Position Summary:We are looking for an Advanced Practice Nurse to work within our Float Pool. The Role requires integration of knowledge, research, and experience to promote excellence in patient care and improve outcomes. Communicates and collaborates clearly and concisely with the health care team; appropriately consult and utilize resources to meet the patient's needs; and actively participate in patient discharge planning, Requires flexibility, and excellent clinical, organizational and communication skills. Advanced practice role, responsible for collaborative management of patients within inpatient medical surgical, critical care, or hybrid (ambulatory and inpatient medical/surgical) care neighborhoods. Role requires integration of knowledge, research, and experience to promote excellence in patient care and improve outcomes. Communicates and collaborates clearly and concisely with the health care team; appropriately consult and utilize resources to meet the patient's needs; and actively participate in patient discharge planning, Requires flexibility, and excellent clinical, organizational and communication skills. Key Responsibilities:<ul><li>Performing a complete history and physical exam and interprets findings. </li><li>Diagnosing and managing common clinical problems of the identified patient population. </li><li>Planning, implementing, and evaluating the treatment plan in an interdisciplinary manner. </li><li>Ordering and interpreting diagnostic studies and therapeutic interventions necessary to augment the patient's physical findings and treatment plan. Communicating these findings to the health care team, patients, and families. </li><li>Participating in discharge planning with the health care team. </li><li>Writing orders, prescriptions, and progress notes in the patient's medical record. Creating patient discharge summaries and communicating to the primary care providers. </li><li>Participating in the daily patient care rounds, interdisciplinary conferences, and teaching activities of the service. </li><li>Communicating the patient's condition and plan of care to the patient and family. Engaging in health teaching and counseling with the patient and their family in collaboration with the health care team. </li><li>Performing selected diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. </li><li>Participating in formal and informal teaching activities with staff nurses, physicians, interns and residents, and other members of the health care team. </li><li>Communicating clearly and concisely with the health care team and appropriately consulting and utilizing resources to meet the patient's needs. </li><li>Maintaining clinical competency and ongoing professional development through continuing education, professional activities, and self-evaluation. </li><li>Working 36 hours per week with 50% day/night rotation and every third weekend</li></ul>Minimum QualificationsEducation:<ul><li>Master of Science in Nursing</li></ul>Experience:<ul><li>1-3 years of Nurse Practitioner experience preferred</li><li>Pediatric experience preferred</li></ul>Licensure/ Certifications:<ul><li>A current Massachusetts NP license</li><li>Certification as a Pediatric or Family Nurse Practitioner</li></ul> <img src="https://www.jobg8.com/Tracking.aspx?109kPZC%2b8Q9D9hyetIjM3gl" width="0" height="0" />

**Advanced Practice Nurse**

We are looking for an Advanced Practice Nurse to work within our Float Pool. The role requires integration of knowledge, research, and experience to promote excellence in patient care and improve outcomes. Communicates and collaborates clearly and concisely with the health care team; appropriately consults and utilizes resources to meet the patient's needs; and actively participates in patient discharge planning. Requires flexibility, and excellent clinical, organizational, and communication skills.

This advanced practice role is responsible for collaborative management of patients within inpatient medical surgical, critical care, or hybrid (ambulatory and inpatient medical/surgical) care neighborhoods. 

**Job Description**

- Performing a complete history and physical exam and interpreting findings.
- Diagnosing and managing common clinical problems of the identified patient population.
- Planning, implementing, and evaluating the treatment plan in an interdisciplinary manner.
- Ordering and interpreting diagnostic studies and therapeutic interventions necessary to augment the patient's physical findings and treatment plan. Communicating these findings to the health care team, patients, and families.
- Participating in discharge planning with the health care team.
- Writing orders, prescriptions, and progress notes in the patient's medical record. Creating patient discharge summaries and communicating to the primary care providers.
- Participating in the daily patient care rounds, interdisciplinary conferences, and teaching activities of the service.
- Communicating the patient's condition and plan of care to the patient and family. Engaging in health teaching and counseling with the patient and their family in collaboration with the health care team.
- Performing selected diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
- Participating in formal and informal teaching activities with staff nurses, physicians, interns, residents, and other members of the health care team.
- Communicating clearly and concisely with the health care team and appropriately consulting and utilizing resources to meet the patient's needs.
- Maintaining clinical competency and ongoing professional development through continuing education, professional activities, and self-evaluation.
- Working 36 hours per week with 50% day/night rotation and every third weekend.

