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Nurse Practitioner | Adult Post-Lung Transplant
UF Health Shands Hospital
Gainesville, Florida
This position is located in Gainesville Florida.
UF Health Shands Hospital is consistently ranked among the nation’s best hospitals. We’re recognized for delivering high-quality patient care, and we have a Nurse Practitioner job open now in our Adult Post-Lung Transplant department. If you’re an NP looking for a rewarding position where you’ll learn and grow, start a new chapter in your career with us.
You can breathe easy knowing the UF Health Shands program ranks #1 in three-year survival among 74 lung transplant programs nationwide. We're ranked #6 in one-year survival by The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients and #5 in waitlist mortality. In the last year, we completed 52 transplants.
Delivering the best patient care requires the best care for our team.
You’ll earn competitive compensation.
Our health and wellness benefits will empower you to live your life fully.
Tuition reimbursement is available to help you grow.
Our patients — and our people — are the heart of what we do.
To make an impact as an NP at UF Health Shands, you will:
Coordinate continuity of patient care patient care for heart/lung/heart-lung transplant patients and contribute to the daily care decisions.
Make frequent bedside visits to assess the status of patients, identify alterations in patient health and assess patient response to treatment.
Implement nursing interventions based upon established treatment protocols and anticipate potential outcomes for those at risk for complications.
Write orders, interact with consultants and coordinate scheduling of therapeutic and diagnostic tests and procedures.
To achieve excellence in this full-time role, we’re looking for:
A current and clear license as an advanced practice registered nurse in Florida.
A master's degree in advanced nursing practice.
A minimum of three years of experience in nursing, preferably with experience in critical care, transplantation or acute care experience with the relevant patient population (i.e., heart, liver, VAD, lung, kidney).
Must be knowledgeable in transplant immunology, technical aspects of surgery, interpretation of diagnostic and laboratory data, and clinical management of patients.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday
Location: 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32608
Discover the many reasons UF Health Shands has earned accolades as a medical provider and as an employer.
UF Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and a drug-free workplace.
At UF Health, we’re hiring talented people like you. Inspire yourself and others using your knowledge and patient focus to create your own story of outstanding care. Forbes ranked us as one of Florida’s “Best Places To Work.” And we offer you many locations in which to work, including Magnet®-designated UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville.
Discover the many reasons UF Health Shands has earned accolades as a medical provider and as an employer.
• World-class patient care, research and education
• Access to the latest in life-saving technology
• Opportunities to develop across many subspecialties
• Continuous learning and promote-from-within policy
• Rewarding experiences at teaching facilities
• Generous benefits
