Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - Inpatient Orthopedics

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia•Philadelphia, PA

2d•$117,900 - $156,300

About The Position

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to work on its Inpatient Orthopedic unit. In collaboration with an attending physician, the Hospital Provider NP or PA provides direct care and follow-up for a patient population consistent with the provider’s privileges and skill set. Care is delivered in defined inpatient and hospital-outpatient areas, and the role includes clinical practice, consultation, professional development, education, and research. Depending on the scope of the role, acute or critical care education and certification may be required. The clinical work includes increased accountability for managing a cohort of high-acuity patients and may involve invasive interventions and procedures to promote physiologic stability. The role includes off-shift responsibilities. Rotation schedules may include days, evenings, nights, and weekends according to the clinical needs of the practice environment. Candidates must have at least one year of experience practicing as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner. New graduate APPs must complete CHOP’s APP Clinical Immersion Program. The role requires the appropriate nursing or physician assistant education, Pennsylvania licensure and credentials, specialty certification matching the practice scope, and the ability to work effectively with clinical information systems and in an interprofessional team. Patient-facing employees, or employees working in patient care buildings, must receive an annual influenza vaccine as a condition of employment.

Requirements

At least one year of experience practicing as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner; new graduate APPs must complete CHOP’s APP Clinical Immersion Program.
Master’s degree in Nursing for Nurse Practitioner candidates, or bachelor’s degree as a Physician Assistant; a master’s degree in Physician Assistant studies is preferred.
Pennsylvania Prescriptive Authority required within three months of hire.
Specialty certification in the area of education/subspecialty, matching the scope of practice, required upon hire.
Pennsylvania Registered Nurse license required upon hire for the applicable Nurse Practitioner pathway.
For Physician Assistant candidates: Pennsylvania Certified Physician Assistant (PA-C) license and National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants PA-C certification required upon hire.
For Nurse Practitioner candidates: Pennsylvania Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) license required upon hire.
Ability to work in an interprofessional team setting with multiple responsibilities.
Ability to use computers and electronic medical records effectively, including basic computer and Microsoft Office use, web browsing, shared network files, patient-facing technology, and clinical communication systems.
Ability to identify needed clinical information, access and critically evaluate information, apply it appropriately in clinical practice, and evaluate outcomes.
Ability to navigate electronic health records and other clinical information systems, locate and review patient data, use clinical decision-support tools, comply with clinical information policies and privacy/security requirements, and collect clinical data using quality-improvement tools.
Annual influenza vaccination is a condition of employment for employees working in patient care buildings or with patient-facing responsibilities.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Physician Assistant studies.

Responsibilities

Assess complex acute, critical, and chronically ill patients for urgent and emergent conditions; evaluate relevant data for physiologic instability and formulate a plan of care.
Perform therapeutic interventions to stabilize acute and critical health problems, as authorized by the Scope of Practice Document and credentialing/privileging process.
Analyze the indications, contraindications, complication risks, and cost-benefits of therapeutic interventions.
Manage, evaluate, modify, and document the plan of care according to the patient’s response to therapy, focusing on optimizing outcomes and responding to changes in condition.
Incorporate health promotion, health protection, and injury prevention into care plans for patients with complex acute, critical, and chronic illness.
Facilitate patient transitions between and within health care settings.
Educate patients and families, nursing staff, and provider teams; consult with multidisciplinary health care team members.
Participate in scholarly activities, including research and education.
Maintain required competencies, identify learning needs, and pursue appropriate educational offerings.
Support others’ professional development by serving as a preceptor and mentor to nurses, nurse practitioners, students, and other health care providers.
Promote patient safety by raising safety issues, changing practices to enhance safety, reporting errors or potential errors through system mechanisms, and sharing accountability for safe practice.