Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner

CHI St. Vincent Infirmary is seeking a PRN Nurse Practitioner Intensivist-Hospitalist to join our team!

We're looking for a dedicated and skilled professional to provide vital coverage as part of our Intensivist-Hospitalist team. While PRN coverage varies including weekends or weekdays, specific shifts will be determined to meet both hospital needs and your availability. This is an excellent opportunity to apply your expertise in a dynamic environment, managing complex patient cases and collaborating with a highly skilled interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide comprehensive direct patient care, including conducting thorough history-taking, advanced physical assessments, and formulating differential diagnoses for critically ill and hospitalized patients.
• Order, interpret, and evaluate a wide range of diagnostic tests, including laboratory studies, advanced imaging, and specialized procedures, to guide patient management.
• Develop, implement, and adjust complex medical management plans for acute and chronic conditions within the intensive care and hospital settings, often managing multiple co-morbidities.
• Perform and/or assist with advanced medical procedures.
• Lead or actively participate in daily interdisciplinary rounds, presenting complex patient cases, collaborating on management strategies, and contributing to care transitions.
• Provide in-depth patient and family education and counseling regarding critical illness, treatment options, prognosis, advanced care planning, and end-of-life discussions, demonstrating advanced communication skills.
• Collaborate autonomously and in conjunction with supervising physicians and other healthcare professionals to ensure seamless, holistic, and evidence-based patient care.
• Maintain meticulous and comprehensive electronic medical record documentation, including progress notes, orders, and procedure notes, reflecting advanced clinical reasoning.
• Actively engage in quality improvement initiatives, participate in clinical research, and pursue ongoing professional development and continuing medical education relevant to critical care and hospital medicine.

• Previous experience as a hospital-based nurse practitioner is desirable but not required.
• Current Nurse Practitioner Licensure in Arkansas (Acute Care certified)
• Collaborative Agreement with supervising physician.
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) certificate and ability to maintain said certificate.
• ACLS or ACLS instructor certification is required upon hire

CHI St. Vincent a regional health network serving Arkansas is part of CommonSpirit Health. We have served Arkansas since 1888 with a history of many firsts. Together with more than 4500 coworkers 1000 medical staff and 500 volunteers we consistently receive praise for care advancements. CHI St Vincent Infirmary is a 600 bed faith-based, non-profit, acute care facility providing quality health care to patients and communities from all over the State of Arkansas. Our level II trauma center is a regional referral center for cardiology, trauma, behavioral health, cancer care, neurosciences, and other specialties. We have been consistently named by US News & World Report as one of the State’s best hospitals, with high performance in heart care, colorectal surgery, and joint replacement.

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community. If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us.