ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER

The Nurse Practitioner is an independent health care provider who, working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary heatlh team, is responsible for patient evaluation and care through the performance of pertinent history and physical examination, assessment of needs and delivery of appropriate treatment. Provides nursing care and health teaching to an assigned group of adult and geriatric patients in an observation setting. All duties and responsibilities are accomplished according to the collaborative practice agreement required by the State of Florida.

Qualifications:

1. Graduate of an accredited program in nursing, MS in nursing is required
2. Licensed by the State of Florida
3. Professional knowledge of nursing theory and practice
4. Extensive knowledge of physical assessment, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and management of acute chronic patient problems

*About Halifax Health*
With an expanding network of specialized healthcare services, Halifax Health offers a tertiary hospital, community hospital, psychiatric services, a cancer treatment center with four outreach locations, the area’s largest hospice, and Florida’s largest Emergency Department. Halifax Health provides the area’s only Level II Trauma Center, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units, Pediatric Emergency Department, and Child and Adolescent Behavioral Services. Widely recognized for its outstanding medical staff and leading-edge technology, Halifax Health consistently receives top statewide and national ratings for its specialties, including orthopedics, spinal surgery, stroke services, vascular services, and cardiology.

Superior pay and benefits, plus a workplace where modern medicine is the standard has attracted a staff whose skills and caring attitude are unsurpassed. Halifax Health has been recognized for its working environment by many area publications and was ranked #1 in the Orlando Sentinel's 2007 Top 100 Companies for Working Families. Halifax Health is the only company in Volusia County ranked in the Top 25 for the last four years