Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Orthopedics

Nemours Children's Health•Jacksonville, FL

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

This position provides primarily clinic-based care for pediatric patients, including interviewing patients, obtaining and recording health histories, completing physical and developmental assessments, diagnosing health problems, managing the health care of those patients for which he/she has been educated, providing health care teaching and counseling, initiating referrals and maintaining health records in the inpatient and/or outpatient settings.

Requirements

Current certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants or current certification as Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Florida Licensure as a Physician Assistant required upon hire or Florida Licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse required upon hire
Acute or Primary Care Certification acceptable, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner preferred (PNP-PC or PNP-AC) if an Advanced Practice Nurse
BLS required upon hire
Federal DEA registration either active or required upon hire

Nice To Haves

Prior healthcare/patient care experience strongly preferred
Experience working with Pediatrics or Child Health preferred

Responsibilities

Provides care to pediatric patients as guided by education, clinical expertise and Scope of Practice Agreement, including ambulatory, inpatient (acute) care, surgical first assist and pre- and post-operative management
Elicits comprehensive or focused/interval health history
Performs complete or interim physical examinations as indicated by the nature of the encounter
Orders, performs, and/or interprets diagnostic or screening tests, including laboratory, radiological or other tests within the PA/NP scope of practice
Plans and performs interventions including medications, treatments and procedures, and modifies plans based on evaluation of patient response.
Initiates, monitors, alters or orders medications related to conditions or illnesses being treated within applicable divisions
Surgical first assist in the operating room
Position may require travel between different clinical locations
Position will include some evening and night shifts covering Wolfson ED
Position will include 1-2 call shifts per month