Acute Care Nurse Practitioner-Pediatric Surgery

TMCOne along with Arizona Pediatric Surgery & Urology are currently recruiting for an acute care nurse practitioner to provide excellent care to the children of Tucson and Southern Arizona. This is a clinic and hospital based role where the hours will vary. This role would be to support the surgical portion of the practice as opposed to the urology side.

Monday-Friday, 4 days in the hospital, 1 clinic day.

6 days of call per month that can be taken from home!

A qualified candidate will also perform the following:

• obtain patient history and perform physical exam
• evaluate new patients with operative and non-operative pediatric surgery concerns (drain abscesses, remove stitches, remove drains, train patients on gastrostomy tube care, train patients on stoma care, etc.)
• manage follow up patients who have non-operative pediatric surgery conditions (example: pectus carinatum)
• train in neonatal circumcision and perform/manage those patients
• assist in pre and post op care for pediatric surgery patients

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION: Master's degree in Nursing or related area, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

EXPERIENCE: Two (2) years of related experience, but experience in this field as an RN is a plus!

LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION: National certification as a Nurse Practitioner or must be National Certification as a Nurse Practitioner eligible, must become credentialed at TMC through the Professional Staffing Office prior to appointment. Must have and maintain a current Arizona state license as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner including prescriptive authority. Must obtain and maintain a current Federal Drug Enforcement Agency License for prescribing controlled substances. Must obtain and maintain current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS); for Mental Health only Crisis Prevention Instruction (CPI) required.