PA/NA – Pediatric Neurology – Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

Work in a collaborative outpatient and inpatient setting caring for medically complex infants children and adolescents.

Bring your areas of interest and expertise to the largest pediatric neurosciences program in West Michigan. Our department has been ranked as a Top 50 U.S. World & News Report Pediatric Neurosciences program for the past 5 years.

Position Highlights/Overview:

• This position is for a 3rd EMU (Epilepsy Monitoring Unit)/epilepsy APP. We currently have 2 NPs on this team in addition to 6 epileptologists

• This role specializes in non-intractable and intractable epilepsy epilepsy surgery. Will train the right candidate!

• Will work in our 8 bed wireless EMU performing admissions follow ups ordering medications and placing other orders in collaboration with the epileptologists

• Will also see epilepsy patients in clinic as well as general neurology patients

• Rotation for EMU to clinic is 1:2 (1 EMU week then 2 weeks in clinic)

• This role will also cover 5 weekends a year 1 holiday a year in the EMU/inpatient setting

Program Highlights:

• Rapidly growing pediatric neurology department currently with10 neurologists and 10 APPs

• Level I Pediatric Trauma Center & Pediatric Stroke Center

• Abundant research opportunities in collaboration with our Pediatric Neurologists

The desired candidate:

• Is flexible and adaptable

• Has strong critical thinking skills

• Works autonomously and collaboratively

• Is a self-motivated learner and medical provider

• Has effective communication and time management skills

• Welcomes work within a multidisciplinary team

• Will be active in research outreach quality improvement

• Is interested in working in a variety of settings

Qualifications:

Nurse Practitioner:

• Required masters degree Nurse Practitioners who obtained their education and certification after 2000 must show evidence of completion of a masters post-masters or doctorate from a Nurse Practitioner program that is accredited by the Commission on the Collegiate of Nursing Education or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission

• 3 years of relevant clinical experience

• Previous experience functioning in a collaborative role as a Nurse Practitioner

• LIC-Nurse Practitioner (NP) - State of Michigan

• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS)

Physician Assistant:

• Required Masters Degree Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant educational program

• LIC-Physician Assistant - State of Michigan

• CRT-Physician Asst Certified (PA-C) - NCCPA National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants

• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS)

Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital:
At Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital we fight for every child. With 350 pediatric specialists and subspecialists 12 years of U.S. News & World Report national rankings and innovations that draw patients from all over the world were driven to replace fear with hope and doubt with answers. We believe in the possibility of every childs future.

HDVCH is a state-of-the-art globally integrated 241-bed free standing dedicated childrens hospital located on the campus of Corewell Health in Grand Rapids Michigan. Annually there are 8760 inpatient and 124600 ambulatory visits as well as over 55185 children seen in the Pediatric Emergency Department (Level 1 Trauma rated). HDVCH also has one of the nations largest NICUs (108-beds).

Strong communities with natural beauty:

Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan boasting a vibrant downtown scene with hundreds of local restaurants and craft breweries. It is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan the fastest growing major city in Michigan and one of the fastest growing cities in the Midwest. A global canvas of creativity and community Grand Rapids is home to ArtPrize concert and theater venues museums Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park city owned parks and is located just 30 minutes away from the beautiful west Michigan lakeshore. With a growing metro area population of over 1 million people Grand Rapids has been recently identified by Forbesas the #1 best city to raise a family based on cost of living housing affordability commute and 2022 US Newsranked Grand Rapids 16th best place to live in the United States out of 150 metro areas.

How Corewell Health cares for you

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial health and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.

• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv

• Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you like restaurants phone plans spas and more!

• Optional identity theft protection home and auto insurance pet insurance

• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings

• Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

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