Nurse Practitioner-Pediatric ICU-PRN
About The Position
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is an 11-bed ICU caring for critically ill children at Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children's. The PICU is staffed by RNs, NPs, and Pediatric Intensivists who work closely together with a supportive multidisciplinary care team to provide acute care to children from 0-18 years of age. We offer a progressive educational program to train NPs who are beginning their career as an Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, while also providing seasoned Acute Care Pediatric trained NPs the ability to utilize their skills to manage acute patients, perform procedures, and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team. The PICU NP provides care for children and adolescents from 0-18 years of age, with life-threatening or high-acuity conditions that require constant monitoring. The nurse practitioner provides comprehensive direct patient care and scholarly practice including obtaining comprehensive patient histories, performing complete physical examinations, ordering and performing diagnostic testing and screening, diagnosing illness, prescribing both pharmacological and other treatments for patients, and providing health maintenance and promotion interventions such as patient and family education and counseling. Also, the NP assumes accountability for indirect care responsibilities, which support patient care including staff and student education, clinical research, program development, and quality improvement.
Requirements
- Completion of Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Masters of Science in Nursing from an accredited college or university.
- Successful completion of a National Certification Exam for NP.
- Current registration through the Alabama board of Nursing and Board of Medical Examiners, and approval of the Huntsville Hospital credentialing board.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work independently in a fast paced environment, requiring prioritizing and changing tasks frequently and quickly.
- BLS for Healthcare Providers must be obtained in orientation period.
- ACLS must be obtained within the first 6 months of employment and maintained current.
Nice To Haves
- Pediatric Acute Care Preferred and/or PICU experience preferred
- PALS is highly recommended.
- Department specific competencies must be completed within the provisional period and maintained current.
Responsibilities
- Provides comprehensive direct patient care and scholarly practice including obtaining comprehensive patient histories, performing complete physical examination, ordering and performing diagnostic testing and screening, diagnosing illness, prescribing both pharmacological and other treatments for patients, and providing health maintenance and promotion interventions such as patient and family education and counseling.
- Assumes accountability for indirect care responsibilities, which support patient care including staff and student education, clinical research, program development, and quality improvement.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- flexible spending
- short term and long term disability
- several retirement account options with 401K organization match
- nurse residency program
- tuition assistance
- student loan reimbursement
- On-site training and education opportunities
- Employee Discounts to phone providers, local restaurants, tickets to shows, apartment application and much more!
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
