Bft Nurse Practitioner Needed for Pedi Pallative - Boston, United States - Massachusetts General Hospital(MGH)

Massachusetts General Hospital(MGH)

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Boston, United States

1 week ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

BFT NURSE PRACTITIONER NEEDED FOR PEDI PALLATIVE CARE AT MGH

This is a temporary, fulltime position from Sept 15, 2024 through March hours/week. This includes a 2 week orientation from Sept 15Sept 30.

Pediatric Supportive & Palliative Care at Mass General _for_ Children (MGfC) supports children with chronic, life-threatening, or life-limiting illnesses and their families by enhancing their quality of life.

Our team offers support to children with serious conditions and their families anywhere along their illness course, including families facing pregnancies complicated by genetic disorders or congenital malformations.

We work with a child's primary and specialist teams to provide the best possible care.

Our team aims to identify a family's goals and values, ease distressing symptoms, optimize quality of life, and improve communication between care teams and families.

We also help families navigate the best treatment choices for them and their child.

The Pediatric Supportive & Palliative Care team's Nurse Practitioner provides direct care to pediatric patients with complex medical needs and lifespan limiting conditions and their families. The Nurse Practitioner will work within an interdisciplinary clinical team, and is responsible for diagnosing, prescribing, and providing followthrough for our patients and families.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Provide direct care to pediatric palliative care patients both independently and in collaboration with the physician on service.
2. Perform physical examinations and record patient history during clinical encounters.
3. Document assessment of patient goals of care, prognostic awareness, and medical decisionmaking.
4. Perform a comprehensive symptom assessment and recommendations within scope of practice when indicated.
5. Recommend pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions and perform other therapeutic or corrective measures to treat illness and improve health status.
6. Collaborate with other health care providers who are caring for the patient and family.
Utilize advanced clinical knowledge to identify, prevent, or solve complex and/or recurrent patient care problems.
8. Maintain and practice in accordance with practitioner guidelines per state and hospital regulations.
Provide support and guidance to patient and health care team as helpful/appropriate.
Perform job functions adhering to service principles with a focus on innovation, service excellence and teamwork to provide the highest quality care and service to our patients, families, co-workers and others.

Skills/Abilities/Competencies Required:

Knowledge of Epic preferred.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Strong verbal and written communication and collaboration skills.

Qualifications:

Professional licensure in Massachusetts with authorization to practice as an APRN required.
Minimum of 1 year of nursing experience in pediatric palliative and hospice care. (inpatient preferred) and/or completion of a specialty fellowship
Current Federal DEA and MA Controlled Substance registration preferred.

EEO Statement
Massachusetts General Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer._ _By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. Applications from protected veterans and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged.

Primary Location MA-Boston-MGH 101 Merrimac

Work Locations MGH 101 Merrimac 101 Merrimac Street Boston 02114

Job Advanced Practice Nurse

Organization Massachusetts General Hospital(MGH)

Schedule Full-time

Standard Hours 1

Shift Day Job

Employee Status Temporary

Recruiting Department Bulfinch Temporary Service

Job Posting Apr 10, 2024