JGH-Nurse Practitioner Pediatrics

This position will have clinical responsibilities for assigned shifts and assigned patient populations based on credentialing. Provide direct medical management for patients within their scope of practice with the collaborating physician or designee.

Core Duties and Responsibilities

• Renders health care services to patients consistent with education, training, and experience as an advanced practice nurse
• Receives patients, obtains health histories, performs physical examinations, develops diagnoses, and treatment plans, prescribes medications, order and interprets laboratory, pathology, x-ray tests and other clinical data
• Obtains and prepares specimens for laboratory testing
• Performs or assists in laboratory testing procedures consistent with education, skills, and training
• Gives injections and immunizations
• Sutures and performs biopsies and electrocautery consistent with education, skills, and training
• Provides patient counseling
• Discusses other health care resources with patients and their families and refer patients, where appropriate
• Makes arrangements or assists with arrangement, for patients in need of more sophisticated diagnostic or treatment modalities than those offered
• Provides emergency care services within the range of education, skills, and experience
• Distributes medical supplies and dispense and prescribe medications, including prescriptive medication within the range of education, skills, and experience
• Supplies general health care information
• Maintain confidentiality of patient records
• Complete Annual Employee Education

Physical Requirements

• Heavy/Hard Work: Work requires strength and/or stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, positioning of patients, standing, walking, and carrying of patients, materials and equipment weighting 40+ pounds

Working Environment

• Working closely with others
• Working protracted or irregular hours
• Working around biohazards
• Working around infectious diseases
• Working with or near the deceased
• Working with hands in water
• Electrical hazards associated with patient care equipment

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of HCAPS and how these scores relate to specific job performance
• Ability to exhibit exceptional customer service skills and consistently maintain a positive attitude
• Ability to communicate effectively with fellow caregivers and supervisors
• Proficiency with computers