Advanced Practice Provider -Pediatrics Hospital Per Diem

Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville is seeking a casual / per diem Advanced Practice Provider to join our team!

This position provides care for pediatric patients, including interviews patients, obtains and records health histories, completes physical and developmental assessments, diagnoses health problems, manages the health care of those patients for which he / she has been educated, provides health care teaching and counseling, initiates referrals and maintains health records in the inpatient and / or outpatient settings.

Essential Functions :

• 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

Requirements :

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