Nurse Practitioner - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit - 8-Hour - Full Time - Days

Cedars-Sinai•Los Angeles, CA

1d•$79 - $126

About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner provides care in Cedars-Sinai’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), which delivers comprehensive, multidisciplinary care to critically ill and injured infants, children, and adolescents with complex medical, surgical, neurologic, respiratory, and cardiovascular conditions. The PICU NP program is expanding, and NPs practice as integrated members of a physician-led pediatric critical care team, supporting the PICU, pediatric critical care transports, and pediatric stepdown unit. The NP collaborates with multiple pediatric critical care physicians and works with the attending of record for each shift and the broader multidisciplinary team. Daytime work includes participating in rounds, managing an assigned patient group, coordinating with consulting services, performing approved procedures, and assisting with admissions, transfers, and discharges. A pediatric intensivist is on-site and immediately available to the ICU and stepdown units at all times, with decision and procedure support and clinical mentoring available. The director of pediatric critical care medicine is the formal supervising or collaborating physician for credentialing and program oversight; clinical supervision during a shift follows the attending-of-record structure. The daytime cardiac-focused NP is additionally expected to develop expertise in caring for children with congenital and acquired heart disease and contribute to pediatric cardiac critical care pathways, education, and program infrastructure.

Requirements

Master of Nursing degree.
Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
At least one year of experience as a Nurse Practitioner in Pediatrics or NICU.
Prior provider-level experience in a PICU, pediatric cardiac ICU, or closely related high-acuity inpatient pediatric setting.
California RN license.
California NP license.
California furnishing number (NPF) must be controlled substance II for DEA to be issued scheduled 2-5.
National Provider Identifier (NPI).
California DEA license, Schedule 2-5.
ACLS certification by ARC or AHA.
ANCC specialty certificate, to be obtained within one year.

Nice To Haves

NP experience in NICU and Pediatrics, preferably in an acute setting.

Responsibilities

Provide direct clinical care to critically ill and medically complex pediatric patients.
Obtain histories, perform examinations, formulate assessments and plans, enter orders, prescribe medications within scope, and complete required documentation.
Participate in multidisciplinary rounds and communicate care-plan changes to patients, families, and team members.
Manage admissions, transfers, discharges, and transitions among the PICU, stepdown unit, operating or procedural areas, and other inpatient services.
Recognize and respond promptly to deterioration, emergencies, rapid-response events, and resuscitations.
Perform bedside procedures within demonstrated competency and approved privileges.
Participate in pediatric critical care transports after completing required orientation and competencies.
Support the pediatric stepdown unit by evaluating new concerns, providing ongoing management, and escalating to the PICU when necessary.
Collaborate with pediatric intensivists, consultants, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other professionals.
Provide education to patients, families, nurses, trainees, and other team members.
Participate in quality improvement, patient safety, clinical standardization, and development of the PICU NP program.
Maintain required licensure, certification, continuing education, and competency requirements.
For the daytime cardiac-focused NP, develop expertise in caring for children with congenital and acquired heart disease and contribute to pediatric cardiac critical care pathways, education, and program infrastructure.