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Work Shift
Day
Work Day(s)
Friday, Monday, Wednesday
Shift Start Time
8:00 AM
Shift End Time
5:00 PM
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
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Job Description
At Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, we provide treatment and follow-up care to children, teens, and young adults who have been diagnosed with a variety of conditions related to infectious diseases—and we’re on the forefront of leading research to develop new treatments and insights. We embrace collaboration among our pediatric specialists, and through this collaboration, we offer many multidisciplinary programs and clinics in which our providers participate.
Children's is actively recruiting for an Advanced Practice Provider to work as part of our collaborative Infectious Disease inpatient consultation team. As an Advanced Practice Provider, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive care at an advanced practice level to children and their families through assessment, communication, clinical management, collaboration, coordination, education, program development, research, self-evaluation, professional development, and system participation.
This position will initially be a benefitted 0.5 FTE with the possibility to increase the effort allocation in subsequent years to meet inpatient clinical needs in the growing Transplant & Oncology and General Infectious Disease services.
BOTH PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
Experience
No minimum experience required
Preferred Qualifications
2 years of experience in pediatric healthcare preferred
Doctorate degree in Nursing Practice or Master’s or Doctorate degree in Medical Science
Education
Master's degree in nursing or bachelor's degree in medical science
Certification Summary
Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the single State of Georgia OR Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) licensure in the state of Georgia OR licensure as a Physician Assistant in the state of Georgia
Certification as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse by the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC), American Academy of Nurse Practitioner Certification Program (AANP), Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB), or National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), (Certification as Family Nurse Practitioner may be acceptable with CNO approval)
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification upon hire
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 60 days of hire for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants working in Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care, Anesthesia, Hematology/Oncology, and Critical Care (Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants working in Neonatology may provide NRP certification in lieu of PALS)
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Proficient knowledge of Georgia Scope of Practice for Nurse Practitioners and/or Physician Assistants, Joint Commission regulatory requirements and Credentialing process of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
Excellent communication (written, spoken & presentation), organizational, and interpersonal skills
Demonstrates personal and professional integrity; collaborative and respectful behavior; flexibility and willingness to change
Job Responsibilities
Clinical
Provide comprehensive patient care management within a collaborative practice model for children of all ages under the supervision of the…