Casual Pre Surgical Advanced Practice Provider (Finance)
The Pre-Anesthesia Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner team is looking for a casual part-time Advanced Practice Nurse to work in collaboration with the Anesthesia and Surgical teams at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware.
The Pre-anesthesia APRN is an Advanced Practice Nurse who provides direct and indirect patient care to Nemours patients prior to procedure and/or diagnostic studies requiring sedation. Care is provided in a variety of settings including the pre-surgical care area, medical imaging/ interventional radiology, inpatient units, PICU, NICU and ambulatory surgery centers.
The Pre-Anesthesia Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner team is looking for a part-time Advanced Practice Nurse to work in collaboration with the Anesthesia and Surgical teams at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware.
Key Responsibilities
- Performing pre-surgical history and physical examinations
- Ordering laboratory testing, consults, and ordering pre-operative medications.
- The APRN must work collaboratively with the other APRN team members, anesthesia providers, surgeons, and the peri-operative nursing team.
- Formulating assessment and treatment plans of pediatric patients.
- Communicating with physicians about changes in patient's clinical condition.
- Educating parents/caregivers on patient condition and plan of care.
- Triaging and responding to phone calls from patient families.
- Accurately recording patient information in the electronic medical record.
- The NP must be able to work independently as well as part of multidisciplinary team.
What we Offer
- Competitive salary with generous sign on bonus.
- Extensive benefits package that includes quality-based bonus incentives, relocation allowance, life insurance, comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
- CME and board maintenance allowances.
- Retirement plan with employer matching and an additional 457B retirement savings plan.
- Educational allowance, paid licensure and malpractice fees, and professional membership dues allowance.
Qualifications
- Three years of related clinical experience required
- Active Delaware (or compact state) Registered Nurse Licensure required
- Active Delaware Advanced Practice Nurse Licensure, or Physician Assistant Licensure with or without prescriptive authority required
- Delaware Controlled Substance Registration (CSR), Federal DEA registration with Delaware Address
- Current Acute Care or Primary Care certification required
- Current AHA BLS required
- Excellent written, phone, and interpersonal communication skills required
If you're looking for a position that will allow you to enjoy a work-life balance, have an opportunity for professional growth, and focus on pediatric care, this is the opportunity for you.
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About Us
Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we're on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children's health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child's world a place to thrive. It's a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children's and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .
