Inpatient Pediatric Heme Onc APP - Levine Childrens Hospital - Charlotte NC
Inpatient Pediatric Heme Onc APP - Levine Childrens Hospital - Charlotte NC
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Job Description
The Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Program at Levine Childrens Hospital in Charlotte NC is looking for a Pediatric Advanced Care Practitioner to join their inpatient APP team. The inpatient APP will function within a multidisciplinary team that provides comprehensive care for children and young adults with various oncologic and hematologic diagnoses in our Atrium Health Levine Childrens Hospital.
About the Opportunity:
Manages pediatric patients with hematologic and oncologic diagnoses requiring level of inpatient progressive care and coordinate escalated level of care as the patient requires.
Rounds daily with all members of the multidisciplinary team to collaboratively develop patients care plan.
Implements evidence based medicine as outlined by best practice guidelines and assigned patient treatment protocols
Writes chemotherapeutic order sets. Prescribes medications manages side effects and monitors for toxicities.
Performs diagnostic and surveillance intraoperative procedures such as lumbar punctures with instillation of intrathecal chemotherapy bone marrow aspirates and bone marrow biopsies
Participate in quality improvement and committees
Provider group of 14 physicians and 18 advanced practice providers
Schedule: Part time 2 12 hr) shifts/week 7 am 7 pm); weekend and holiday coverage on a rotation
Position Requirements:
Hematology/Oncology experience preferred but not required
Physicians Assistants andPediatric Nurse Practitioners (must be acute care certified)
Atrium Health Levine Childrens is located on the campus of Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte NC. We treat more pediatric patients per day than any other hospital in North Carolina. Last year alone as a referral center for pediatric trauma and pediatric surgical services patients traveled from 19 countries and across the US to receive care from Levine Childrens Hospital (LCH. As the most comprehensive childrens hospital between Atlanta and Washington DC we help families stay close to home. LCH has 236 beds and over 150 specialists across more than 30 pediatric specialties. The hospital has 4 pediatric hospitalist teams a 20bed PICU (including cardiac ICU) an 85bed NICU and an inpatient pediatric rehabilitation facility. LCH hosts a premier Pediatrics Residency Program now partnering with the Wake Forest School of Medicine and offers excellent support for clinical research and quality improvement.
LCH has repeatedly been ranked among the Best Childrens Hospitals in the nation by US News & World Report in numerous Pediatric Subspecialties. Carolinas Medical Center along with LCH has earned Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The Magnet program recognizes healthcare organizations for their focus on improving patient care safety and satisfaction.
Employment Type
Part-Time
