Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Part Time

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner -- Part Time Saturday Only

Job Category
:
Clinical

Requisition Number
: PEDSN
001387

• Posted:
  October 1, 2025
• Part-Time
• On-site

Amherst County Comm HC, 134 Elon Rd, Madison Heights, VA 24572, USA

• Obtains complete medical history from patient, and/or family, and/or previous medical record.
• Explains treatment to patients and families.
• Provides culturally sensitive health education and counseling for patients, parents, and teachers as deemed appropriate.
• Consults with physicians and other members of the health care team as necessary.
• Performs complete physical examinations on patients.
• Orders routine and diagnostic lab and x-ray studies based on clinical guidelines and medical judgment.
• Diagnoses acute and chronic illness on the basis of clinical findings, laboratory and x-ray reports and/or the results of other diagnostic procedures according to approved protocols.
• Formulates, initiates and monitors patient management plans for patients assigned to the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, using protocols and/or consultation with a supervising physician.
• Provides routine preventive physical examinations for children birth to age 18 years.
• Refers patients requiring hospitalization or assessment and management of conditions to supervising physicians, emergency department physicians, or appropriate specialists.
• Renders emergency care and treatment including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, starting I-V fluids, and ordering of appropriate emergency medications.
• Sutures lacerations and addresses acute orthopedic injury with splinting if within provider’s scope of care.
• Participates in the pediatric on call rotation and works in immediate care clinic on Saturday.

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing, a Nurse Practitioner program recognized by the Board of Nursing or from a program otherwise designated for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners which has been approved by the State Board of Nursing.
• The ability to relate with effectiveness to patients and providers.
• Must be qualified in Basic Life Support techniques.
• Sufficient experience to carry out the duties of this position.
• Must obtain certification from American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses, or the American Nurses Credentialing Center through the American Nurses Association within 9 months of employment.

Fast paced office setting. Travel periodically to the immediate care clinic for Saturday work and may be asked to work at another location for coverage periodically.

EOE/M/F/V/D

Equal Opportunity Employer. This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.