Job Details

• The Advanced Practice Provider is an advanced practice registered nurse or physician’s assistant with education, training, certification and licensure to provide for complex acute, chronic and critically ill/injured children. This individual will deliver the care for patients who are technologically dependent, highly vulnerable for complications, requiring frequent or complex monitoring and/or ongoing inpatient management with acute, complex, critical and/or chronic illnesses. The components of the role include clinical practice, consultation, professional development, education, and scholarship. In addition to managing patient care, the APP may be required to utilize invasive interventions and procedures to promote physiologic stability. This individual works in collaboration with the collaborating physician, Division Medical Director, staff physicians, the Division Director of Nursing, staff nurses and other team members. 

Job Responsibilities

• Assesses the complex acute and chronically ill patient for urgent and emergent conditions. Uses relevant data to evaluate for physiologic instability. Utilizes the data to formulate a plan of care.
• Performs therapeutic interventions to stabilize acute health problems. Specific interventions are listed in the Scope of Practice Document and approved as a part of the credentialing process.
• Analyzes the indications, contraindications, risk of complications and cost-benefits of therapeutic interventions.
• Manages the plan of care through evaluation, modification and documentation according to the patient’s response to therapy. Manages changes in condition with a focus on optimizing the patient outcomes.
• Incorporates health promotion, health protection and injury prevention measures into the plan of care within the context of the complex acute and chronic illness.
• Facilitates the patient’s transitions between and within health care settings.
• Serves as an educational resource to the patient/family, nursing and other staff and prescriber team. Acts as a consultant to multidisciplinary health care team members.
• Participates in scholarly activities. Participates in own professional development by maintaining required competencies, identifying learning needs and seeking appropriate educational offerings. Participates in the professional development of others. Acts as a preceptor and mentor to support the development of nurses, advanced practice providers, students and other health care providers.
• Demonstrates a commitment to patient safety by speaking up about safety issues and changing practice to enhance safety. Shares errors or potential errors through system reporting mechanisms. Demonstrates shared accountability for safe practice.

Education:

• DNP, MSN or Post-Graduate Certificate with specialization as an acute care pediatric nurse practitioner
• Graduate of master’s or doctoral level physician assistant program

Experience:

• At least 1 year of nursing or medical experience required with experience in the subspecialty area preferred.

Licensures, Certifications, and/or Registries:

• Must be eligible to practice as a nurse practitioner as determined by the Alabama Board of Nursing or as a physician assistant as determined by the Alabama Board of Medicine
• Current RN Licensure in the State of Alabama for nurse practitioners
• Current BLS/PALS certification
• Valid Acute Care PNP certification from PNCB or certification as PA-C from NCCPA