Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Interventional Radiology

Phoenix Children's Hospital • Phoenix, AZ

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About The Position

The Section of Pediatric Interventional Radiology at Phoenix Children's Hospital (PCH) is recruiting for a full-time pediatric Interventional Radiology (IR) Advanced Practice Provider (PA or NP). The Section performs approximately 7000 image-guided procedures per year and is currently staffed by five pediatric interventional radiologists and a full time pediatric neurointerventionalist. We perform a vast array of interventions, including but not limited to vascular access, treatment of vascular malformations, biliary procedures, feeding procedures, musculoskeletal procedures, angiography and embolization, and neurointerventional procedures. The Section has a long and rich history of teaching and clinical excellence. We participate in the multispecialty vascular anomalies clinic at PCH and are active in numerous multispecialty conferences. Phoenix Children's Hospital has many centers of excellence, including the Heart Center, Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders and Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's. Additionally, we have an active liver transplant program. We are recruiting for an APP that will help us grow our practice, willing to help with ongoing development/maturation of an inpatient consult service and serve as the forward face of the IR section for our patients and referring clinicians. We would desire an individual that demonstrates excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and flexibility to account for the variability of a daily IR service schedule. This will also involve the creation of educational materials for our patients and families.

Requirements

• NP or PA degree, from an accredited US institution.
• Eligible for licensure in Arizona.
• Minor procedure expertise preferred; minor procedure interest desired.

Nice To Haves

• AC/PC certification for NP candidates.

Responsibilities

• Conducts comprehensive health history, physical assessments and plans for infants, children and young adults with acute and chronic health conditions.
• Utilizes advanced assessment skills to manage a cohort of patients.
• Orders and prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, and performs other therapeutic or corrective measures to treat illness and improve health status.
• Formulates family centered plan of care.
• Performs daily documents as necessary.
• Collaborated and coordinated care with other team members.
• Collects data and analyzes when necessary.
• Performs any needed advanced procedures that are associated with their credentialing process DOP.
• Utilizes the most up to date and evidence based practice for plan of care and able to alter the plan according to family needs and effectiveness or plan.
• Serves as an educational resource to patient/family/ nursing staff/ provider team and other health care teams as needed.
• Participates in own professional development by maintaining required competences, certifying body renewals, seeking educational offerings when available, and participates in the professional development of others which may include Advanced Practice Provider students, Residents and Medical Students.
• Acts as a preceptor/mentor for those new in department.
• Demonstrates commitment to patient safety by bringing up concerns in appropriate manner, reporting through appropriate channels, and ensuring change of practice when necessary.
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Master's degree