SUMMARY: This position is open to a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. TheAdvanced Practice Practitioner functions in the roles of expert practitioner, consultant,educator, patient advocate, care coordinator and researcher within thePediatric Surgery Specialty.

Primary responsibilities:

• Rounding on inpatients. List of inpatients is usually between 40-60 patients divided among the team of 6 APPs and 1-2 surgical resident
• Discharging patients
• ER, NICU, PICU, and floor consults
• Minor procedures including but not limited to; gastrostomy tube changes, chest tube removal, peritoneal drain removals, wound care, cecostomy tube changes
• Outpatient clinic- post-op follow-ups and same day urgent appointments. On average 5-10 patients both in person and phone follow-ups
• Option as your time/interest allows to assist in operating room

PediatricSurgery/Trauma Call responsibilities/requirements:

• Call is rotated among eligible staff and average number of call shifts is 4 per month
• Ability to return to hospital and answer calls from nursing staff and families from 6am-6am the day of call shift
• Assist on call attending with after hour consults
• Return to hospital as needed by the attending you are on call with
• Return for level one traumas
• Must live or stay within 30 minutes of hospital when on call
• After training will be available to cover weekend call shifts, on average one weekend every 2 months