Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Inpatient Pediatric Surgery

Primary Location

Location: C
Department: APP Surgical
Subspecialty: Inp
Schedule: Rotating (United States of America)

Shift

FTE: 0.9
Weekly Hours: 36
Holidays: Yes
Weekends: Yes
Call: Yes

Job Responsibilities

• Patient Care: Perform history and/or physical exams on patients presenting for care in area of expertise. Assess and diagnose illnesses, including chronic and acute conditions. Formulate, document and monitor a treatment plan. Order and monitor therapeutic interventions including but not limited to diets, laboratory, radiological and diagnostic tests as deemed necessary by patient history and/or physical exam. Provide clinical consultation, order interdisciplinary consults.
• Professional Practice: Maintain professional behaviors aligned with core values and care standards, participate in quality improvement activities or research to improve the care delivery process & patient care outcomes. Participate in lifelong learning and professional development activities that improves skills & competence in clinical practice/role performance. Serve as preceptor, role model, or mentor; Contribute to the professional development of peers/colleagues to improve pediatric health care & to foster the professions growth. Integrate ethical considerations & research findings into practice; Provide leadership by participating on committees or in professional organizations, or writing/publishing/presenting. Advocate for the pediatric patient/family/caregiver. Serve as a leader, influencing both healthcare/APP practice & policy.
• Care Management: Maintain competency in skills/procedures; Promote self-management & family centered care; Employs diverse & complex strategies, interventions, & teaching to promote health & a safe environment; Provides leadership in care management to achieve optimal quality, cost-effective care; Documents & communicates with healthcare team members to achieve an integrated delivery of pediatric care services; Delegates appropriate monitoring, assessment, & interventions according to the patient and scope of practice of the caregiver; Provides consultation to influence the identified plan of care, to enhance the abilities of others to provide health care, and to effect change in the healthcare system; Makes appropriate referrals and discusses recommendations with patient/family/caregiver; Orders and/or performs appropriate treatments, therapies, & procedures that are based on current knowledge, research, & practice; Provides patient/family/caregiver with diagnostic & laboratory results as well as actual/potential benefits, limitations, & adverse effects of proposed therapies.
• Evaluation: Uses a systematic, ongoing evaluation of the assessment data & outcomes to revise or resolve the diagnoses, outcomes, the plan of care, & the implementation as needed; Evaluates the accuracy of the diagnosis, effectiveness of the interventions & the plan of care strategies in relation to attainment of expected outcomes; Includes the patient/family/caregiver & other healthcare providers; Bases the evaluation process on advanced knowledge, practice, research, & documents appropriately; Utilizes the results of the evaluation to determine the impact on the patient/family/caregiver, organization, & system to make/recommend process or structural changes including policy, procedure, or protocols as appropriate.

About the Role

The Division of Pediatric Surgery is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Nurse Practitioner to join a collaborative Advanced Practice Provider team delivering comprehensive care to hospitalized surgical patients. This position provides 24/7 inpatient coverage across multiple pediatric surgical service lines and works closely with attending surgeons, fellows, residents, nurses, and multidisciplinary team members to provide high-quality, evidence-based care. The Acute Care Surgical NP manages patients throughout the continuum of hospitalization, including pre-operative evaluation, post-operative management, acute clinical assessment, coordination of care, patient and family education, discharge planning, and consultation services.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in related field. May require clinical license, certification or training OR Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.
• Experience as an APP in subspecialty.

Skills

Preferred: Experience as an APP in subspecialty

Benefits

Comprehensive Job Description Provided Upon Request.

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

Rotating shifts