Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Inpatient Cardiac Center, Night Shi

Offering recently increased compensation, $30,000 Sign-on Bonus and Relocation!! The Nemours Cardiac Center of the Children's Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware is looking for a qualified Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Inpatient Cardiac Center! This role is a full-time nocturnist role, including weekend, and holiday availability. The Nemours Cardiac Center (NCC) provides comprehensive care for infants, children, and adolescents with cardiac, thoracic, and vascular disease. The Cardiac Center provides patient care, performs research, educates and trains health care professionals in a variety of settings. This individual will work collaboratively with physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, dedicating his/her specialized practice to cardiac patients on our telemetry floor or in our post anesthesia cardiac unit (cardiac PACU). Our patient population ranges from newborns to young adults with congenital or acquired heart disease. Our surgeons perform all of the complex cardiac repairs, including definitive neonatal surgery, adult congenital surgery, and heart transplantation. They utilize all forms of mechanical support (VAD's, ECMO, ECLS) as an adjunct to our very active heart failure and pulmonary hypertension service. This position will include working some night, weekend, and holiday shifts.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Obtain medical histories, perform physical exams, order and interpret laboratory data, and prescribe management and medications on patients admitted to our inpatient service.
• Present patients on rounds, write daily progress notes, collate inpatient records, and complete discharge summaries using the electronic medical record.
• Assist in the preoperative and postoperative care of surgical patients.
• Provide continuity of care when coordinating care with other members of the health care team.
• Attend and present departmental patient care conferences and participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Interact with families of our patients, embracing a family centered focus. Click on our links below to learn more about Nemours and our Mission! Delaware Virtual Tour Nemours' Mission What we Offer
• Recently increased compensation and generous sign on bonus!
• Extensive benefits package that includes quality-based bonus incentives, relocation allowance, life insurance, comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• CME and board maintenance allowances
• Retirement plan with employer matching and an additional 457B retirement savings plan
• Educational allowance, paid licensure and malpractice fees, and professional membership dues allowance Qualifications

APRN:

Compact State RN license, DE APRN License, Delaware CSR, Delaware DEA; Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certification; AHA BLS and ACLS Certification upon hire

PA-C:

Current:

DE State Licensure, Delaware CSR, Delaware DEA, Na...