Position Summary:
The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Department of Pediatrics , Division of Critical Care , is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to provide care within the inpatient setting. This position is located in Milwaukee, WI at the Children's Wisconsin hospital campus . The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) works as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team who will contribute to excellence in program administration, patient care, patient safety, research, quality improvement, and teaching.
Position Highlights:
Teaching/Education: Instruction (formal and/or informal) of nurses and nursing students, medical students, residents, parents and other health care professionals.
Quality improvement: Participate in quality improvement initiatives.
Research: Participate in section research activities.
Core Advanced Practice Responsibilities
Perform comprehensive histories and physical exams, identifies normal and abnormal findings, including physical, cognitive, and psychosocial status.
Order, perform, and interpret screening and diagnostic procedures and tests, and appropriately communicates and documents information.
Write accurate and timely progress notes, procedure notes, and/or admission and transfer orders
Develop pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical treatment plans.
Monitor effectiveness of plan of care.
Educate patients on disease and treatment plans.
Perform procedures as trained and appropriately credentialed.
Document within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and completes other necessary documents.
Collaborate and/or consults with physicians and other health care providers as appropriate.
Educates, counsels, and assists patients and families regarding current health problems, health maintenance activities and preventive behaviors.
Attend required training and meets key regulatory requirements, including those of the privileging institution, CMS, and the Joint Commission.
Acquires information on the most current development and trends in the Physician Assistant field and/or Nurse Practitioner field, through educational programs, in-services, professional associates, and current literature.
Department Specific Responsibilities
Patient Care: Examine, treat, and document acute and chronic care of children with complex and critical health conditions in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Order, interpret, and record results of clinical tests and report results to physician team. Prescribe medications and make recommendations for other therapeutic treatments.
Teaching/Education: Instruction (formal and/or informal) of nurses and nursing students, medical students, residents, parents and other health care professionals.
Quality improvement: Participate in quality improvement initiatives.
Research: Participate in section research activities.
Schedule:
Position requires flexibility with respect to scheduling as coverage.
Includes 24/7 care of patients and includes days, nights, weekends, and holidays in a rotating schedule.
Full-Time (1.0 FTE)
Salaried (Exempt)
Department/Division Highlights:
Shift schedules include: Day shifts: 10 hours; Night shifts: 15.5 hoursScheduling expectations include: Working every fourth weekend; Participating in a rotating major and minor holiday schedule
Qualifications:
Preferred Experience:
Previous experience in critical care nursing or comparable clinical practice;
Previous experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with subspecialty concentration in acute/chronic or critical care;
Previous experience with technology-dependent children.
Minimum Education:
· Advanced Practice Nurse: Master’s Degree or higher in Nursing from a nationally accredited organization.
· Physician Assistant: Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Physician Assistant Studies from an ARC-PA-accredited organization.
Minimum Requirements:
Advanced Practice Nurse/ Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner
· Wisconsin RN License
· Wisconsin Advanced Practice…