Advance Practice Provider Springboro Primary Care

Cincinnati Children's•Springboro, OH

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Cincinnati Children’s Springboro Primary Care office provides comprehensive pediatric care in a welcoming, community-based setting where providers have the opportunity to truly know their patients and families. Formerly known as Springboro Pediatrics, our practice has been caring for children in the community since 1993. As part of Cincinnati Children’s, we combine the personal connection of a smaller pediatric practice with the resources, expertise, and specialty care of one of the nation’s leading children’s health systems. We are seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) who is passionate about caring for children and building lasting relationships with families throughout Springboro and the surrounding communities.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program.
Appropriate national certification.
Current or eligible for Ohio licensure.
Masters degree in related field.
May require clinical license, certification or training
Licensure and certification in accordance with CCHMC Delineation of Privileges
Multi-state licensure in addition to Ohio licensure may be required base on subspecialty

Nice To Haves

One-year Pediatric primary care experience preferred.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, or Physician Assistant with pediatric experience encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive, evidence-based primary care to infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
Establish meaningful, long-term relationships with patients and their families.
Perform well-child visits, preventive care, developmental assessments, and routine pediatric examinations.
Diagnose and manage acute and chronic pediatric conditions.
Provide anticipatory guidance and education to patients and families.
Partner with families to develop individualized care plans that support the child’s physical, emotional, and developmental health.
Collaborate with nurses, care team members, specialists, and other Cincinnati Children’s providers.
Coordinate referrals and specialty care when additional expertise is needed.
Utilize Epic/MyChart to support communication, documentation, care coordination, and follow-up.
Participate in quality improvement and initiatives designed to improve access, outcomes, and the patient/family experience.
Contribute to a collaborative practice environment where every member of the team plays an important role in delivering exceptional pediatric 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.
Prescribe medications in accordance with Federal and State Law & Rules and CCHMC policy.
Attain and maintain competency in subspecialty practice, skills and procedures in accordance with Joint Commission standards for focused (FPPE) and ongoing (OPPE) professional practice evaluation.
Develops outcomes as measurable goals that provide direction for continuity of care & consistency among providers.
Develops, prioritizes, evaluates & modifies an individualized comprehensive plan of care.
Addresses each diagnosis or issue, as appropriate.
Derives outcomes & plans of care that involve the patient/family/caregiver when possible & are realistic to the patient/family/caregiver capabilities & resources.
Considers risks/benefits, costs, clinical effectiveness, current scientific evidence/clinical guidelines & clinical expertise to formulate interventions, treatments & outcomes.
Incorporates new knowledge & strategies to initiate change in practice if desired outcomes not achieved.
Maintains documentation & updates accordingly outcomes, goals & the plan of care.
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.
Maintains competency in skills/procedures; Promotes 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.
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.