Nurse Practitioner - Inpatient

Pediatric Neurology Inpatient Advanced Practice Provider

Overview

Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) division of Pediatric Neurology is seeking to hire an Advanced Practice Provider for our inpatient Pediatric Neurology consult service at the Inova L. J. Murphy Children’s Hospital.

Inova L. J. Murphy Children's Hospital is a 226 bed, award-winning, full-service children’s hospital devoted to the healthcare of infants, children and adolescents in the Northern Virginia area. The primary role will be to provide support for the consult service with an attending Pediatric Neurologist. This is a full-time inpatient position to join our existing group of six Pediatric Neurologists and four APPs.

Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) is a multi-specialty pediatric group made up of six specialty services as well as an Ambulatory Surgery Center based in Northern Virginia and is jointly owned by Children’s National Hospital and Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital.  PSV is located in Fairfax, Virginia, just about 20 miles from the Nation’s capital. Northern Virginia is a rapidly growing and diverse community with excellent schools and a variety of attractions. The area is ranked among the best places to live.

Responsibilities

• Works in conjunction and under the supervision of a Pediatric Neurologist as a consult with primary teams to help manage patients with acute and chronic pediatric neurological diseases.
• Consults on patients in NICU, PICU, General Hospitalist services, Hematology-Oncology, Trauma services.
• Performs and documents comprehensive health histories and physical assessments.
• Formulates diagnoses, identifies problems, documents and clearly communicates with other members of the primary services.
• Participates in care coordination with primary services.
• The position is day shift Monday through Friday with some flexibility with weekend hours. No night call responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications Required

• Education: Graduate of an accredited graduate school of nursing or physician assistant program with a master’s degree.
• Experience: Previous inpatient experience
• Licensure: License or license eligible as an Advance Practice Provider as set forth by the state of Virginia. Must demonstrate and maintain all credentialing and licensing requirements of INOVA Health System, the Virginia Board of Medicine or the Virginia Board of Nursing, and appropriate certifying bodies.

Qualifications Desired

• 3-5 experience with pediatric patients and inpatient units as Registered Nurse or Nurse Practioner.

Physical Demands of Position

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk, and talk or hear, and type on a keyboard.   He/she may be required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and climb or balance. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include near vision, and distance vision and ability to adjust focus.  May be exposed to noise, radiation, radioactive materials, blood/body fluids and infectious disease.

Please apply at http://psvcare.org/careers and submit a CV, three letters of reference, and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience, including provision of services in pediatric and consultation-liaison settings for children.