Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant – PICU

When you join the healthcare team at Phoenix Children’s, you’ll see the world of medicine through the eyes of a child. You’ll be amazed by something new every day, inspired by the capabilities and expertise of your co-workers, and you’ll be able to transform your professional ambitions into reality. Here, you can be part of a growing system that will never outgrow its sense of joy, purpose, or discovery. Grow with us. 

We’re looking for lifelong learners who transform curiosity into discovery to join us in an inspiring place—filled with hope, positivity, support, and compassion. 

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant – PICU

The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is seeking an energetic, acute care pediatric nurse practitioner to join our growing team. Nurse practitioners at the main campus 48-bed PICU work collaboratively with the medical team and the attending physicians to help care for high acuity, intensive care patients ages birth to 18 years old and their families.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital is a level 1 trauma center and has robust programs for endocrinology, neurosurgery, hematology/oncology/BMT, liver transplant, nephrology, general surgery, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support (ECMO).

The PICU is a busy unit, seeing over 2,000 admissions a year. The PICU also has two 8-bed satellite units that the nurse practitioners are responsible for helping to provide coverage in these units with an attending physician. Applicants are required to have graduated from an acute care pediatric nurse practitioner program. We do accept new graduate pediatric nurse practitioners and prefer that new graduates have prior PICU experience as a registered nurse. Practitioners in the PICU work rotating shifts.

Position Duties:

• Conducts comprehensive health history, physical assessments and plans for infants, children and young adults with acute and chronic health conditions
• Uses advanced assessment skills to manage a cohort of patients in collaboration with residents, fellows, and attending physicians
• 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 during interprofessional rounds
• Performs daily documentation and billing
• Collaborates and coordinates care with interdisciplinary services
• Performs critical care related procedures including intubations, central line placement, arterial line place, lumbar punctures, and chest tubes
• Uses 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 of plan
• Serves as an educational resource to patients, families, and healthcare team
• Participates in professional development opportunities
• Participates in the professional development of other members of the healthcare team. Demonstrates commitment to patient safety and shared accountability of safe practice. Performs miscellaneous job-related duties, research, and education 

Requirements: 

• Master’s or Doctorate degree from an Accreditation Commission for Nursing (ACEN) and/or Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) accredited graduate school of nursing in Pediatric Acute care, Pediatric primary care or Family Medicine OR Master’s degree from nationally accredited ARC-PA program
• Current BLS certification for Healthcare Provider from the American Heart Association or obtained by start date
• Current State of Arizona certification as a Nurse Practitioner OR Current State of Arizona certification as a Physician Assistant or obtained by start date
• National board certification to match area of education OR maintain certificate in National Commission on Certification for Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

Candidates interested in applying for this position should send resumes to: 
Chastity Jensen
APP Talent Acquisition Partner 
Phoenix Children’s 
cocano@phoenixchildrens.com 

Or apply online: https://careers.phoenixchildrens.com/Positions/Posting/822334

Phoenix Children’s offers an outstanding work environment, a competitive compensation/benefits package including paid malpractice insurance coverage, paid time off, and access to CME including a professional development course through UptoDate.