Gillette Children's is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Craniofacial Surgery team. Full Time with on-call rotation for weekends and holidays. Out-patient and In-Patient. Rotation through St. Paul, Maple Grove and Burnsville clinics with some travel to Greater MN clinics.

Purpose of Position

The advanced practice provider (APP) provides clinical care to patients in a family-centered model with complex acute, critical and chronic health care conditions, advises patients on health maintenance and disease prevention, and/or provides skilled assistance in navigation of the health care system as appropriate to the developmental, cultural, emotional, and medical, surgical, or rehabilitative needs of the patient and their families.

The APP role in Craniofacial encompasses the following components:

• Outpatient clinical care, including routine travel to outreach clinic sites
• Inpatient patient management and care coordination (with a team of advanced practice providers)
• Weekend rounding and call (shared with team)
• 1st call coverage Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm
• Provide coverage during colleagues' LOA, FMLA, vacation, PTO, EDU, etc.

Compensation and Benefits Information

The annual salary range for this opportunity is $113,880 to $170,830, with a median salary of $142,355. Pay is dependent on several factors including relevant work experience and internal equity. Salary is just one component of the compensation package for employees. Gillette supports career progression and offers a competitive benefits package, including a retirement saving match, tuition and certification reimbursement, paid time off, and health and wellness benefits for .5 FTE and above.

Core Responsibilities and Duties

1. Provides patient care - Creates individualized plans of care that are evidence-based.

• Successfully implements interventions.
• Effectively prioritizes.
• Evaluates patient care based on desired outcomes.
• Communicates patient-related data and information to enhance active and informed decision making by patients, families, nurse colleagues, and other healthcare providers.
• Provides patient care across the continuum including outpatient, inpatient and the perioperative areas
• Performs specialized procedures after additional training and demonstrating competency, including:
  • Provide inpatient care (admission through discharge)
  • Perform history and physical examinations
  • Interpret and evaluate patient data
  • Order or perform diagnostic procedures
  • Order or perform therapeutic procedures
  • Provide instructions regarding patient care, disease prevention, and health promotion (eg. interventions to improve feeding in newborns and infants with cleft lip and palate)
  • Create and maintain appropriate records
  • Prescribe, administer, and dispense drugs, controlled substances, and medical devices in accordance with the Delegation Agreement
  • Surgical Wound assessment and management
  • Make referrals to other providers as appropriate

2. Family centered care - Provides patient care and health education reflecting specific patient, family, cultural and community needs.

• Identifies the learning needs of the population served.
• Implements an effective teaching plan.
• Employs strategies to promote health in a safe environment.
• Seeks opportunity to evaluate effectiveness of health education as culturally and developmentally appropriate.

3.Procedures and Policies - Identifies, interprets, and implements organizational policies and procedures according to regulations, professional and community standards.

• Protects the confidentiality of personal health information.

4. Active Engagement - Actively represents the department in committees, task forces, unit activities or other work groups and disseminates information and decisions to colleagues and peers using the Engaged Professional Practice Model.

• Ensures accountability through the use of dashboards and promotes transparency through reporting of near misses and medical errors.
• Attends staff and department meetings to the standard established for the department.
• Demonstrates meaningful contributions to the productivity of the professional environment of the department.
• Supports work of Collaborative Governance initiatives.

5. Participates in activities that promote professional growth, ease of access, quality improvement and patient satisfaction.

Qualifications

Required:

• Professional advanced practice provider licensure as Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant:
  • Nurse Practitioner:
    • Current RN license and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse license through the Minnesota Board of Nursing
    • Completion of a (pediatric or family) nurse practitioner program with a Master of Nursing Degree or a Doctorate of Nursing Practice
    • Current national certification from one of the following:
      • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
      • American Nurses Credentialing Center
      • Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
  • Physician Assistant:
    • Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant Program and certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
    • Licensure as a PA in Minnesota; certification and prescriptive authority

• Current CPR- BLS for Healthcare Providers by the American Heart Association
• Demonstrated interpersonal communication, organizational and leadership skills. Ability to function autonomously as a provider.
• Ability to drive to multiple locations, including Gillette outreach locations

Preferred:

• Two years relevant clinical experience
• Experience with management of surgical patients
• Experience with pediatric patients, patients with craniofacial issues, or both
• Demonstrated competence in working with individuals with disabilities and their families.

At Gillette Children's, we foster a culture where every team member feels a sense of belonging and purpose. We are dedicated to building an environment where all feel welcomed, respected, and supported. Our values are embedded at the heart of our culture. We act first from love, embrace the bigger picture, and work side-by-side with our patients, families, and colleagues to help every child create their own story. Together, we work to ensure patients of all backgrounds and abilities reach their full potential.