The role involves interviewing patients and families, performing physical examinations, and developing treatment plans. Additionally, the APP will coordinate care with multidisciplinary teams and participate in patient safety initiatives.
Requirements summary
Candidates must have a bachelor's degree and be graduates of an accredited nurse practitioner or physician assistant program. Certifications in BLS, NRP, and PALS are required, along with preferred pediatric experience.
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.
We are seeking energetic team players to join our staff.
Experience in the NICU or PICU is not required, but preferred.
We are currently recruiting for a part-time position.
Clinical shifts are centered around nights and weekends.
Following training in both the NICU and PICU, the APP will be assigned shifts in both locations.
At no time will an APP care for patients in both units during a single shift.
Key Responsibilities
Interviewing patients and families and performing physical examination (including obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories).
Developing a problem list, differential diagnosis and treatment. Recommending options and courses of action for patient care
Determining abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic test, such as X-rays and laboratory studies and by interpreting test results.
Placing and modifying care orders
Completing documentation for admission, daily and discharge notes
Interfacing 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.
Implementing physician directives
Rounding with team
Provide ongoing patient assessment and intervention
Consulting specialty and surgical services under direction of attending MD
Benefits
Paid Vacation
Sick Time
Parental Leave
Reduced Tuition
CME Expenses
Coordinating discharge including follow-up appointments, equipment and discharge teaching
Performing therapeutic procedures appropriate to unit following training (i.e. central line placement and removal, arterial line placement, chest tube placement, endotracheal intubation, procedural sedation)
Protecting patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols
Comply with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements
Participating in continuing education, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, educational conferences and research studies
Responding to Pediatric Rapid Responses and Pediatric Codes outside the PICU/NICU
Participating in unit patients safety and quality improvement initiatives
