Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Job Responsibilities

• Identify changes in a child’s signs and symptoms and intervene in emergent situations
• Differentiate between normal and abnormal physical findings
• Engage patients and their families in conversation to determine types and extent of illnesses
• Create and implement individualized plans of nursing care to meet each patient’s specific requirements
• Documents all patient care activities
• Order and follow up on medical tests such as blood work, x-rays and other scans
• Diagnose and treat a wide array of acute, chronic and critical illnesses by effectively interpreting test results
• Educate patients and their families
• Act as a point of contact for responding to questions and concerns regarding treatments and illnesses
• Participates in community and clinic education programs
• Maintains current credentialing, license and board certification
• Administer medication using age-appropriate guidelines
• Evaluate a child for signs and symptoms of abuse
• Maintains privacy of patients
• Assists in supervision of health professional students
• Demonstrates integrity, care, and compassion when working with patients/families and staff
• Performs other duties assigned by Employer from time to time that are commensurate with professional services normally and customarily performed by a physician

Requirements

• Illinois Nurse Practitioner License
• Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (Preferred)
• 1+ years of pediatric experience as a nurse practitioner
• Urgent Care experience is a PLUS
• Experience with high patient volume is a PLUS
• Saturday availability

Benefits (Full Time Only)

• UHC (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Aflac (Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance)
• PTO
• CME Reimbursement
• 401k (Pre Tax, Post Tax)
• Gym Membership