Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Minimum Requirements

• Current Massachusetts NP licensure and /or eligibility for certification.
• Current Mass CSR and DEA licenses.
• Certification in Pediatrics or certification in Family Practice with a special interest in pediatric & adolescent medicine.
• Ability to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, including physicians, PAs and NPs, nursing staff, medical assistants, community health workers, nutritionists, social workers, and case managers.
• Previous experience in ambulatory care and/or public health is preferred.
• Desirable: Fluency in Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Nepali, Pashto, Dari, Swahili, or another language served at CHC.
• Special expertise in provision of health care to underserved, culturally diverse populations.
• Proficiency in assessment and delivery of family planning services to a diverse population.
• Interest in developing and maintaining collaborations with outside institutions and agencies that play a critical role in a child and adolescent's health, for example - schools and behavioral health agencies.

Principle Responsibilities and Duties

• Conducts comprehensive patient assessments - both in-person and via telemed, both audio and video.
• Identifies potential and actual health and health-related problems, both acute and chronic, and together with patient and family / guardian, develops and implements treatment plans that include pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic components.
• This includes the weaving of important discussions re: wellness, health promotion, disease prevention, and self-care.
• Assessment of possible social determinants of health that may be playing a role in a child?s or adolescent?s health trajectory is also important.
• Offers comprehensive clinical family planning services when appropriate.
• Reviews patient charts and ensures health maintenance issues are addressed in a timely way and that appropriate treatment plans are developed and followed.
• Completes all charts as soon as possible, but no later than 72 hours after the visit.
• Charts also need to be completed in a manner that meets all risk management and chart audit requirements.
• Collaborates and consults with CHC physicians and other providers as needed, especially in the care of more complex patients.
• When deemed necessary, refers patients to appropriate specialists and other practitioners and facilities.
• Participates in the Pediatric \"On Call\" schedule.
• Cooperates with efforts of CHC administration to monitor and improve the quality of patient care by evaluating patient outcomes.
• Maintains updated Pediatric Nurse Practitioner guidelines as well as those developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
• Participates in peer review of charts.
• Maintains all CME/CEU, Board and Licensing requirements of state and national governing Boards.
• This position requires compliance with Caring Health Center?s compliance standards including its Standard of Conduct, Compliance program, and policies and procedures.
• This position also requires the ability to use a computer, work at a computer workstation, view a CRT and have some knowledge of a keyboard.