Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant, Pediatric CVICU

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At Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, we know world-renowned care begins with world-class caring. That's why we combine advanced technologies and breakthrough discoveries with family-centered care. It's why we provide our caregivers with continuing education and state-of-the-art facilities, like the newly remodeled Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. And it's why we need caring, committed people on our team - like you. Join us on our mission to heal humanity, one child and family at a time.

Job ID: LP_00026532-303901

Job Description

Role Description

Come work in a fast pace, innovative and dynamic unit!  The Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) provides state-of-the-art critical care to children with congenital and acquired heart disease. We also care for adults with congenital heart disease in the immediate post-operative period.  Our facility is one of the largest and most technologically advanced units dedicated to the care of critically ill pediatric cardiac patients in the western United States. We care for more than 750 patients each year. Our CVICU is currently a 29-bed unit with plans to expand to 36 beds in the next few years. We are a post-surgical and cardiac medical unit.  

 Our Pediatric Heart Transplant program is complemented by the Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Therapies (PACT) program. PACT provides artificial circulatory assist devices as alternatives to or bridges to transplant. These include ECMO, the Berlin Heart and Heart Mate.  We are one of the most experienced teams nationally in the care of these complex patients.

Our APP team is currently made up of 19 highly qualified NP’s and PA’s. We are a strong team that works well together to provide outstanding care to our patients and families. Together we have over 90 years of nursing and pediatric cardiac experience. Our interests range from research, VAD’s, anatomy and physiology, neonates, chronically critically ill, adults with congenital heart disease, and OR. We are looking for team players that share our passion for pediatric cardiac intensive care who want to be a part of a fast paced, fun, challenging, growing unit.

Specific unit responsibilities of the advanced practice provider include: Pre rounding, creating a plan of care to advance the patient in their recovery, presenting on rounds and implementing the agreed upon plan. Procedure opportunities include but are not limited to: intubation/extubation, line placement, chest tube insertion and removal, pacer wire removal.

Advance Practice opportunities at the hospital wide level include: participation in the clinical ladder, APP grand rounds, APP Council, APP task forces etc.

We require a Master’s or doctoral degree in nursing from an accredited college or university.  Graduate of an NP program accredited by the National League of Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and that you meet the License and Certification requirement.  Pediatric cardiac and/or ICU experience highly preferred.

Encouraged: Please include a personal statement outlining your interest in this position.

JOB SUMMARY

This paragraph summarizes the general nature, level and purpose of the job.

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) positions are part of a collaborative team consisting of Attending Physicians, Fellows, and a team of advanced practice providers both NPs and PAs. The APP team is highly respected, we are seen as the go to team for the attendings. We actively participate in the education of fellows and visiting residents. Responsibilities for this role include: receiving sign-out from overnight team. Pre-rounding on assigned patients, developing a plan of care for the day for that patient, present patients on rounds, write a daily note, you will be responsible for implementing the plan agreed upon on during rounds and responding to any issues raised by the nurses during the course of the day. The advanced practice provider is credentialed to perform the following procedures: intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, chest tube insertion, PD drain placement, chest tube removal, pacing wire removal.

Nurse Practitioner (NP): The Nurse Practitioner functions under the general Nurse Practitioner Standardized Process Protocol approved by the Interdisciplinary Practice Committee (IDPC). The Nurse Practitioner provides routine care and management of the patient with acute and chronic complaints, in collaboration with t