About the position
The Duke Hospital Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Advanced Practice Provider (APP), includes both Nurse Practitioner (NP) and/or Physician Assistant (PA), provides direct patient care services for critically ill pediatric patients aged 0-21 with acute, complex, critical, and chronic illness across a variety of care settings. It is appropriate for the APP to provide care for an aging pediatric patient beyond the age of 21 with a pediatric condition for a limited period of time. Pediatric Critical Care medicine APPs will care for patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care unit (PICU), Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care unit (PCICU), and Pediatric Progressive Care Unit (PPCU). In addition, APPs will provide critical care management on the Rapid Response and Code blue teams. Utilizing acquired knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology, the PCCM APP exercises independent decision making in the assessment, diagnosis and development of the plan of care for patients on the PCCM service. In collaboration and consultation with the supervising physician, the PCCM APP contributes to excellence in patient care. As an advanced practice provider, the PCCM APP is additionally involved in education, consultation, research and leadership throughout the Duke Health System, organization and profession.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care services for critically ill pediatric patients aged 0-21.
- Care for patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care unit (PICU), Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care unit (PCICU), and Pediatric Progressive Care Unit (PPCU).
- Provide critical care management on the Rapid Response and Code blue teams.
- Exercise independent decision making in the assessment, diagnosis and development of the plan of care.
- Collaborate and consult with the supervising physician.
- Contribute to excellence in patient care.
- Involved in education, consultation, research and leadership throughout the Duke Health System.
Requirements
- Graduate of accredited MSN or DNP Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program for NP.
- Graduate of ARC accredited Physician Assistant Program, Master’s Degree or Doctoral Degree preferred for PA.
- Current unrestricted RN license issued by or recognized by the NCBON with authorization to practice as an NP.
- Current medical license issued by the NCMB with authorization to practice as a Physician Assistant.
- Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certification (PNP-AC) for NP.
- PA-C certification for PA.
- Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant experience in a pediatric acute care clinical setting strongly preferred.
- 2+ years of ICU nursing experience is also preferred.
- BLS and PALS certifications required.
- Recommended: ACLS certification.
Benefits
- Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Commitment to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
