Job Summary

Responsible for providing comprehensive care at an advanced practice level to children and their families through assessment, treatment clinical management, ordering/or interpreting laboratory and diagnostic tests, teaching, and participating/conducting research. Works collaboratively with physician partners, administration, nursing, and health care teams to develop and implement clinical program needs.

Job Specific Duties

• Acts as a resource for patients, families, staff, or community groups providing education and emotional support.
  
• Develops, implements, evaluates, monitors, manages, and modifies a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
  
• Performs comprehensive and problem focused history and physician examinations.
  
• Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care across departments and promoting optimal patient outcomes.
  
• Orders and interprets appropriate laboratory tests, radiological studies, and consultations.
  
• Participates in quality improvement programs.
  
• Performs procedures as demonstrated through competency.
  
• Accountable for maintaining current expertise and skills in order to facilitate a high quality of clinical performance and to promote professional growth.
  
• Orders and/or prescribes medications for inpatients/outpatients.
  
• Participates in other necessary activities associated with patient care (writing daily progress notes, coordinating clinical care, discharge planning, etc.).
  
• Writes orders, monitors/alters drug therapies, and performs other procedures with education and experience within established protocol in collaborative relationship with a Physician(s).
  
• Recognizes need for physician consultation and guidance as indicated within experience and scope of practice
  
• Acts as a preceptor for APP students

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