Nurse Practitioner - Gastroenterology

Job Description

Children’s Specialty Group. PLLC (CSG) in partnership with Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughter (CHKD) is seeking a full-time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our multidisciplinary Gastroenterology division.

The division includes 6 physicians and 2 outpatient Nurse Practitioners as well as dieticians, social workers and nursing and administrative staff.  This is a primarily inpatient GI position, though there is opportunity to incorporate some outpatient GI in the future.  The candidate will work closely with the inpatient GI attending to perform new and follow established consults, attend rounds, and collaborate with other CHKD specialties, pediatricians and the Emergency Department.  Opportunities to join multidisciplinary teams and other hospital initiatives including the Intestinal Rehabilitation Team are available.  Typical hours are Monday through Friday from 8 : 30AM to 4 : 30PM.  There are no call or weekend requirements.

Qualifications

Current Virginia license or eligible for Virginia license as Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, or Physician Assistant

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

One year of gastroenterology experience is preferred but not required, ideally with significant exposure to the pediatric population

Enjoy a high quality of life in Coastal Virginia! The successful candidate will have easy access to the beach, the Eastern Shore, the Outer Banks, and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our area has wonderful public & private school options, as well as several of the country’s greatest in-state colleges including UVA, Virginia Tech, William & Mary, JMU, and Old Dominion. Coastal Virginia boasts reasonable cost of living throughout the region and is home to the largest naval base in the world.

CSG is a physician-owned group that comprises over 230 board-certified or board-eligible physicians and over 120 advanced practice providers to care for patients throughout the area. We are the sole provider of medical specialty care at Children’s Hospital of The Kings Daughters (CHKD), which is the only freestanding children’s hospital in Virginia. We treat patients from southeastern Virginia to northeastern North Carolina, which includes roughly 450,000 children and adolescents.  Our mission is to provide direct high-quality healthcare to infants, children and adolescents, train future physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and conduct research to improve children’s health.