Functions as an Advanced Practice Nurse collaboratively with physician sponsor/s providing leadership of the clinical care team 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. Models appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values. What you will do 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 staff 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. 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 Required - Master's Degree Nursing Work Experience Requirements Required - General nursing of clinical practice at the RN level 3-5 years Licenses and Certifications Requirements Required - Advanced Practice Nurse Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Nursing Required - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center Required - BASIC LIFE SUPPORT - American Heart Association Required - Registered Nurse Tennessee - Tennessee Board of Nursing Preferred - Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Preferred - Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred - School Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred - Registered Nurse Arkansas - Arkansas State Board of Nursing Preferred - Emergency Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred - Advanced Practice Nurse Mississippi - Mississippi Board of Nursing Preferred - Family Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred - Acute Care Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Pediatric Nursing Certification Board Preferred - Neonatal Nurse Practitioner - National Certification Corporation Preferred - Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Preferred - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Preferred - Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred - Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred - Registered Nurse Mississippi - Mississippi Board of Nursing Preferred - Family Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Preferred - Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner - National Certification Corporation Preferred - Gerontological Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred - Adult Nurse Practitioner - American Nurses Credentialing Center Preferred - Emergency Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Proficiency in applying advanced concepts, principles, and professional techniques in a specialized field of nursing. Such proficiency is acquired through completion of a master's degree or higher in a nursing specialty and is demonstrated through national specialty certification as a nurse practitioner. Supervision Provided by this Position There are no supervisory or lead responsibilities assigned to this position. 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. May require 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. 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.