Part-Time Pediatric and Neonatal ICU Physician's Assistant​/Nurse Practitioner

Part‑Time Pediatric and Neonatal ICU Physician's Assistant / Nurse Practitioner

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Position Type: Part-Time

Salary Range: $ – $ (Annual)

• Interview patients and families and perform physical examinations.
• Develop problem lists, differential diagnoses, and treatment plans; recommend options and courses of action for patient care.
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests such as X‑rays and laboratory studies to determine abnormal conditions.
• Place and modify care orders.
• Complete documentation for admission, daily, and discharge notes.
• Interface with multidisciplinary team members (nursing, respiratory therapy, dietary, case management, etc.).
• Attend deliveries alone and with the NICU attending (NICU).
• Provide consultations for Newborn Nursery as requested.
• Implement physician directives.
• Round with the team.
• Provide ongoing patient assessment and intervention.
• Consult specialty and surgical services under the direction of an attending MD.
• Coordinate discharge including follow‑up appointments, equipment, and discharge teaching.
• Perform therapeutic procedures appropriate to the unit (e.g., central line placement and removal, arterial line placement, chest tube placement, endotracheal intubation, procedural sedation) after training.
• Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection‑control policies and protocols.
• Comply with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements.
• Participate in continuing education, quality improvement, patient safety initiatives, educational conferences, and research studies.
• Respond to pediatric rapid responses and pediatric codes outside the PICU/NICU.
• Participate in unit patient safety and quality improvement initiatives.
• Keep abreast of advances in patient care.

• Bachelor's degree.
• Graduate of an accredited and/or approved nurse practitioner or physician assistant program.
• Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner licensure within three months of application.
• Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner certification.
• Basic Life Support (BLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications.
• Previous pediatric experience preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to assess neonates through young adults.
• Interpersonal skills needed for interacting effectively with physicians, staff, patients, and families.

Boston Medical Center and Boston University comply with all state, federal, and local laws and regulations. Boston Medical Center and Boston University are equal‑opportunity employers, committed to a common mission of improving the health of Boston's residents while adhering to the highest standards of academic medicine. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. Boston University conducts a background check on all final candidates for certain faculty and staff positions.

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