Nurse Practitioner (NP)-Full Time- Children's Health Center-Chicago

Maryville Academy•Chicago, IL

26d•$90,000 - $115,000

About The Position

Maryville Academy has an opening for full-time Nurse Practitioner with our amazing staff at the Childrens Healthcare Center in Chicago. We are looking for someone to joint the team that is making a difference in medically fragile children's' lives each day. Experience with PICU and/or NICU is a must for this opportunity. About Maryville Academy For more than 140 years, Maryville has been committed to providing protection and guidance to children. As the world has changed, so have the needs of the families and children we serve. Maryville has adapted by focusing on our communitys most critical issues. Today, our range of programs includes residential care, mental health services, healthcare and family support services, as well as a variety of educational and youth development offerings. Maryvilles mission is to help children and families to reach their fullest potential by empowering intellectual, spiritual, moral and emotional growth. About the Childrens Healthcare Center Our Childrens Healthcare Center provides care for medically fragile and/or technology-dependent children, ages newborn through 21 years. Most children are admitted from a hospital NICU or PICU. This program focuses on patients who no longer require acute care, but who need significant medical attention related to wound therapy, PICC antibiotics, post-surgical care, NG, GJ tube feedings, and ventilator care. The Center is a home away from home for medically fragile children and their families. About the Nurse Practitioner Position Provides support to the staff by following up on all clinic, hospital, and therapeutic visits and facilitating communication about all orders. Monitors all patient equipment to assure proper setting and compliance with all MD orders. Demonstrates clinical problem solving and critical thinking skills necessary to assure patient safety and staff support.

Requirements

Licensed in the state of Illinois
Certification and licensed to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in the state of Illinois
Credentialed to prescribe medications
Have or obtain CPR instructor status with the first 60 days of employment
Maintain licensure and CPR instructor status
Experience in pediatric patient care, pediatric intensive care, medically complex children, pediatric tracheostomy, ventilators, G-tubes, and other pediatric healthcare modalities.
Experience with medically fragile children and with NICU/PICU patients in a hospital setting
Advance health assessment, pharmacology, and pathophysiology skills
Experience with pediatric ventilated patients
Knowledge and experience in childhood immunizations, growth and development, development screening, prescribing and monitoring medications, school physicals, and treatment of common illness

Responsibilities

Follows up on all medical visits and ensures that all orders are followed and implemented
Evaluates medication and medical supplies and places orders as necessary
Assists with development and implementation of the plan of care for each patient
Completes daily bedside assessments
Attends patient care rounds and offers input to staff on each patients needs
Attends healthcare appointments with CHC patients as needed
Attends staff meetings and presents information and educational topics as requested by the Director of Nursing
Provides in-service training to staff and parents as it relates to patient care
Monitors patient equipment
Assists with implementation of safety strategies
Assists with resolving safety concerns with patients
Orders supplies for clients as necessary
Follows up on health issues with patients
Assists in implementing best practices on the unit
Assists with regulatory and accreditation compliance
Provides patient updates to DSCC, DCFS, and Public Health as necessary
Prescribes medication when necessary in collaboration with the Medical Director
Assumes on-call responsibilities every other week and weekend
Participates in continued performance quality improvement
Other duties as assigned