Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Matrix Providers is hiring a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner to join our team of talented professionals providing healthcare services to Military Service Members and their families at Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth VA.

• Employment Status: Full Time
• Compensation: This is a salaried position, paid bi-weekly.
• Schedule: Shifts will normally be scheduled for an eight and half (8.5) or nine (9) hour period.
• Benefits: Competitive financial package with a comprehensive insurance package including health, dental, vision, and life coverage.
  • Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid Holidays (Outlined in Handbook)
  • 401(k) Plan

Requirements:

• Education: Degree/Education: Master�s Degree in Nursing. Possess current certification as a Pediatric NP by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or National Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NBPNA/P).
• Certification: Possess and maintain certification in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). Board Certification: Certified as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or the National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.
• Experience: Provide proof of professional development through continuing education within the last twenty-four (24) months. Possess a minimum of two (2) years of experience within the preceding three (3) years as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in a clinical setting.
• Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse.

Job Summary:

• Order, perform (as appropriate) and interpret pertinent ancillary tests (e.g. laboratorytests, radiologic studies).
• Formulate a clinical impression based on history, physical exam, and ancillary testing.
• Initiate an appropriate treatment plan.
• Determine a pertinent disposition and plan for follow-up care.
• Perform minor surgical procedures.
• Provide patient care in designated inpatient and outpatient spaces.
• Interview patients and families to determine need for medical intervention, perform a history and physical examination, generate an assessment and formulate a treatment plan, and communicate this plan to both the patient and the parents.
• Assume responsibility for documentation of patient visits, identifying the proper care needed and appropriate follow up. Ensure that necessary tests such as barium swallows, chest x-rays, sinus films, and computerized (or computed) tomography (CT) scans are appropriately scheduled.
• Explain treatment procedures and diagnostic tests to patients and parents, and obtain informed consent if required.
• Assist physicians in appropriate patient and family education and reviewing any new medications or changes in home treatment plans.
• Involve ancillary services such as social work, physical therapy, and nutrition as deemed necessary.
• Respond to urgent patient referrals by either communicating with referring physician or providing immediate self-directed intervention.
• Return telephone calls in an efficient and timely fashion to patients and families.
• Develop and enact an appropriate plan of treatment such as changing or adding medications to home therapy such as antibiotics, referring the patient to their local physician or emergency room (ER) for evaluation, offering consultation services, or scheduling them to be seen at NMCP.
• Provide clear, concise and adequate documentation of telephone contact and plan initiated, obtaining the proper physician's signature when indicated by medical and legal scope of care requirements.
• Provide back-up telephone coverage for other pediatric patients when indicated.
• Educate patients, families, professional nursing staff and other health care professionals.
• Assess patient and family nursing care and social service requirements, suggesting recommendations as needed.
• Review current medical literature to advance knowledge base.
• Provide for an optimum physical environment for patients and staff, emphasizing good safety practices and cleanliness.
• Support preventive maintenance and report equipment failures and inadequacies.
• Promote best business practices utilizing evidence-based medicine.

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