**Requirements**

- Education: Master of Science in Nursing
- Experience: 1-3 years of Nurse Practitioner experience preferred; Pediatric experience preferred
- Licensure/Certifications: A current Massachusetts NP license; Certification as a Pediatric or Family Nurse Practitioner

Advanced Practice Nurse, Float Pool

Position Summary/ Department Summary:Our 22-bed MICU at Boston Children's Hospital is dedicated to providing exceptional care for patients spanning the age continuum. We manage a wide range of diagnoses, including respiratory failure & complex respiratory disease progression, septic shock, heart failure, diabetic ketoacidosis, metabolic crises, post-lung transplant care, and patients with chronic medical complexity. Join a compassionate and highly skilled team that values personalized care and the power of multidisciplinary collaboration to deliver the best outcomes for our patients and their families. We are a close-knit group committed to empowering autonomous practice in our nurse practitioners to actively participate in bedside care and make crucial management decisions.Key Responsibilities:<ul><li>Providing front-line care and coordination for complex, critically ill patients in the MICU, including assessment, diagnosis, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, bedside procedures, and family-centered care.</li><li>Collaborating and consulting with acute care providers and interdisciplinary team members on all assigned inpatients during daily rounds. Managing assigned patients throughout the course of the day.</li><li>Participating in ongoing research and quality improvement initiatives.</li><li>Facilitating patient/family and multidisciplinary team education.</li><li>Working 40 hours per week, rotating day/night shifts and a maximum of every third weekend</li></ul>Minimum QualificationsEducation:<ul><li>A Master s degree in Nursing (MSN) </li></ul>Experience:<ul><li>A minimum of 2 years of Pediatric ICU experience.</li><li>1-2 years of Pediatric acute care NP experience is preferred; new graduates will also be considered with previous ICU experience.</li></ul>Licensure/ Certifications:<ul><li>MA licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse PNP or FNP </li></ul> Sign-on bonus of $5,000.00 for fulltime 40 hours (for people who have not worked at BCH in the past 2 years.)<img src="https://www.jobg8.com/Tracking.aspx?43QUVNYFlvExX2idkKUd8gb" width="0" height="0" />

**Nurse Practitioner - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit**

Our 22-bed MICU at Boston Children's Hospital is dedicated to providing exceptional care for patients spanning the age continuum. We manage a wide range of diagnoses, including respiratory failure and complex respiratory disease progression, septic shock, heart failure, diabetic ketoacidosis, metabolic crises, post-lung transplant care, and patients with chronic medical complexity. Join a compassionate and highly skilled team that values personalized care and the power of multidisciplinary collaboration to deliver the best outcomes for our patients and their families. We are a close-knit group committed to empowering autonomous practice in our nurse practitioners to actively participate in bedside care and make crucial management decisions.

**Job Description**

- Providing front-line care and coordination for complex, critically ill patients in the MICU, including assessment, diagnosis, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, bedside procedures, and family-centered care.
- Collaborating and consulting with acute care providers and interdisciplinary team members on all assigned inpatients during daily rounds. Managing assigned patients throughout the course of the day.
- Participating in ongoing research and quality improvement initiatives.
- Facilitating patient/family and multidisciplinary team education.
- Working 40 hours per week, rotating day/night shifts and a maximum of every third weekend.

**Requirements**

- Education: A Master's degree in Nursing (MSN).
- Experience: A minimum of 2 years of Pediatric ICU experience. 1-2 years of Pediatric acute care NP experience is preferred; new graduates will also be considered with previous ICU experience.
- Licensure/Certifications: MA licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse PNP or FNP.

**Benefits**

- Sign-on bonus of $5,000.00 for full-time 40 hours (for people who have not worked at BCH in the past 2 years).

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