APP - Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner | Pediatric Feeding Clinic

About the role

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) role at Sanford Health focuses on providing expert clinical guidance in a specialized field, coordinating patient care quality initiatives, and managing pediatric feeding disorders.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates children for pediatric feeding disorders and manages enteral feeding including care of feeding tubes.
• Collaborates with a multidisciplinary team including psychologists, RNs, social workers, dietitians, and speech therapists.
• Manages failure to thrive cases and home NG NICU patients after discharge.
• Works in collaboration with providers and independently to provide care.
• Develops and establishes appropriate diagnoses based on patient information.
• Prescribes medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized.
• Maintains complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses.
• Counsels patients and family members about self-management of health issues.
• Conducts research into the area of specialty and applies findings to improve patient care and clinical outcomes.
• Keeps up-to-date with regulatory processes and payer systems such as Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private sources.

Requirements

• Licensed in North Dakota or have a master's degree in nursing.
• Completion of a nurse practitioner program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education or National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission.
• At least 2 years of pediatric nursing experience.
• Current licensure by the applicable state board of nursing for advanced practice.
• Current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe controlled substances.
• Current certification by the American Nurses Credentialing Center or an equivalent nationally recognized body.

Qualifications

• Master’s, postmaster’s, or doctorate from an accredited nurse practitioner program.
• Licensing prior to August 1, 1995 in North Dakota, master's degree in nursing is preferred.
• Demonstrated current competence and provision of care, treatment, or services for an adequate volume of patients in the past twelve months, or completion of master’s/post-master’s degree program in the past twelve months.
• Experience must correlate to the privileges requested.

Skills

Extensive advanced knowledge of medical principles, practices, and techniques.

Benefits

Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees, including health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package.

Pay

Salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full time, 8 Hours - Day Shifts, Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm, No weekends, evenings, or holidays. Clinic only.