Nurse Practitioner, Per Diem

About the Role

The Department of Neurological Surgery at UC Irvine is seeking a Nurse Practitioner (Per Diem) to join their team. This role involves comprehensive patient care in ambulatory or inpatient settings, including multi-disciplinary care coordination, treatment, education, monitoring, and communication with patients and referring physicians. The Nurse Practitioner will function under the supervision of Neurological Surgery and/or Neurology attending physicians.

Key Responsibilities

• Functions as appropriate to their "scope of practice," including the management of chronic stable medical conditions, routine care, acute or critical care, and medical and surgical procedures per approved standardized procedures.
• Familiarity with state statute for their licenses is necessary.
• Provides patient care in age groups based on educational preparation and at all Health licensed settings and affiliates.
• Maintains responsibility for the standards of care for their specified patient population.
• Evidences self-direction and accountability for quality of care and role development within all Health locations and affiliates.
• Participates in the comprehensive care of patients in the ambulatory or inpatient settings.
• Provides multi-disciplinary care coordination, treatment, education, monitoring, and communication with patients and referring physicians.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the program and UCI Health System.
• Ability to exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers.
• Customer service skills appropriate to the job.
• Skill to clearly communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Writing skills to prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data and progress notes.
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload.
• Skill, knowledge, and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties.
• Ability to be trained in the use of specialized medical equipment and procedures.
• Demonstrates an understanding of and adheres to privacy, confidentiality, and security policies and procedures related to Protected Health Information (PHI) or other sensitive and personal information.
• Neurosurgery experience.
• Neuroscience experience.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program.
• Current, active, unrestricted California Registered Nurse license.
• Current, active, unrestricted California Nurse Practitioner license.
• Current, active, unrestricted Furnishing license and DEA registration.
• NP National Board Certification (Beginning February 2018): Adult Gerontology Acute Care AGACNP-BC or ACNPC-AG.
• Current BLS certification.
• Current ACLS Certification.
• Educational training and/or experience to support setting and patient population.
• At least 6 months prior NP experience.
• Ability to obtain UCIMC Allied Health Professional Privileges prior to hire.
• Active National Provider Identifier (NPI).

Special Conditions

• Advanced Practice Practitioners (APP) are required to be credentialed to practice and be privileged through Medical Staff to function in their clinical role. Credentialing and approval of privileges must be completed prior to the first working day.
• The NP is accountable to, evaluated, and provided feedback by the supervising/collaborating physician, physician designee(s) in the same clinical specialty, or the Administrative Manager.
• Must be able to provide proof of work authorization.