Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant, Anesthesia

Company Description

At Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, we know world-renowned care begins with world-class caring. That's why we combine advanced technologies and breakthrough discoveries with family-centered care. It's why we provide our caregivers with continuing education and state-of-the-art facilities, like the newly remodeled Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. And it's why we need caring, committed people on our team - like you.

Join us on our mission to heal humanity, one child and family at a time.

Job : P

The Anesthesia APP position is part of a collaborative team model who provide care for patients with a wide range of pediatric surgical diagnoses. This team is responsible for ensuring safe and comprehensive care by performing evaluations for all patients undergoing general anesthesia.

Description of daily duties: APP perform various roles during the day to review complex pediatric patients prior to their day of surgery for anesthesia risks. The APP’s evaluate and educate patients and families in preparation for undergoing anesthesia, specializing in patients with complex medical histories or complex planned surgeries. The APP’s also evaluate patients in person on the day of procedure and order medication and diagnostic testing as appropriate for patients undergoing anesthesia.

In addition to the clinical role, the APP’s participate in staff education and support.

This position requires attention to detail and comprehensive knowledge of pediatric conditions and surgeries. Candidates must be very effective communicators with strong work ethic and high regard for professionalism. Experience with children with complex medical conditions or pediatric critical/acute care experience preferred.

This paragraph summarizes the general nature, level and purpose of the job.

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) positions are part of a collaborative team consisting of Attending Physicians, Fellows, and a team of advanced practice providers both NPs and PAs. The APP team is highly respected, we are seen as the go to team for the attendings. We actively participate in the education of fellows and visiting residents. Responsibilities for this role include: receiving sign-out from overnight team.

Pre-rounding on assigned patients, developing a plan of care for the day for that patient, present patients on rounds, write a daily note, you will be responsible for implementing the plan agreed upon on during rounds and responding to any issues raised by the nurses during the course of the day. The advanced practice provider is credentialed to perform the following procedures: intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, chest tube insertion, PD drain placement, chest tube removal, pacing wire removal.

Nurse Practitioner (NP):The Nurse Practitioner functions under the general Nurse Practitioner Standardized Process Protocol approved by the Interdisciplinary Practice Committee (IDPC). The Nurse Practitioner provides routine care and management of the patient with acute and chronic complaints, in collaboration with the supervising physician and through implementation of standardized procedures. Specific functions pertaining to the Service, Clinic or Department are established by the Nurse Practitioner and the supervising physician(s), and approved by the appropriate medical and nursing administrators, the IDPC, and the Stanford Hospital and Clinics (SHC) Medical Executive Board and Board of Directors.

Physician Assistant (PA):The Physician Assistant functions under the general Physician Assistant Role Description approved by the Interdisciplinary Practice Committee (IDPC). Specific functions pertaining to the Service, Clinic or Department are established by the Physician Assistant and his or her supervising physician(s), and approved by the appropriate medical and nursing administrators, the IDPC, and the Stanford Hospital and Clinics (SHC) Medical Board and Board of Directors.

The essential functions listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification. They are not designed to contain or be…