APRN - Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine

Highlights

• Level II Trauma Center with a 32-bed ICU
• Collaborative Pulmonary & Critical Care team
• 3 x 13 hour shifts/week or if preferred, 1 x 25 hour shift + 1 x 13 hour shift
• Combo days/nights/weekends (including holidays)
• Inpatient-focused role with rotational support of Concord Hospital-Laconia
• Opportunity to care for high-acuity critical care patients in a team-based environment
• ICU experience is preferred

Summary

Provide inpatient Pulmonary & Critical Care services to adult patients with acute and complex medical conditions. Work alongside Pulmonary/Critical Care physicians, perform comprehensive assessments, participate in ICU rounds, manages treatment plans, coordinate care across disciplines, work independently with physician support, value co-managed ICU environment, and support patients and families throughout hospitalization.

Education

• Graduate of an accredited Advanced Practice Nursing Program
• Master's degree or higher in Nursing required

Licensure & Certification

• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP)
• Current licensure in New Hampshire or eligibility for licensure
• AANP or ANCC certification
• Current ACLS certification
• DEA registration and prescriptive authority

Experience

Required

• Critical Care/ICU RN experience

Strongly Preferred

• APRN experience in Critical Care, Pulmonary Medicine, Hospital Medicine, or Emergency Medicine

Key Responsibilities

• Perform patient assessments, histories, physical exams, and differential diagnoses
• Manage acute and chronic pulmonary and critical care conditions
• Conduct daily ICU rounds and inpatient pulmonary consultations
• Order and interpret diagnostic testing and develop treatment plans
• Prescribe and manage medications within scope of practice
• Collaborate with physicians, nursing, respiratory therapy, and consulting services
• Provide patient and family education
• Coordinate admissions, transfers, discharge planning, and follow-up care
• Complete timely and accurate EMR documentation
• Participate in quality, safety, and performance improvement initiatives

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Physical and Work Requirements

• The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is LIGHT. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull less than 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 pounds.
• The employee is frequently required to bend, do fine motor, hear, reach, sit, speak, and walk. The employee is occasionally required to do repetitive motion, squat, and stand.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
• The employee is frequently exposed to bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne pathogens, chemotherapeutic agents, toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.