Advanced Practice Provider Medical Child Abuse/Medical Neglect

About the role

This specialized, non-direct-care position focuses primarily on referrals involving suspected medical neglect and factitious disorder imposed on another, formerly known as Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. You will conduct comprehensive medical-record reviews and provide clinical consultation to help treating providers determine whether past and proposed care is necessary, appropriate, and safe.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed, longitudinal reviews of medical records from across the health system and external providers.
• Absorb and assess whether care already provided—and care being considered—is medically necessary and appropriate.
• Identify concerning patterns, inconsistencies, or possible fabrication, induction, or tampering.
• Develop clear, objective clinical summaries and recommendations.
• Plan and participate in multidisciplinary case conferences and collaborate closely with our team’s three pediatricians specialized in child abuse medicine.
• Provide consultation to providers and other partners involved in complex cases.
• Prepare for and provide expert testimony in court proceedings when required.
• Support education, quality improvement, and research activities as appropriate.

Requirements

• Current Utah licensure as a Physician Assistant or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, or the ability to obtain licensure before starting employment.
• Current national board certification as a Pediatric or Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
• Utah controlled-substance license.
• Federal DEA Registration Schedules II–V.
• Current BLS certification for healthcare providers.
• Substantial pediatric advanced practice experience; newly graduated APPs cannot be considered at this time.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience caring for pediatric patients in a complex clinical setting.
• Demonstrated skill synthesizing large volumes of clinical information and producing concise, defensible conclusions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound clinical judgment, and comfort working with multidisciplinary and legal partners.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across specialties and locations.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience with medical record review and analysis.
• Knowledge of child abuse and neglect protocols.

Benefits

Your well-being and professional growth matter to us. Our comprehensive support includes a generous benefits package, paid time off, license reimbursement, quality incentives, malpractice insurance coverage, and an annual continuing medical education allowance.

Pay

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $57.33 - $88.47

Schedule and Work Location

Part-time schedule, you’ll average 20 hours per week. Significant flexibility to design your work schedule. Most work will be completed remotely. Initial training will take place at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Occasional travel to Utah may be required for court proceedings and other business needs. Of note, in this role you will not provide direct patient care.

About Us

Intermountain Health is a model health system providing extraordinary care and superior service at an affordable cost. We are an integrated not-for-profit system of 33 hospitals, 400 clinics, and a medical group with more than 5,000 employed physicians and advanced practice providers across six states in the mountain west. Our value statements are core to our culture. They reflect the behavior and attitudes that are important to us, are an agreement for how we treat each other, help us make decisions on how to act, and are a promise of what people can expect from us. Learn more about our Mission, Vision, and Values at: About Intermountain. Intermountain Health was recently recognized by the American Medical Association’s Joy in Medicine award for our commitment to physician wellbeing. We also received the Lorna Breen Wellbeing First Champion award.