Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care ! E

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care

Posting Note
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Phoenix Children’s opened as a free-standing hospital in 2002 and in the past 20+ years has undergone tremendous growth. The ED at the main campus sees over 90,000 children a year and is the only free-standing level one pediatric trauma center in the state. Phoenix is located in Maricopa County and is one of the fastest growing counties in the United States.

With this growth we have continued to expand our division, our facilities and our training programs which include fellowships in both Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Urgent Care.

We are looking to expand our UC coverage and are looking for EXPERIENCED APP’s in addition to our physicians, to do a hybrid of Urgent Care and low acuity ED shifts. We currently have 5 Urgent Care centers staffed 5 p-midnight Monday through Friday and 10 a to 8 p in the weekend. Providers are responsible for evaluating and providing evidence-based treatment to pediatric patients within their scope of practice under the Medical Director’s supervision.

This position maintains effective working relationships and rapport with patients/families, other physicians, employees, and volunteers. The Urgent Care sites can perform plain radiographs, and labs include urinalysis, blood sugars, rapid strep tests, and rapid flu in the winter months. We can send COVID but not rapid tests at this point.

In this role you will assess and treat acute injury and illness; perform procedural care including but not limited to abscess drainage, foreign body removal, and laceration repair with sutures, staples, and dermal adhesive and focus on efficiency metrics to improve urgent care flow, patient experience, and throughput.

• Pediatric experience
• Current State of Arizona certification as a Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant or obtained by start date
• Arizona state license
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and nonverbally
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong verbal communication, and basic computer skills (Special Skills)
• Current BLS certification for Healthcare Provider from the American Heart Association or obtained by start date
• National board certification to match area of education or maintain certificate in National Commission on Certification for Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

• Conduct comprehensive health history, physical assessments and plans for infants, children and young adults with acute and chronic health conditions.
• Order and prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, and perform other therapeutic or corrective measures to treat illness and improve health status.
• Formulate family centred plan of care; perform daily documentation as necessary; collaborate and coordinate care with other team members.
• Collect data and analyze when necessary.
• Perform advanced procedures associated with credentialing process (DOP).
• Utilize the most up-to-date evidence-based practice for plan of care and alter the plan according to family needs and effectiveness.
• Serve as an educational resource to patient/family, nursing staff, provider team and other health care teams as needed.
• Participate in own professional development by maintaining required competencies, certifying body renewals, seeking educational offerings when available, and participate in the professional development of others, acting as a preceptor/mentor for those new in department.
• Demonstrate commitment to patient safety by bringing up concerns in the appropriate manner, reporting through appropriate channels, and ensuring change of practice when necessary; demonstrate shared accountability of safe practice.
• Perform miscellaneous job related duties as requested.

Mission
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To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families

Vision
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Phoenix Children’s will be the leading pediatric health system in the Southwest, nationally recognized for exceptional care, innovative research and advanced medical education.

We realize this vision by:

• Offering the most…