Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care

Position Details

Department: PCMG-MAIN | ED Faculty

Location: Phoenix

Shift: Mon-Fri, Days, 8am-5pm

Category: Advanced Practice Clinicians

Posting #: 978728

Employee Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

Posting Note: Advance Your Practice at the Southwests Premier Pediatric System

Join Phoenix Childrens, the only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in Arizona and one of the fastest-growing healthcare systems in the nation. We are expanding our world-class team and looking for skilled Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners who thrive in high-energy environments and are passionate about delivering evidence-based care to the kids of Maricopa County.

Why Join the Phoenix Children''s Division of Emergency Medicine?

Clinical Impact: Whether youre managing complex cases at our main campus (80k annual visits) or providing high-quality care at our suburban Urgent Cares, you are the front line of pediatric health.

True Autonomy: We trust our APPs. Youll manage your own patient loadfrom acute illness to procedural care like abscess drainage and laceration repairwith the perfect balance of physician support when you need it.

Flexible Pathways: Choose your own adventure. We offer roles focused solely on Urgent Care or Hybrid positions that bridge the gap between Urgent Care and lower-acuity Emergency Department shifts.

Innovation at the Bedside: Our sites are equipped with pediatric-read radiology and advanced point-of-care diagnostics to help you make fast, accurate clinical decisions.

What Were Looking For:

Pediatric Specialists: NPs or PAs with a heart for kids and a drive for clinical excellence.

Procedural Pros: Comfort with suturing, staples, dermal adhesives, and foreign body removals.

Collaborators: Professionals who value rapport with families and seamless teamwork with our world-class medical staff.

The Logistics:

Urgent Care: Weeknights (5pMidnight) and Weekends (10a8p).

ED: Rotating shifts (Days/Evenings/Overnights) for maximum variety.

Requirements: Arizona licensure (or eligibility), PALS certification, and a commitment to patient throughput and experience.

Ready to lead the future of pediatric emergency care? Apply today and grow with us.

This position works in collaboration with the attending physicians and works within their scope of practice to provide excellent clinical care for patients. Plays a critical role in the patient family medical team. Professional who may practice in hospitals inpatient and/or outpatient setting.

Position Duties

• Conducts comprehensive health history, physical assessments and plans for infants, children and young adults with acute and chronic health conditions. Utilizes advanced assessment skills to manage a cohort of patients.

• Orders and prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, and performs other therapeutic or corrective measures to treat illness and improve health status.

• Formulates family centered plan of care. Performs daily documents as necessary. Collaborated and coordinated care with other team members.

• Collects data and analyzes when necessary.

• Performs any needed advanced procedures that are associated with their credentialing process DOP.

• Utilizes the most up to date and evidence based practice for plan of care and able to alter the plan according to family needs and effectiveness or plan.

• Serves as an educational resource to patient/family/ nursing staff/ provider team and other health care teams as needed.

• Participates in own professional development by maintaining required competences, certifying body renewals, seeking educational offerings when available, and participates in the professional development of others which may include Advanced Practice Provider students, Residents and Medical Students. Acts as a preceptor/mentor for those new in department.

• Demonstrates commitment to patient safety by bring up concerns in appropriate manner, reporting through appropriate channels, and ensuring change of practice when necessary. Demonstrates shared accountability of safe practice.

• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.