Nurse Practitioner - Palliative Care - Part Time

The Nurse Practitioner is an Advanced Practice Practitioner who is accountable for a "defined" patient population. Functions in the roles of expert practitioner, consultant, educator, patient advocate, care coordinator and researcher within a specialized area of practice. Possesses and exhibits a high degree of knowledge, skill and competence in the provision of health care directly to the patient, family or community, or indirectly through guidance of care by other professional personnel. Provision of patient care is conducted and performed utilizing the medical model within the scope of licensure and in accordance with applicable law, regulations, and in accordance with VCH policies. Some positions will be responsible for being on call according to a predetermined schedule or as needed, pursuant to hospital needs. Upon acceptance of an offer of employment and prior to providing patient care, candidate must submit Scope of Practice and all information for credentialing, to the Medical Staff office, Hospital Interdisciplinary Professional Practice Council.

Position Details

Status : Part Time Benefitted, Exempt

FTE / Hours per pay period : 0.5 FTE (40 hrs)

Shift : Day

Shift Length : 8

Pay Range : 71.40 - 113.75

Location : Madera, CA 93636 USA

About Us :

The Palliative Care Department is a small, specialized department of multidisciplinary clinical staff with medical director oversight who manage and navigate our most delicate and complex pediatric patients suffering from life limiting diseases. The team is a consultative team who function seamlessly to meet the emotional and physical needs of the Palliative Care pediatric patient. Physical care of the patient includes pain management as well as end-of-life care when appropriate. Emotional needs of the patient include consultation, counseling, and social services support. Additionally, the team meets the emotional needs of the patient's primary caregivers to include parents, relatives, and significant others. The service is primarily an inpatient service, but the team will consult in the outpatient arena when appropriate.

Valley Children's Healthcare - one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in the nation - provides Central California's only high-quality, comprehensive care exclusively for children, from before birth to young adulthood. With more than 670 physicians and 3,500 staff, Valley Children's delivers high-quality, comprehensive care to more than 1.3 million children in our service area. Our network offers highly specialized medical and surgical services to care for children with conditions ranging from common to the highly complex at our 358-bed stand-alone children's hospital that includes 28 regional NICU beds. Our family-centered, pediatric services extend from a leading pediatric cancer and blood disorders center home on the West Coast, and a pediatric heart center known for its expertise and pioneering treatments, to a Regional Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the highest level referral center between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. We participate in community initiatives, we support community efforts, we get involved where we can do the most good.

EXPERIENCE :

• Minimum 1 year of related experience
• Minimum 5 years increasingly responsible experience which demonstrates professional working knowledge of nursing theory and practice, with competence in physical assessments, different diagnosis, pathophysiology, pharmacology and management of acute and chronic pediatric problems preferred
• Experience in palliative care and pediatrics a plus
• Bilingual skills desirable

EDUCATION / LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS :

Have Questions?

Call Recruitment Services at 559-353-7071 or email us at recruiting@valleychildrens.org

Disclaimer : Final compensation will be dependent upon skills and experience.