Brunswick, New Jersey

Job Overview:

RWJBarnabas Health is looking for a fulltime APP in New Brunswick, NJ. The APN, under the Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant & Mechanical Assist Device Service at RWJUH will practice within inpatient and outpatient adult population. Pre-Transplant and Heart Failure -Develops and implements a collaborative practice agreement specific to the clinical areas the APN will conduct their practice within, and performs a periodic review of the collaborative agreement in accordance with hospital policy.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Current License as a registered professional nurse in the State of New Jersey
• Certification by the New Jersey Board of Nursing as an Advanced Practice Nurse
• Must have pediatric experience
• EMR experience required
• Must be willing to travel between all three locations as needed

Preferred:

• BA/BS/BSN degree
• Epic experience preferred

Certifications and Licenses Required:

• New Jersey RN License
• BLS Certification approved by AHA

Scheduling Requirements:

• Day Shift, 40 hours/week
• Full-time Schedule

Essential Functions:

• Administers immunizations, and injections as directed by physician.
• Assists physician in examination and treatment of patients and in all special procedures including minor surgery as required.
• Assists the physician with patients including preparing patients and the examination rooms, taking initial medical history for the chart, taking vital signs, making lab and x-ray appointments, and explaining the preparations to the patients and documenting same.
• Assists with the preparation of equipment and aids physician during treatment, examination, and testing of patients in accordance with nursing standards.
• Handles all prescription refills and call-ins to pharmacies and patients.
• Maintains and keeps examination rooms and treatment areas clean, including, washes and dries instruments used, and prepares sterilization as required. Keeps examination rooms properly stocked with supplies.
• Maintains lab log book and record of OSHA related logs.
• Maintains medical inventories according to established par levels; orders supplies, checks deliveries for accuracy; reconciles discrepancies; reviews bills for accuracy; submits bills to Practice Manager or Assistant Office Manager.
• Other duties may consist of notifying patients of lab results, administering injectable medications prescribed by the physician; in house lab work and specimen preparations for microscope.
• Performs laboratory and diagnostic procedures, i.e. venipunctures, urinalysis, glucose and hemoglobin assessments and preparation of lab specimens and forwards to appropriate lab for processing.
• Provides general nursing care to patients. Handles medical problems, treatments and diagnoses, and follows medical directions given by the physician.
• Provides scheduling or general problem issues to Practice Manager and operational issues to the Director of Operations.
• Receives and handles phone calls as directed by physician.
• Removes lab reports from printer and attaches to chart for MD to review.
• Removes sutures, cleans wounds and applies dressings as directed by physician.
• Responsible for interpretation and implementation of physician orders.
• Responsible for medical education needs of patients.
• Responsible for proper handling and storage of all medications stored in the office. Periodically checks expiration dates on inhouse medications and immunizations.
• Reviews scheduled patient’s charts for all documents, obtain documents if absent.