Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

C2 ALASKA, LLC

Maxwell AFB, AL

The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner may become the Primary Care Manager (PCM) for a panel of up to 1,300 patients. As a PCM, the physician will be the primary person responsible for the management of the health and wellness of his/her assigned patients.

• Direct, perform, or assist in the instruction of other health care professionals within the scope of the clinical privileges or responsibilities. Examine, diagnose, treat or prescribe courses of treatment within the scope of training, experience, and privileges.
• Provide preventive and health maintenance care, including annual physicals, positive health behaviors, and self-care skills through education and counseling.
• Technically direct and teach other staff, provide evidenced-based educational lectures and participate in in-service training to staff members.
• Order diagnostic tests as applicable as well as request consultation or referral with appropriate physicians, clinics, or other health care providers.
• Provide a full range of primary care pediatric nurse practitioner services in accordance with privileges granted by the MTF.
• Perform routine developmental screenings.
• Diagnose and treat common childhood illnesses.
• Provide anticipatory guidance regarding common child health concerns.
• Provide childhood immunizations.
• Perform school and sports physicals.
• Perform therapeutic procedures and prescribe pediatric treatment and medications based on assessment results and standards of care within the scope of practice of a pediatric nurse practitioner as defined and approved on the provider privileges list. Privileges scope of care and standards of practice guidelines are as defined by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP).
• Examine, diagnose, and treat acute episodic and chronic diseases, minor traumas and behavioral/psychological problems of newborns, infants, children and adolescents up to age 18 years.
• Identify and manages specific pediatric illnesses.
• Prepare and review case histories and clinical records of newborns, infants, children and adolescents up to age 18 years. Secures a health and developmental history from the patient or parent; records findings and makes critical evaluation.
• Examine patients, determine need for radiological examinations and clinical laboratory tests
• Interpret examinations findings and test results.
• Performs or request special screening and developmental tests and interpret the results.
• Provide notification to patients of results and adjusts the treatment plans as clinically warranted.
• Evaluate total health care needs of patients and develops a plan to meet these needs. Teaches patients and family member’s different ways to maintain or improve their health status.
• Provide healthcare and preventative services to pediatric patients and their family members, including age specific anticipatory guidance in growth and development, nutrition, common illnesses, safety, and discipline.
• Evaluate clinical practice and collaborates with health care team members as the Primary Care Manager to improve patient delivery for an empanelment of pediatric patients.
• Make appropriate referrals to general pediatrician, family practice physician, and/or specialty physician as warranted.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Master’s Degree in Nursing
• Graduate from an academic program, within the nursing specialty field of study that is accredited by a regional or national nursing accrediting agency recognized by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
• Certified as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), or the recognized national nursing certification organization in Pediatrics as appropriate.
• Possess and maintain an active, valid, and unrestricted license (with no limitations, stipulations or pending adverse actions) for advanced practice nursing from any state or territory of the United States or District of Columbia. Provider must comply with their state nursing license with collaborating physician requirements.
• Possess or be able to transfer and maintain an active, valid, current, and unrestricted State Controlled Substance License in order to obtain a DEA.
• Possess and maintain a current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Possess and maintain a current certification in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience within the past three (3) years in a pediatric clinic

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of computer applications/software to include Microsoft Office programs, MS Outlook (e-mail), and internet familiarity
• Knowledge of medical privacy and confidentiality (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA]), and accreditation standards of Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) and The Joint Commission (TJC), and the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs).
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Possess skill and tact to communicating with people who may be physically or mentally ill, uncooperative, fearful, emotionally distraught, and occasionally dangerous.
• Knowledge and experience, or demonstrate comprehension during training, with software and databases currently employed at the MTF (e.g. Microsoft Office, Access, Excel and PowerPoint; Medical Health System’s (MHS) Genesis.
• Possess skills with computer program literacy to collect and analyze data.
• Knowledge and experience in Patient Advocacy, Patient Privacy, and Customer Relations.
• Ability to apply critical thinking skills and expertise in resolving complicated healthcare, social, interpersonal and financial patient situations.
• Possess organizational, problem-solving and communication skills to articulate medical requirements to patients, families/care givers, medical and non-medical staff in a professional and courteous way
• Nurse Practitioners must meet all credentialing requirements for the MTF where they will be providing services.
• Ability to input, extract and format data from established databases Preferred
• Familiarity with Department of Defense (DoD), Federal, State, non-profit healthcare systems and organizations, to include DoD Tri-Service Military Healthcare Systems, TRICARE purchased care system, Medicare, Medicaid and the Veterans Administration (VA) Preferred

Physical Demands (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.