Nurse Practitioner, Martha Eliot Health Center, (20 hrs) at Boston Children's Hospital summary:
The Nurse Practitioner at Martha Eliot Health Center focuses on providing comprehensive care for pediatric and adolescent patients, emphasizing urgent and well visit care for ages 10 to 22. This role involves assessing, diagnosing, and treating various health conditions while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to implement evidence-based care strategies. The position requires a master's degree in nursing, a valid MA NP license, and relevant experience, with a commitment to fostering adolescent health and wellness.
The Nurse Practitioner for Martha Eliot Health Center in Jamaica Plain will be responsible for:
- Assessing, diagnosing, treating, and referring our pediatric/adolescent patient population.
- Providing both urgent care and well visit care with a focus on patients age 10 years-22 years of age.
- This position has a focus on adolescent health care including but not limited to reproductive endocrine health conditions, family planning consultation, and general adolescent medical consultation.
- Collaborating with multidisciplinary members of the health care team to design and implement evidence-based care.
- Developing and recommending standards, policies, and procedures of patient care.
- Participating in hospital, departmental and multidisciplinary programs, committees, and special projects.
- Working 20 hours per week: either 2 or 3 days per week including all day on Fridays plus another 1 or 2 days rotating Monday through Thursday. (Flexibility for potential cross coverage needed for a weekend rotation monthly to the primary care clinic on the Longwood main campus.)
To qualify you must have: - A masters degree in nursing
- A current MA NP license, either a FNP or PNP
- 3-5 years NP experience in pediatric primary care preferred
- Interest and experience working with an adolescent population preferred
- Bilingual skills a plus