Pediatric Orthopedic Nurse Practitioner
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Job Location:
Orlando, FL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Nemours in Orlando is seeking a Nurse Practitioner. Come join our Ortho Team! The position will work in our orthopedic clinics inpatient and operating room. The position is FULL TIME Monday through Friday no additional call responsibilities required.
This position provides care for pediatric patients including interviews patients obtains and records health histories completes physical and developmental assessments diagnoses health problems manages the health care of those patients for which he/she has been educated provides health care teaching and counseling initiates referrals and maintains health records in the inpatient and/or outpatient settings.
Essential Functions:
- Provides care to pediatric patients as guided by education clinical expertise and Scope of Practice Agreement including ambulatory inpatient (acute) care surgical first assist and pre- and post-operative management
- Elicits comprehensive or focused/interval health history
- Performs complete or interim physical examinations as indicated by the nature of the encounter
- Orders performs and/or interprets diagnostic or screening tests including laboratory radiological or other tests within the NP scope of practice
- Plans interventions including medications treatments and procedures and modifies plans based on evaluation of patient response.
- Initiates monitors alters or orders medications related to conditions or illnesses being treated within applicable divisions
Requirements:
- Successful completion of Accredited NP program National Nurse Practitioner Certification within 90 days of employment
- Florida Licensure as a Nurse Practitioner (temp or permanent) required upon hire.
- BLS required upon hire
- Prior healthcare/patient care experience strongly preferred
- Experience working in Orthopedics preferred
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Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Pain Management
- Acute Care
- Primary Care Experience
- Suturing
- Vital Signs Experience
- Dermal Fillers
- Experience Administering Injections
- Pediatrics Experience
- Nursing
- Botox Experience
- Medicare
About Company
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware an ... View more
