Nurse Practitioner -High Risk Infant Follow Up Clinic

The Nurse Practitioner is an Advanced Practice Practitioner who is accountable for a "defined" patient population. Functions in the roles of expert practitioner, consultant, educator, patient advocate, care coordinator and researcher within a specialized area of practice. Possesses and exhibits a high degree of knowledge, skill and competence in the provision of health care directly to the patient, family or community, or indirectly through guidance of care by other professional personnel. Provision of patient care is conducted and performed utilizing the medical model within the scope of licensure and in accordance with applicable law, regulations, and in accordance with VCH policies. Some positions will be responsible for being on call according to a predetermined schedule or as needed, pursuant to hospital needs. Upon acceptance of an offer of employment and prior to providing patient care, candidate must submit Scope of Practice and all information for credentialing, to the Medical Staff office, Hospital Interdisciplinary Professional Practice Council.

Position Details

Status: Part Time, Non-Exempt					FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.4 FTE (32 hrs)
Shift: Day					Shift Length: 8
Pay Range: 68.90 - 111.00					Location: Madera, CA 93636 USA

About Us:

The High Risk Infant Follow-up Program assesses the development of children under the age of 3. HRIF is a CCS (California Children’s Services) program aimed at assessing infants who are at a high risk for developmental delays. All babies who have either had a NICU stay or PICU stay and were born before the age of 32 weeks gestation or weighed less than 1500 grams at birth are followed in HRIF, as well as term babies with medical conditions such as congenital heart disease. During an HRIF visit the child receives a physical exam, a neurological assessment, a developmental assessment, and a family psychosocial assessment by a Social Worker. When a child is found to have developmental delays, referrals are made to other subspecialist such as Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Physical Therapy and Audiology. In addition, many referrals are made to the patient’s local Regional Centers for Early Intervention evaluations. During an HRIF visit parents are taught about developmental milestones and given information on how to monitor their child’s development. A child is typically seen at 6 months of age, at 1 year of age, and the last visit is at 2 years.

Valley Children’s Healthcare - one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in the nation - provides Central California’s only high-quality, comprehensive care exclusively for children, from before birth to young adulthood. With more than 670 physicians and 3,500 staff, Valley Children’s delivers high-quality, comprehensive care to more than 1.3 million children in our service area. Our network offers highly specialized medical and surgical services to care for children with conditions ranging from common to the highly complex at our 358-bed stand-alone children’s hospital that includes 28 regional NICU beds. Our family-centered, pediatric services extend from a leading pediatric cancer and blood disorders center home on the West Coast, and a pediatric heart center known for its expertise and pioneering treatments, to a Regional Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the highest level referral center between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. We participate in community initiatives, we support community efforts, we get involved where we can do the most good.

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum one (1) year related experience required.
• Minimum five (5) years increasingly responsible experience which demonstrates professional working knowledge of nursing theory and practice, with competence in physical assessment, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, pharmacology and management of acute and chronic pediatric problems preferred.
• Bilingual skills preferred.

EDUCATION/LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

• Master's Degree in Nursing required.
• Program - graduate of a Nurse Practitioner program required.
• RN - Reg Nurse required.
• NP-C - Nurse Practitioner Natl Certification within six (6) months of hire or transfer into position required. National certification from an accredited certifying board.
• BLS - Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire or transfer into position required.

Have Questions?

Call Recruitment Services at 559-353-7071 or email us at recruiting@valleychildrens.org

Disclaimer: Final compensation will be dependent upon skills and experience.