Advanced Practice Provider Pediatric Surgery - OSF HealthCare

Job Specifics:  

• Seeking a compassionate and dynamic Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with First Assist or Physician Assistant to fulfill the Advanced Practice Provider Pediatric Surgery opportunity at the Children’s Hospital of Illinois located in Peoria, Illinois
• Collaboration with a team of 4 Pediatric General Surgeons, two established APN’s and staff on the inpatient unit
• Will support the Pediatric Surgery patients on the inpatient units and operating room (if training allows) and rotate to outpatient Pediatric Surgery Clinic
• No evening call
• Will work 1:4 Weekends
• Responsibilities include: expediting discharges, arranging for equipment needs and outpatient services, arranging for home health and home infusion services, preparing inpatients for next day surgery, providing education to families and staff in real time, re-assessing post-op surgical patients, re-assessing wounds and burns and providing wound care and collaborating with other specialties.

BENEFITS & PERKS

OSF HealthCare offers a comprehensive Compensation and Total Rewards Package which includes:

• Generous paid time off!
• Vacation and holiday time off to get away and recharge 
• Well-being time for self-care, mission trips, or whatever makes you happy!
• Sick leave for you or to care for an ill-family member
• CME time and dollars  
• Health, life, dental, and retirement plans 
• Paid occurrence based malpractice 
• Concierge relocation services 
• Student Loan repayment counseling 
• Career Development through our Physician Leadership Academy

• Clinical base hourly pay range for this position: $60.39--$73.68.
  • Range shown should be used as an estimate and can be impacted by many factors including but not limited to the critical need of the position, overall experience and qualifications, community need, and other considerations. Additional compensation components may be applicable such as bonuses or incentives which may or may not be based on metric achievement.

About The Childrens Hospital of Illinois:

• Located in Peoria, OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois is the third largest pediatric hospital in Illinois and the most comprehensive hospital for kids downstate. With 136 beds and more than 140 pediatric subspecialists, OSF Children’s Hospital cares for more children in Illinois than any hospital outside of Chicago. Formally established as a pediatric hospital within the walls of OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center in 1990, OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois has more than 7,000 inpatient admissions, 75,000 outpatient specialty visits, 2,400 newborn deliveries, and 18,000 emergency department visits each year. Learn more by visiting childrenshospitalofillinois.org.

POSITION SUMMARY: According to professional standards of care, performs a variety of advanced nursing / physician assistant functions. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care that is appropriate to the ages of the patients served.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Licensed to provide Advanced Practice Nurse Services or Physician Assistant Services Licensed by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration and State of Illinois for prescribing of narcotics.

• Acute Care Certification

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• First Assist Designation 

OSF HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.