3-5 years of NP experience in pediatric primary care preferred
Experience working with adolescents preferred
Bilingual skills are a plus
Current MA license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner (FNP or PNP required)
Responsibilities
Assess, diagnose, treat, and refer pediatric/adolescent patients
Provide urgent care and well visit care for patients from newborn to 22 years
Deliver adolescent health care including reproductive endocrine health and family planning
Collaborate with multidisciplinary healthcare team to implement evidence-based care
Develop and recommend patient care standards, policies, and procedures
Participate in hospital and departmental programs, committees, and special projects
Work 40 hours per week with a weekend rotation at the Primary Care Clinic
Benefits
Collaborative work environment with a multidisciplinary team
Opportunity to impact adolescent health care
Engagement in hospital and departmental initiatives
Flexible work schedule with weekend rotation
Professional development opportunities
Full Job Description
Job Posting Description
Nurse Practitioner, Martha Eliot Health Center in Jamaica Plain Key Responsibilities: • Assessing, diagnosing, treating, and referring our pediatric/adolescent patient population. • Providing both urgent care and well visit care for patients ages newborn thru 22 years of age. • This position includes adolescent health care including but not limited to reproductive endocrine health conditions, family planning consultation, and general adolescent medical consultation. • Collaborating with multidisciplinary members of the health care team to design and implement evidence-based care. • Developing and recommending standards, policies, and procedures of patient care. • Participating in hospital, departmental and multidisciplinary programs, committees, and special projects. • Working 40 hours per week including days M-F at Martha Eliot and a weekend rotation in the Primary Care Clinic located in Longwood.
Minimum Qualifications
Education: • A Masters Degree in Nursing
Experience: • 1 year of RN experience required • 3-5 years NP experience in pediatric primary care preferred • Interest and experience working with an adolescent population preferred • Ability to work a weekend rotation to the primary care clinic on the Longwood main campus. • Bilingual skills a plus
Licensure/ Certifications: • A current MA license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner (FNP or PNP required)
About Boston Children's Hospital
Boston Children's Hospital is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. Boston Children's Hospital is home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric hospital. More than 1,100 scientists, including nine members of the National Academy of Sciences, 11 on-staff members of the Institute of Medicine and 9 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The hospital is also the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
