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We strive to be an employer of choice and establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where Associates can grow their career caring for others. For over a century, we’ve served the health care needs of the people of Memphis and the Mid-South.
 

Functions as a Nurse Practitioner collaboratively with physician sponsor/s providing leadership of the mid-level providers and acts as a change agent for a specific patient population by incorporating the role of clinical expert, role model, consultant, educator, practitioner, researcher, and nurse leader. Provides clinical expertise to individual patients/families and/or groups of patients/families by providing direct and indirect patient care. Collaborates with the health care team in assessing, designing, implementing, and evaluating population-based programs of patient care to enhance high quality-cost effective patient outcomes. Assumes management responsibility for mid-level providers. Models appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values.

 

Working at MLH means carrying the mission forward of caring for our community and impacting the lives of patients in every way through compassion, a deliberate focus on service expectations and a consistent thriving for excellence.

A Brief Overview
Functions as a Nurse Practitioner collaboratively with physician sponsor/s providing leadership of the mid-level providers and acts as a change agent for a specific patient population by incorporating the role of clinical expert, role model, consultant, educator, practitioner, researcher, and nurse leader. Provides clinical expertise to individual patients/families and/or groups of patients/families by providing direct and indirect patient care. Collaborates with the health care team in assessing, designing, implementing, and evaluating population-based programs of patient care to enhance high quality-cost effective patient outcomes. Assumes management responsibility for mid-level providers. Models appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values.

What you will do

• Associate Management: Assists in the interview, selection, and training process for all new NP/PAs. Conducts annual performance reviews in collaboration with supervising physician. Maintains personnel records in accordance with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and departmental policies.
• Operations: Participates in budget preparation and monitoring. Prepares work schedule for the team.
• Clinical Practice Expert: Provides advanced level of direct and indirect care to individual patients/families and/or groups of patients/families in collaboration with physicians and interdisciplinary team members.
• Education/Clinical Staff Development: Provides leadership and collaborates with other health professionals and educational resources to establish education programs to address the specific needs of populations of patients.
• Evidence-Based Consultant & Researcher: Demonstrates collaborative leadership with researchers, other health professionals, divisions, and departments to generate knowledge and make practice changes based on research findings, as well as, the results of the organizational and departmental quality improvement processes. Oversees clinical protocol development.
• Clinical Leadership: Provides leadership in meeting system, organizational, division, and departmental goals.
• Demonstrates accountability for professional responsibilities and self-development.

Education/Formal Training Requirements

• Required - Master's Degree Advanced Practice Nursing
• Preferred - Doctorate Advanced Practice Nursing
• Preferred - Master's Degree Nursing

Work Experience Requirements

• Preferred - Progressive leadership

Licenses and Certifications Requirements

• Required - BASIC LIFE SUPPORT - American Heart Association
• Required - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Required - Advanced Practice Nurse Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Nursing
• Required - Registered Nurse Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Nursing
• Preferred - Primary Care Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
• Preferred - Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred - Gerontological Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred - Family Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred - Family Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• Preferred - Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred - Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• Preferred - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
• Preferred - Adult Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Preferred - Licensed Physician Assistant Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Physician Assistants
• Preferred - Advanced Practice Nurse Mississippi - Mississippi Board of Nursing
• Preferred - Registered Nurse Arkansas - Arkansas State Board of Nursing
• Preferred - Registered Nurse Mississippi - Mississippi Board of Nursing

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Use of PC and applications including word processing.
• Ability to use data, interpret reports, analyze, draw conclusions, and make appropriate judgments.
• Ability to demonstrate strong skills in analytical thinking, personnel management, interpersonal relations, and group dynamics.
• Ability to lead and motivate individuals and groups of people toward the accomplishment of work and organizational goals.
• Ability to work without close supervision or professional guidance and to exercise independent judgment.

Supervision Provided by this Position

• Acts at a lead-level, providing day-to-day guidance, direction, and assistance to the mid-level providers.

Physical Demands

• Frequent invasive and non-invasive patient contact.
• Exposure to patient body fluids as well as exposure to hazardous or poisonous materials.
• Exposure to excessive heat or cold as required.
• Ability to react quickly to emergency situations.
• Handling or administering of narcotics.
• Ability to read and write to communicate orally and in writing with other individuals.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. without assistance and push and pull up to 250 lbs.
• Ability to sit in one place, stand, walk, squat, kneel, reach, twist, crawl, and bend throughout the shift.
• Ability to perform repetitive hand and wrist motion, as well as using hands for gripping and squeezing.
• Ability to use hands and feet together for repetitive coordinated motions.
• Good hand-eye coordination.

Our Associates are passionate about what they do, the service they provide and the patients they serve. We value family, team and a Power of One culture that requires commitment to the highest standards of care and unity.

Boasting one of the South's largest medical centers, Memphis blends a friendly community, a thriving and growing downtown, and a low cost of living. We see each day as a new opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the people in our community.