Nurse Practitioner - Cell Therapy Program

LE01 Valley Children's Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 117,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

The Nurse Practitioner position at Valley Children’s Healthcare is a pediatric-focused Advanced Practice role responsible for a defined patient population. It combines expert patient care with education, advocacy, care coordination and clinical inquiry within the hospital’s policies and scope of practice.

Credentialing through the Medical Staff office is required prior to patient care, with CA BRN RN/NP licenses, NCC certification, and core life-support trainings completed within set timeframes.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Nursing is required.
• Graduate of a Nurse Practitioner program is required.
• Licensed RN with CA BRN; NP license in CA required.
• NP-C certification required (NCC) within 6 months.
• BLS, PALS, ACLS certifications required within specified timeframes.

Skills

Bilingual Skills

Education

Master's Degree in Nursing

Nurse Practitioner program

RN - CA BRN

NP-C NCC

BLS

PALS

ACLS

Job description

Job Summary

The Nurse Practitioner is an Advanced Practice Practitioner who is accountable for a \"defined\" patient population. Functions in the roles of expert practitioner, consultant, educator, patient advocate, care coordinator and researcher within a specialized area of practice. Possesses and exhibits a high degree of knowledge, skill and competence in the provision of health care directly to the patient, family or community, or indirectly through guidance of care by other professional personnel. Provision of patient care is conducted and performed utilizing the medical model within the scope of licensure and in accordance with applicable law, regulations, and in accordance with VCH policies. Some positions will be responsible for being on call according to a predetermined schedule or as needed, pursuant to hospital needs. Upon acceptance of an offer of employment and prior to providing patient care, candidate must submit Scope of Practice and all information for credentialing, to the Medical Staff office, Hospital Interdisciplinary Professional Practice Council.

Qualifications

• Education Masters Degree Nursing (required)
• Program Graduate of a Nurse Practitioner program (required)
• Licenses and Certifications RN - Registered Nurse License - CA-BRN - California Board of Registered Nursing (required)
• NP - Nurse Practitioner License - CA-BRN - California Board of Registered Nursing (required)
• Must successfully complete the credentialing process through the Medical Staff office via CIDP for the appropriate scope of practice, written standardized protocols, and furnishing privileges. (required)
• NP-C - Nurse Practitioner National Certification - NCC - National Certification Corporation National certification from an accredited certifying board. within six (6) months of hire or transfer into position (required)
• BLS - Basic Life Support - AHA - American Heart Association within 30 days of hire or transfer into position (required)
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support - AHA - American Heart Association within 12 months of hire or transfer into position (required)
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support - AHA - American Heart Association within 12 months of hire or transfer into position (required)

Work Experience

• Minimum one (1) year Related experience (required)
• Minimum five (5) years Increasingly responsible experience which demonstrates professional working knowledge of nursing theory and practice, with competence in physical assessment, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, pharmacology and management of acute and chronic pediatric problems. (preferred)

Skills and Abilities

Bilingual Skills Preferred.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Compensation

Compensation Range: $84.64 - $122.73

Workshift: Night (United States of America)

Position Exempt: Yes

FTE %: 90

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36

Daily Hours: 12

Organization

Valley Children’s Healthcare – one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in the nation – provides Central California’s only high-quality, comprehensive care exclusively for children, from before birth to young adulthood. With more than 670 physicians and 3,500 staff, Valley Children’s delivers high-quality, comprehensive care to more than 1.3 million children in our service area. Our network offers highly specialized medical and surgical services to care for children with conditions ranging from common to the highly complex at our 358-bed stand-alone children’s hospital that includes 28 regional NICU beds. Our family-centered, pediatric services extend from a leading pediatric cancer and blood disorders center home on the West Coast, and a pediatric heart center known for its expertise and pioneering treatments, to a Regional Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the highest level referral center between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. We participate in community initiatives, we support community efforts, we get involved where we can do the most good.