Pediatric Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (Pediatric APRN)
Summary
Provides pediatric primary and chronic care to underserved children in a community health center, including exams, immunizations, and behavioral health support, using EHR systems and CDC guidelines.
PRIMARY PURPOSE:
The Pediatric Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner (APRN) provides comprehensive, culturally competent, and patient-centered care to infants, children, and adolescents in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). The APRN plays a key role in delivering preventive, acute, and chronic-care services to a medically underserved population, with an emphasis on health equity, access, and community-based care.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Provide comprehensive pediatric care, including well-child visits, sick visits, and chronic disease management.
- Perform physical exams, developmental screenings, and behavioral health assessments
- Diagnose and treat acute and chronic pediatric conditions.
- Order and interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests.
- Prescribe medications in accordance with state and federal guidelines.
- Administer immunizations per CDC guidelines and monitor vaccine compliance.
- Manage care for children with chronic conditions (e.g., asthma, obesity, HIV-exposed/infected children, behavioral disorders).
- Provide anticipatory guidance on nutrition, growth and development, safety, and preventive care.
- Address social determinants of health impacting pediatric patients and families.
- Collaborate with physicians, nurses, social workers, behavioral health providers, and case managers.
- Participate in care coordination, referrals, and follow-up services.
- Ensure accurate, timely documentation in the electronic health record (EHR).
- Meet productivity, quality, and compliance metrics (e.g., UDS measures).
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives and patient-centered medical home (PCMH) activities.
- Provide care regardless of patients’ ability to pay.
- Deliver culturally sensitive care to diverse and underserved populations.
- Support outreach, community engagement, and health education initiatives.
- Maintain compliance with HRSA, UDS, and other federal program requirements.
- Participate in interdisciplinary team huddles and case conferences.
- Assist with grant-supported programs (e.g., maternal-child health, HIV, school-based care).
- Perform other duties as assigned.