Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Neurosurgery (36 hrs)

This Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant will be responsible for:

• Providing care to infants, children, and young adults with both acute and chronic diseases and disorders of the brain, spine and nervous system often involving serious symptoms that may call for complex surgical treatments; including ventriculoperitoneal shunts/ hydrocephalus, craniotomies; brain tumors, epilepsy surgery, trauma, tethered spinal cord, and myelomeningocele.
• Collaborating with the supervising physician to conduct patient assessments, medical history, physical exams and to diagnose health and developmental problems.
• Participating in daily rounding on the inpatient pediatric neuroscience unit through multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Assisting with care coordination, monitoring and counseling of patients during the pre and post-operative period, including telephone consultation.
• Working closely with departmental team to establish new and revised processes and protocols around patient access, safety and quality improvement.
• Developing and conducting research/outcomes studies to optimize patient care.
• Contributing to the knowledge base of the profession and specialty programs through publications, presentations and participation in professional organizations.
• Offering expertise as a consultant and educator to nursing staff.
• Working fulltime, rotating days/nights/and weekends

To qualify, you must have:

• A Masters of Science Degree in Nursing (MSN) or Masters in Physician Assistant Studies
• A current MA PNP/FNP license or a license to practice as a Physician Assistant
• A minimum of 3 years NP experience. Pediatric & Neuroscience experience preferred.
• For newer NPs, will consider 1-3 years NP experience with RN experience in an acute care setting.
• Certification within Neuroscience expected within 3 years.

**Sign-on bonus of $4,500.00 for part-time (36 hours) NP hires (who have not worked at BCH in the past 2 years.)

Boston Childrens Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.