Nurse Practitioner - Pediatric Palliative Care

Overview

 

We have a very clear mission at Legacy: to make life better for our patients, our community and each other. We show it every day, in everything we do. If your skill and compassion as a nurse practitioner reflect that mission, you belong at Legacy, making a difference through patient care.

 

Responsibilities

Works in collaboration with physicians to provide complete physical examinations, diagnosis, and treatment of both chronic and episodic disorders. Assigned principal responsibility for primary health care of patients under professional medical direction from physicians. Seeks the expert opinion or advice of a physician whenever the incumbent decides a case falls outside the scope authorized by policies and protocol. The Nurse Practitioner plans and implements and a physician reviews and confirms health care goals for patients.

 

The Nurse Practitioner may remain responsible for the patient throughout the course of the treatment or responsible for a period of time during treatment, providing the physical examination, the diagnosis, and the health care plan, determines when the patient has recovered, and releases the patient, in collaboration with the attending physician.

Qualifications

Education:

As required by licensure.

 

Experience:

Clinical experience requirements are dependent upon the specific position, and include a minimum of 2 years of experience in a related field.

 

LEGACY’S VALUES IN ACTION:

Follows guidelines set forth in Legacy’s Values in Action.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled

Licensure

Current applicable state RN license required.

National Certification as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) required.

Current applicable state license as a Nurse Practitioner w/Prescriptive Privileges (NP-PP) required.

Credentialed by Legacy Medical Staff for Category I and II priveleges.

Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association.