Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - PICU

AAP Colorado; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Phoenix Children's Hospital is seeking an energetic acute care pediatric nurse practitioner to join the 48-bed PICU team at our main campus in Phoenix. The NP collaborates with physicians to care for high-acuity patients from birth to 18 years, in a Level 1 trauma center with strong subspecialty programs and satellite units requiring coverage.

Applicants must have graduated from an acute care pediatric NP program; new graduates are welcome and PICU RN experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an acute care pediatric nurse practitioner program.
• New graduates are accepted; prior PICU experience as an RN is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conducts comprehensive health histories and physical assessments for infants to young adults with acute or chronic conditions.
• Uses advanced assessment skills to manage a patient cohort in collaboration with residents, fellows, and attending physicians.
• Orders and prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions to treat illness and improve health status.
• Formulates family-centered plans of care during interprofessional rounds.
• Performs daily documentation and billing.
• Coordinates care with interdisciplinary services.
• Performs critical care procedures (e.g., intubations, central/arterial lines, lumbar punctures, chest tubes).
• Applies evidence-based practice to plan of care and adapt plans to patient and family needs.
• Serves as an educational resource to patients, families, and the healthcare team.
• Engages in professional development for self and team.
• Participates in development of other team members.
• Demonstrates commitment to patient safety and shared accountability of safe practice.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties, research, and education

Education

Acute care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program

Job description

The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is seeking an energetic, acute care pediatric nurse practitioner to join our growing team. Nurse practitioners at the main campus 48-bed PICU work collaboratively with the medical team and the attending physicians to help care for high acuity, intensive care patients ages birth to 18 years old and their families. Phoenix Children's Hospital is a level 1 trauma center and has robust programs for endocrinology, neurosurgery, hematology/oncology/BMT, liver transplant, nephrology, general surgery, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support (ECMO). The PICU is a busy unit, seeing over 2,000 admissions a year. The PICU also has two 8-bed satellite units that the nurse practitioners are responsible for helping to provide coverage in these units with an attending physician.

Applicants are required to have graduated from an acute care pediatric nurse practitioner program. We do accept new graduate pediatric nurse practitioners and prefer that new graduates have prior PICU experience as a registered nurse. Practitioners in the PICU work rotating shifts.

Position Duties

• 1. Conducts comprehensive health history, physical assessments and plans for infants, children and young adults with acute and chronic health conditions.
• 2. Uses advanced assessment skills to manage a cohort of patients in collaboration with residents, fellows, and attending physicians
• 3. Orders and prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and performs other therapeutic or corrective measures to treat illness and improve health status.
• 4. Formulates family centered plan of care during interprofessional rounds
• 5. Performs daily documentation and billing
• 6. Collaborates and coordinates care with interdisciplinary services
• 7. Performs critical care related procedures including intubations, central line placement, arterial line place, lumbar punctures, and chest tubes
• 8. Uses the most up to date and evidence-based practice for plan of care and able to alter the plan according to family needs and effectiveness of plan.
• 9. Serves as an educational resource to patients, families, and healthcare team
• 10. Participates in professional development opportunities
• 11. Participates in the professional development of other members of the healthcare team.
• 12. Demonstrates commitment to patient safety and shared accountability of safe practice.
• 13. Performs miscellaneous job-related duties, research, and education