Advanced Practice Nurse, Boston Medical Center

Boston Medical Center•Boston, MA

45d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) seek a Pediatrician, Family Medicine Physician, or Advanced Practice Nurse to join the BMC Child Protection Team. The Child Protection Team is a multidisciplinary team that covers all patients at BMC and provides consultation for BMC Health Systems hospitals and affiliated community health centers. The position involves the full scope of child maltreatment, including evaluation of patients in the emergency department, inpatient, and outpatient settings at Boston Medical Center as well as evaluation of patients in Foster Care Clinic and Child Protection Team outpatient clinic. Phone consultation provided to members of the multidisciplinary team throughout the BMC Health System and affiliated health centers. Teaching responsibilities include medical students, residents, and other learners in other programs at Boston Medical Center.

Requirements

BC/BE in Child Abuse Pediatrics is preferred.
Physician candidates (MD/DO) must be BC/BE in Pediatrics.
Physician candidates must have or be eligible for a Massachusetts medical license.
Highly qualified Advanced Practice Nurses will be considered.
Fluency in languages other than English is highly desirable, but not required.
Preference for candidates whose approach to child maltreatment is consonant with the framework outlined above.

Nice To Haves

Experience advocating for systems-based change is desired.
Fluency in languages other than English is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Co-leadership model with parity between physician and social work members.
Address child maltreatment using a diversity-, trauma-, and justice-informed approach.
Clinical expertise serving patients and families impacted by trauma, family disruption, and carceral systems.
Advocating for systems-based change is desired.
Multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to encourage thoughtful and deliberative decision-making that centers patient and family well-being.
Evaluation of patients in the emergency department, inpatient, and outpatient settings at Boston Medical Center.
Evaluation of patients in Foster Care Clinic and Child Protection Team outpatient clinic.
Phone consultation provided to members of the multidisciplinary team throughout the BMC Health System and affiliated health centers.
Teaching responsibilities include medical students, residents, and other learners in other programs at Boston Medical Center.