Advanced Practice Provider Ophthalmology bei The Nemours Foundation
The Nemours Foundation · Wilmington, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · Onsite
- Professional
- Optionales Büro in Wilmington
Nemours is seeking an Ophthalmology Advanced Practice Provider to join our Delaware Team!
At Nemours, we identify and treat eye issues early to reduce the chances of long-term vision problems. Our Ophthalmology team provides a wide range of services from screenings and tests to treating eye injuries and chronic conditions, our ophthalmology team provides the broadest range of services. Nemours is working to create a healthier world for children. Helping children see better is one way we’re living up to our mission.
Key Responsibilities
- Provides care to pediatric patients as guided by education, clinical expertise and Scope of Practice Agreement, including ambulatory, inpatient (acute) care, surgical first assist and pre- and post-operative management
- Elicits comprehensive or focused/interval health history
- Performs complete or interim physical examinations as indicated by the nature of the encounter
- Orders, performs, and/or interprets diagnostic or screening tests, including laboratory, radiological or other tests within the APP'S scope of practice
- Plans interventions including medications, treatments and procedures, and modifies plans based on evaluation of patient response.
- Initiates, monitors, alters or orders medications related to conditions or illnesses being treated within applicable divisions
What We Offer
- Nemours offers its Associates a competitive salary and a robust benefits package that includes health/life/dental/vision for Associates and their dependents
- a wellness program
- 403(b) with employer match
- licensure and dues allowance after hire
- tuition reimbursement
- adoption assistance and 6 weeks of Paternity leave
Qualifications
- Active Delaware (or compact state) Registered Nurse Licensure required
- Active Delaware Advanced Practice Nurse Licensure, or Physician Assistant Licensure with or without prescriptive authority required
- Delaware Controlled Substance Registration (CSR), Federal DEA registration with Delaware Address
- America Heart Association BLS
- Excellent written, phone, and interpersonal communication skills required.
If you’re looking for a position that will allow you to enjoy a work-life balance, have an opportunity for professional growth, and focus on pediatric care, this is the opportunity for you.
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Company
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.
