Advanced Practice Provider - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Company Overview Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status.

Shriners Children’s Portland is seeking a PRN Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to provide weekend coverage for the inpatient unit. This role requires approximately one 10-hour shift every three months, with anticipated coverage of one to two days per month. Shifts are typically scheduled six to eight weeks in advance and generally run from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The APP will provide comprehensive inpatient medical management for a daily census of approximately three to nine patients, including feeding advancement, pain management, discharge planning, and follow-up with patient families by phone. This is an inpatient-only position supporting medically complex pediatric orthopedic patients and requires the ability to work independently after a focused orientation period. Preferred candidates will have several years of relevant experience managing medically complex patients or inpatient populations, with pediatric orthopedic experience considered valuable.

Orientation includes approximately 10 weekday shifts alongside an experienced provider, followed by two to three weekend shifts with provider support.

• Provide weekend inpatient coverage for pediatric patients with orthopedic and medically complex conditions.
• Conduct comprehensive, age-appropriate assessments, histories, and physical examinations.
• Manage inpatient care, including medical management, feeding advancement, pain management, discharge planning, and patient or caregiver phone calls.
• Develop and implement individualized care plans in collaboration with supervising physicians and the multidisciplinary care team.
• Perform preoperative and postoperative evaluations and provide ongoing inpatient management.
• Order and interpret laboratory studies, imaging, and other diagnostic tests as permitted by licensure, protocols, and hospital policies.
• Prescribe medications and therapeutic interventions within the APP’s scope of practice.
• Perform routine procedures
• Participate in care coordination, multidisciplinary discussions, and patient care conferences.
• Educate patients, caregivers, and staff regarding diagnoses, treatment plans, medications, and discharge or home-care needs.
• Document assessments, clinical decisions, interventions, and patient responses accurately and promptly in the electronic health record.
• Deliver safe, high-quality care while adhering to hospital policies, infection-control standards, regulatory requirements, and documentation expectations.
• Collaborate effectively with physicians, nurses, therapists, case managers, and other members of the pediatric specialty care team.
• Participate in quality-improvement, patient-safety, research, and educational activities as appropriate.
• Maintain required licensure, PALS certification, mandatory training, and professional credentials.
• Complete assigned administrative or other clinical responsibilities within the scope of practice and support organizational goals.

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