Advanced Reg Nurse Practitioner - Pediatric Inpatient/Outpatient (GI)

Duties

• Functions independently and/or as a member of an interdisciplinary team to plan, deliver, and evaluate care of patients.
• Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment, and plan of care.
• In collaboration, provides healthcare services for primary, acute, and complex care of patients and manages patient's overall care, initiates appropriate referrals and consultations, and identifies expected outcomes for diagnoses.
• Orders, performs, interprets, and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• Forms differential diagnoses and treats acute and chronic conditions.
• Prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical/procedural, needed to achieve expected outcomes.
• Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care.
• Provides specialty specific consultation services upon request and within specialty scope of practice.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
• Participates in departmental educational conferences and clinical care meetings.
• Accurately and appropriately complete documentation of patient care in the electronic medical record (EMR) and other records for compliance, billing, and other regulatory standards.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as requested/assigned.

Education Requirements

• A master's degree in nursing is required.
• Current certification as Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) and/or Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP).
• Licensure as ARNP in State of Iowa.
• Curent license to practice nursing in the State of Iowa.

Experience Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in the clinical care of pediatric patients.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with indirect supervision and critical thinking/problem solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) certification.
• Federal DEA license.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience in gastroenterology (desired).
• Knowledge and experience in ambulatory care (desired).