Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

POSITION TITLE: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

REPORTS TO (TITLE): Medical Director

SALARY RANGE: $138,831 - $175,666 DOE

Job Summary: As a member of the Patient Centered Medical Home Team Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, under the clinical supervision of the Medical Director, assists in creating partnerships between individual patients seeking care at the Santa Rosa Community Health and the providers by delivering excellent, comprehensive primary health care, prevention, and health education.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Creates an ongoing relationship with each patient by taking complete medical history, performing physical exams and making assessments and diagnoses on teen and pediatric patients; initiating, reviewing, and revising treatment and therapy plans, including developmental assessments, preventative well teen and child care, family planning care, and the promotion of childhood vaccines
• Maintains adequate documentation of all patients seen, including follow-up and referral in the electronic medical record.
• Manages the stable phases of chronic illnesses in consultation with the attending physician or Medical Director as needed.
• Orders and interprets laboratory reports and diagnostic imaging report
• Assesses mental health and provides for treatment as needed in individuals and families.
• Coordinates health management with physicians and other agencies.
• Assures quality and safety by a care planning process, evidence-based medicine, and active participation of patients in decision-making.
• Recognizes emerging community health problems and helps initiate appropriate interventions through community action.
• Meets with the Medical Director or Attending Physician on a regular basis to review charting and medical care provided.
• Seeks consultation on any difficult patient as described in the mid-level protocols in the Medical Administrative protocols Manual of SRCH.
• Participates in ongoing training and quality improvement measures