Advanced Practice Provider Pediatric Colorectal Center

The Pediatric Colorectal Center at Primary Childrens Hospital is seeking an energetic and passionate individual for a full-time APP position. This position will be essential in management of pediatric patients with GI dysmotility, constipation, anorectal malformations, and Hirschsprung disease. The APP will be responsible for independent patient care, leading an interdisciplinary team, quality improvement, and advocacy. We are seeking an APP that is interested in leadership and management of complex chronic conditions in the pediatric patient.

The pediatric colorectal center at Primary Childrens Hospital cares for children with dysmotility, constipation, Hirschsprungs disease, anorectal malformations, and complex IBD. This role is primarily focused on patients with dysmotility, constipation, anorectal malformations, and Hirschsprung disease. Our colorectal team includes physicians, APPs, psychologists, nurses, and social work collaborating to provide optimal care to the pediatric patient.

As part of that patient care, this position is accountable to deliver optimal patient care through effective clinical practice; education of the patient, patient's family, clinical staff, and others; consultation with other healthcare providers; and maintain current knowledge regarding options for optimal patient care and outcomes.

Essential Job Duties

Position Specific Duties:

• This position provides coordinated care between patient clinic visits, including assessment of acute issues and referrals to appropriate team members, follow up care, and identifying gaps in patient care.
• Serve to identify health care gaps and help create care processes and quality improvement activities. Identify gaps in health education and create education materials.
• Participate in quality improvement activities with the team.
• Support the clinical team in role development, family support, clinic operations, and patient education.
• Participates in programmatic promotion through visits to local/regional pediatric providers, web page development, and attendance at national meetings.
• This position is accountable for the provision of patient care and other duties as permitted by licensure and defined within Credentialing and Privileging documentation (hospital), Credentialing and Scope of Practice (Medical Group), Consultation and Referral Plan (NP), Delegation of Services Agreement (PA) (DOPL) or other similar documentation as appropriate.
  

Clinical Practice:

• Perform patient assessment to obtain a complete and accurate record of the patient's clinical information and medical symptoms. Order tests and exams to obtain additional information needed to ensure proper and complete care of the patient.
• Based on assessment, diagnose patient needs and determine a plan of care. Interpret patient care tests and exams to obtain needed information to guide care.
• Provide the treatment of the patient (and oversee the treatment provided by others) including appropriate prescriptive practice to achieve optimal clinical outcomes for the patient. Utilize advanced specialty knowledge to ensure that the care provided is appropriate, effective, timely, and cost efficient.
• Perform diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures as defined by Scope of Practice.
• Appropriate and timely documentation of clinical care. Code and bill accurately per established protocol and procedure. Ensure that records are detailed and complete and comply with related standards and regulations.
• Outpatient assessment and evaluation of patients with suspected dysautonomia, abdominal vascular compression syndrome, and other unexplained symptoms disorders referred for evaluation.
• Assisting physicians in the outpatient care of patients with chronic pain.
• Participation in multi-disciplinary meetings and presentation of patients within these same meetings.
• Follow-up care: phone follow-up, clinic visits for continuity, medication and monitoring - including being available for questions/issues in patients seen in the outpatient clinic
• Scheduling of evaluations and tests
• Engaging and communicating with consulting services

Education:

• Conduct and/or coordinate education to increase the knowledge of patient, patient family, and others. Providing appropriate instruction based on patient needs to support the continuum of care.
• Train other staff in areas of clinical expertise. Provides teaching of students as appropriate to increase their clinical knowledge and ensure safe patient care.
• Stay abreast of current trends in healthcare practice and participate in continuing medical education to ensure optimal clinical knowledge and effective patient care skills.
  

Consultation/Collaboration:

• Coordinates and collaborates patient care efforts with other care providers.
• Communicates clinical information timely, accurately, thoroughly, and appropriately to other providers of patient care.
• May collaborate with other care providers in the effective sharing of practice expertise.
  

Research:

• May participate in research and utilize evidence-based practice to promote quality patient care, protocol development, care process model development, and best practice standards for assigned patient population.
• Supports professional development through research processes.

What you'll bring:

• Current state license as an Advance Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) or Physician Assistant (PA).
• If APRN, Certification as a Nurse Practitioner (Credentialing requirement).
• Eligible for State Controlled Substance License II through V.
• Eligible for Federal DEA Certificate II through V.
• BLS Certification for Healthcare Providers.
• Other certifications as required (e.g. ACLS, PALS, TNCC, NRP).
• Highly prefer prior pediatric GI clinical experience.