Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics, Pediatric Palliative Care/Coordinated Fetal Care Programs
Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics, Pediatric Palliative Care/Coordinated Fetal Care Programs
Location: Stony Brook, New York
Open Date:
Nov 04, 2022
Deadline:
Jan 04, 2023 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Description
Stony Brook Children's Hospital is seeking a full time Pediatric or Family Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner to join our team in a full-time role. The position will entail time spent both with our Pediatric Palliative Care Team and our Coordinated Fetal Care Program to work to provide inpatient and outpatient pediatric palliative care consultation and prenatal visits. Our growing Pediatric Palliative Care team consists of two part-time physicians and a pediatric social worker, although we work closely with a larger institutional interdisciplinary team which includes child-life specialists, chaplaincy, psychology and social work.
Job Responsibilities:
Pediatric Palliative Care Team:
• Assist in communication and facilitated goals of care conversations for seriously ill pediatric patients.
• Facilitate implementing limitations of care when in accordance with family wishes, including documentation of MOLST per NY State regulations.
• Provide recommendations about symptom management and assist with medication titrations.
• Participate in daily team rounds.
• Communicate with care teams to facilitate high quality and compassionate care.
• Thoroughly document visits with adherence to billing practices.
• Conduct formal and informal education about palliative care.
• Serve as link integrating relevant research and best practices.
Coordinated Fetal Care Program (CFCP):
• Assist with coordination of care for pregnant women who have a fetal diagnosis requiring multi-specialty evaluation and management.
• Serve as a point of contact for pregnant women to provide support, reassurance and guidance.
• To serve as a liaison between all relevant clinical parties to optimize communication and patient care.
• To assist in maintaining RedCap Database of patients enrolled in CFCP.
• To assist with scheduling of consultations relevant to the fetal diagnosis both within and outside of Stony Brook Children's.
Education, Skills and Experience:
• Master's degree from an accredited program. Current certification as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) through their national certification bodies. Licensure as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner (NP) in New York State.
• At least 2 years of experience with at least 1 year of experience in pediatrics, hospice, oncology, palliative care, and/or ICU preferred.
• Commitment to palliative care philosophy.
• Outstanding communication skills with staff, the medical community, and patients and families.
• Comfort working with socio-culturally diverse patients/families.
• Ability to take initiative, work independently, multi-task and manage time well.
• Comfortable documenting in an electronic medical record (EMR).
• A professional and caring demeanor.
• Certification or willingness to certify in hospice and palliative care preferred.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications: Master's Degree from an accredited program. Current certification as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Family Nurse Practitioner, Licensure as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner in New York State. At least two years of clinical experience.
Preferred Qualifications: At least 1 year of experience in pediatrics, hospice, oncology, palliative care, and/or ICU. Certification or willingness to certify in hospice and palliative care.
Application Instructions
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For questions regarding this position, please contact Janet DeLuca at [email protected].
Special Notes
Non-Tenure Track position. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.
Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible.
Campus Description
Long Island's premier academic medical center, Stony Brook Medicine, represents Stony Brook University's entire medical enterprise and integrates all of Stony Brook's health-related initiatives: education, research and patient care. It encompasses Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook Children's Hospital, the five Health Sciences schools -- Dental Medicine, Health Technology and Management, Medicine, Nursing and Social Welfare -- as well as the major centers and institutes, programs and more than 50 community-based healthcare settings throughout Suffolk County. With 624 beds, Stony Brook University Hospital serves as Suffolk County's only tertiary care center and Regional Trauma Center. Stony Brook Children's, with more than 180 pediatric specialists in 30 specialties, offers the most advanced pediatric specialty care in the region. In the Medical and Research Translation (MART) building, two floors are occupied by Stony Brook University Cancer Center’s outpatient services, and four floors are devoted to cancer research. Diversity, equity and inclusion are essential core values at Stony Brook Medicine. We believe we do our best and most impactful work when we leverage our diverse, equitable and inclusive perspectives. We are proud to recruit and hire talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.
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In response to the New York State Department of Health (DOH) regulation requiring Hospital and Nursing Home personnel to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, candidates selected for patient care positions or positions that may come in contact with patients or patient care employees, if not already vaccinated, must be fully vaccinated or obtain the first dose of the vaccine within three (3) calendar days of acceptance of conditional job offer and must obtain any subsequent doses in accordance with the DOH vaccine protocol. Candidates who are partially vaccinated, but not yet fully vaccinated, must complete their vaccination series within three (3) calendar days of job offer or in accordance with vaccine manufacture protocol, whichever comes later. The regulation also allows for limited exemptions with reasonable accommodations, consistent with applicable law.
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