PartTime Pediatric and Neonatal ICU Physicians AssistantNurse Practitioner

Boston University; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 151,265 - 167,618; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Sick leave

Parental leave

CME expenses

Reduced tuition for faculty dependents

Job summary

Boston University is hiring Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners to work with critically-ill patients in the Pediatric ICU and Neonatal ICU. Successful candidates will have a Bachelor's degree, relevant licensure, and preferred pediatric experience. Responsibilities include patient interviews, treatment planning, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. The position offers a competitive salary of $151,265 to $167,618 and generous benefits, including paid vacation and reduced tuition for faculty dependents.

Qualifications

• Must have Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner licensure within 3 months of application.
• Previous pediatric experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interview patients and families, perform physical examinations.
• Develop treatment plans and recommend options for patient care.
• Administer or order diagnostic tests and interpret results.
• Document admissions, daily notes, and discharge summaries.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team to provide patient care.
• Consult specialty and surgical services as needed.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Knowledge of assessing neonates to young adults

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Education

Bachelor's degree

Graduated from an accredited nurse practitioner or physician assistant program

Job description

About the Role

Boston Medical Center Department of Pediatrics is seeking Physician Assistants (PA) or Nurse Practitioners (NP) to be part of a team of Advance Practice Providers (PAs and NPs) who provide care under the supervision of an intensivist physician to critically‑ill patients in both our Level III Neonatal ICU (22 beds) and Pediatric ICU (4 beds). The NICU is staffed 24/7 by an in‑house intensivist providing direct supervision to APPs. The PICU is staffed by pediatric intensivists who are in‑house during the day and may be at home or in‑house overnight depending on acuity and the needs of the patients and unit. APPs overlap with Boston Children’s combined residents to provide frontline care to our patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Interview patients and families and perform physical examination (including obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories).
• Develop a problem list, differential diagnosis and treatment, recommending options and courses of action for patient care.
• Determine abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as X‑rays and laboratory studies and interpreting test results.
• Place and modify care orders.
• Complete documentation for admission, daily and discharge notes.
• Interface with multidisciplinary team members (i.e., nursing, respiratory therapy, dietary, case management, etc.).
• NICU: attend deliveries alone and with the NICU attending.
• Provide consultations for Newborn Nursery as requested.
• Implement physician directives.
• Round with team.
• Provide ongoing patient assessment and intervention.
• Consult specialty and surgical services under direction of attending MD.
• Coordinate discharge including follow‑up appointments, equipment and discharge teaching.
• Perform therapeutic procedures appropriate to unit following training (i.e., central line placement and removal, arterial line placement, chest tube placement, endotracheal intubation, procedural sedation).
• Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection‑control policies and protocols.
• Comply with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements.
• Participate in continuing education, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, educational conferences and research studies.
• Respond to Pediatric Rapid Responses and Pediatric Codes outside the PICU/NICU.
• Participate in unit patients safety and quality improvement initiatives.
• Keep abreast of advances in patient care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Graduate of an accredited and/or approved nurse practitioner or physician assistant program.
• Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner licensure within the first 3 months following the receipt of a complete application for medical staff membership and privileges.
• Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner certification.
• Basic Life Support (BLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications.
• Previous pediatric experience preferred.
• Must demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to assess neonates through young adults.
• Interpersonal skills needed for interacting effectively with physicians, staff, patients and families.

Compensation

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (BU‑CASM) offers a competitive salary commensurate with academic training and practice experience. Our staff receive a highly competitive salary and generous benefits that include paid vacation, sick time, parental leave, and CME expenses. Faculty members and their dependents qualify for greatly reduced tuition at Boston University. Compensation ranges between $151,265.25 and $167,618.25. The salary will be set based on qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and departmental budget; the above range is a good‑faith estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

How to Apply

If interested in this employment opportunity, please send your resume/CV and cover letter directly to: [e-mail].

About Us

Boston Medical Center proudly serves a diverse population in Boston and boasts a world‑class academic medical center in Boston University School of Medicine, with a commitment to caring for all patients, including the underserved. BMC is a 514‑bed academic medical center located in Boston’s historic South End. The largest safety‑net hospital in New England, BMC provides consistently excellent and accessible health care to all. BMC is the primary teaching affiliate of BU‑CASM, a highly ranked medical school dedicated to urban and international health and a recognized leader in groundbreaking medical research. Boston Medical Center is the academic teaching hospital for Boston University School of Medicine.

Equal Opportunity & EEO Statement

Boston Medical Center and Boston University comply with all state, federal, and local laws and regulations.

Boston Medical Center and Boston University are equal‑opportunity employers, committed to a common mission of improving the health of Boston’s residents while adhering to the highest standards of academic medicine. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. Boston University conducts a background check on all final candidates for certain faculty and staff positions. The background check includes contacting the final candidate’s current and previous employer(s) to ask whether, in the last seven years, there has been a substantiated finding of misconduct violating that employer’s applicable sexual misconduct policies. To implement this process, the University requires a final candidate to complete and sign the form entitled “Authorization to Release Information” after the execution of an offer letter.