Nurse Practitioner, Trauma Center (25 hrs)

Company: Boston Children's Hospital
Location: Boston
Posted on: November 19, 2024

Job Description:

This Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for:

• Consulting and collaborating with care providers and interdisciplinary team members during daily rounds. Managing assigned patients throughout the course of the day.
• Participating in development and implementation of patient's plan of care with patient's attending physician, consulting physicians and other members of the patient's healthcare team.
• Obtaining relevant history and performing physical exams in the Emergency Department, during the inpatient stay, and clinic visits as indicated.
• Ordering and interpreting labs and diagnostic tests within the guideline of practice and in collaboration with the physician.
• Coordinating the care of multiple consults services for multi-system trauma patients.
• Participating in ongoing research and quality improvement initiatives, as well as facilitating patient/family and multidisciplinary team education.
• Active participation in department meetings and hospital committees.
• Contributing to the ongoing education and professional development of nurses, physicians and other healthcare providers in the area of pediatric trauma.
• Responding to outpatient calls from families as needed.
• Participating in the Trauma Performance Improvement process (PIPS).
• Working 25 hours/week day shifts. (No weekends or holidays)
  To qualify, you must have:
  • A minimum of 2 years inpatient pediatric experience, surgical or critical care experience preferred.
  • 1+ year of Pediatric NP experience preferred
  • Will consider new graduate NP with recent pediatric inpatient surgical or critical care RN experience
  • Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP)
  • Master's degree with current NP license**Sign-on bonus of $3,125.00 for part-time (25 hours) NP hires (who have not worked at BCH in the past 2 years.)
    
    Boston Children's Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.
    
    
    Keywords:
    Nurse Practitioner, Trauma Center, Pediatric Care, Emergency Medicine, Patient Management, Critical Care, Health Collaboration, Medical Education, Quality Improvement, Clinical Research
    

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