The Otolaryngology Nurse Practitioner provides high-quality care to pediatric ENT patients, including post-operative management, long-term tracheostomy care, and community outreach initiatives aimed at educating families and improving care access.
Full Time, 40 Hours/Week
Salaried
Daytime Hours
Monday - Friday; No Weekends or Holidays
Benefit Eligible
Additional Preferred Requirements
PNP certification - acute care or primary care
Nurse practitioner experience in an acute care setting
Patient care experience with tracheostomies
Overview
St. Louis Children’s Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top-ranked children’s hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children’s provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury-prevention programs to fulfill its mission to “do what’s right for kids.”
Providing comprehensive, high-quality care and serving as an advocate for children has been St. Louis Children’s commitment since its inception in 1879. Today, the hospital serves patients and families across a 300-mile service area, and has seen patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries.
St. Louis Children’s consistently ranks among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S.News & World Report in all surveyed categories. In 2021, St. Louis Children’s was one of eight children’s hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties. The hospital’s academic and physician partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top-ranked medical schools in the United States. Since 2005, St. Louis Children’s has been designated as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC).
Preferred Qualifications
Role Purpose
Utilizes a high degree of knowledge, skill and competence in a specialized area of nursing to diagnose, prescribe, and treat seriously/critically ill pediatric or neonatal patients within the scope of a formal collaborative practice agreement with physician(s) to support a designated clinical service.
Responsibilities
Participates in professional development
Assumes a leadership role within a specific clinical specialty.
Manages care to meet the specialized physiologic and psychological needs of patients with complex acute, critical, and chronic health conditions including the recognition and management of emerging crises and organ dysfunction and failure. Manages care to patients with complex physiologic conditions and rapidly changing clinical conditions through advanced health assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation in a collaborative practice agreement with a physician.
Develops treatment plans, treats patients with acute complex acute, critical, and chronic health conditions in a collaborative practice agreement with a physician.
Coordinates the care of select patient populations to promote return to optimal state of health and wellness for their condition through education of patients and families, coordination of services and placing referrals.
Minimum Requirements
Education
Master's Degree
- Nursing(Accredited NP Program)
Experience
2-5 years
Licenses & Certifications
NP-Acute Care
RN
Preferred Requirements
Education
Doctorate
- Nursing(Accredited NP Program) Benefits and Legal Statement
BJC Total Rewards
At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.
Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
Pension Plan*/403(b) Plan funded by BJC
401(k) plan with BJC match
Tuition Assistance available on first day
BJC Institute for Learning and Development
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
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