Nurse Practitioner - Pediatric Palliative Care
Nurse Practitioner - Pediatric Palliative Care
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Job Description
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 practitionerreflect 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.
LEGACYS VALUES IN ACTION:
Follows guidelines set forth in Legacys 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.
Employment Type
Part-Time
