Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Solid Organ Transplant

Nemours Children's Health•Wilmington, DE

18h

About The Position

Nemours is seeking a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join the Nemours Children’s Health team in Wilmington, Delaware. The position is in the Division of Transplantation and provides comprehensive care to transplant recipients throughout evaluation, listing, transplantation, and post-transplantation. The role coordinates evaluations of potential transplant candidates and living donors and provides ongoing medical care in inpatient and outpatient settings until patients transition to an adult transplant program. The practitioner provides education and support about transplant-recipient care to patients, families, healthcare providers, and nursing staff. The role requires compliance with internal and external regulatory standards, including UNOS, CMS, and The Joint Commission. Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year across six states. The nonprofit system includes two freestanding children’s hospitals, a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices, and more than 40 hospital partnerships. Its work includes clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention, with a Whole Child Health approach and commitments to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and inclusion and belonging.

Requirements

Advanced or master’s degree.
Active Delaware Registered Nurse licensure.
Active Delaware Advanced Practice Nurse licensure with prescriptive authority, or active Delaware and Florida Physician Assistant licenses.
Delaware Controlled Substance Registration (CSR).
Federal DEA registration with a Delaware and Florida address.
Current certification as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, or current certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
Current AHA Healthcare Provider (HCP) certification.
Three to five years of experience.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with physicians and other healthcare providers to provide high-quality healthcare to children.
Assess patients and families upon referral or admission, and evaluate patient progress on an ongoing basis.
Revise interdisciplinary plans of care as needed.
Use prescriptive authority when appropriately credentialed and collaborate interprofessionally as needed.
Identify patient and family resource needs and initiate appropriate referrals.
Assist staff nurses in formulating nursing care plans and setting priorities based on patient and family needs.
Document patient care and progress in patient charts.
Coordinate discharge nursing plans with staff nurses and other members of the healthcare team.
Provide patient and family education based on identified learning needs.
Evaluate adherence to prescribed treatment through telephone calls, assessments, and outpatient visits as needed.
Advocate for patients and serve as a liaison between families and healthcare team members.
Serve as a role model and educational resource for nursing staff and the organization, supporting professional development and identifying staff education needs.
Apply advanced nursing knowledge and specialized skills in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act, hospital policy, and protocol.
Promote standards of care in the specialty area and collaborate with nursing management to monitor and evaluate care quality and appropriateness.
Identify nursing problems, participate in research, share research findings, and incorporate findings into specialty-area patient care.
Consult for colleagues within and outside the department and in the community.
Maintain current knowledge through professional activities and organizations, and pursue professional growth.
Participate in departmental and hospital quality assessment and improvement programs, identify opportunities to improve services, make recommendations, and implement appropriate actions.
Demonstrate proficiency in caring for neonates, infants, toddlers, school-aged children, adolescents, and adults.
Coordinate evaluation of potential transplant candidates and potential living donors.
Provide ongoing inpatient and outpatient medical care to transplant recipients through transition to an adult transplant program.
Provide education and support about transplant-recipient care to patients, families, healthcare providers, and nursing staff.
Comply with internal and external regulatory standards, including UNOS, CMS, and The Joint Commission.