Position Details

Department: PCMG-MAIN | Nephrology

Location: Phoenix

Shift: Mon-Fri, Sat, Sun, (Days Vary), Shifts Vary, 8am-5pm

Category: Advanced Practice Clinicians

Posting #: 1022853

Employee Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

Posting Note: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Inpatient Nephrology

Phoenix Children's Division of Nephrology is seeking a dedicated and collaborative Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) to support our growing inpatient nephrology program. This position offers the opportunity to work alongside a nationally recognized multidisciplinary team providing complex inpatient kidney care to infants, children and adolescents.

The Advanced Practice Provider will support the inpatient nephrology service, partnering closely with physicians, nurses and interdisciplinary teams to provide high quality care for hospitalized patients with acute and chronic kidney disease. The APP will play an integral role in care coordination, patient management, family education and clinical collaboration across intensive care units and inpatient medical services.

Key Responsibilities
• Provide comprehensive inpatient nephrology care in collaboration with pediatric nephrologists
• Evaluate, diagnose and manage kidney-related disorders in hospitalized children
• Support pediatric patients requiring dialysis and CKRT
• Coordinate care plans with multidisciplinary teams across inpatient units
• Participate in daily rounds, discharge planning and patient/family education
• Assist with quality improvement and evidence-based practice initiatives
• Contribute to a collaborative teaching environment

About the Division of Nephrology
• Largest pediatric nephrology program in the Southwest
• Nationally ranked nephrology program by U.S. News & World Report
• Arizona's only dedicated pediatric dialysis and kidney transplant program
• Collaborative multidisciplinary clinics and strong academic partnerships
• Newly launched Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program

This position works in collaboration with the attending physicians and works within their scope of practice to provide excellent clinical care for patients. Plays a critical role in the patient family medical team. Professional who may practice in hospital's inpatient and/or outpatient setting.

Position Duties

• Conducts comprehensive health history, physical assessments and plans for infants, children and young adults with acute and chronic health conditions. Utilizes advanced assessment skills to manage a cohort of patients.
• Orders and prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, and performs other therapeutic or corrective measures to treat illness and improve health status.
• Formulates family centered plan of care. Performs daily documents as necessary. Collaborated and coordinated care with other team members.
• Collects data and analyzes when necessary.
• Performs any needed advanced procedures that are associated with their credentialing process DOP.
• Utilizes the most up to date and evidence based practice for plan of care and able to alter the plan according to family needs and effectiveness or plan.
• Serves as an educational resource to patient/family/ nursing staff/ provider team and other health care teams as needed.
• Participates in own professional development by maintaining required competences, certifying body renewals, seeking educational offerings when available, and participates in the professional development of others which may include Advanced Practice Provider students, Residents and Medical Students. Acts as a preceptor/mentor for those new in department.
• Demonstrates commitment to patient safety by bring up concerns in appropriate manner, reporting through appropriate channels, and ensuring change of practice when necessary. Demonstrates shared accountability of safe practice.
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.