Advanced Practice Provider, Pediatric Cardiac ICU- Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital - Orlando Health

ORLANDO HEALTH ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN (APH) 

Department:APH Peds Cardio - Intensivists

Status: Full Time

Title:ARNP, PAC, Nurse Practitioner, Physicians Assistant, APP, Advanced Practice Provider

Located on the downtown Orlando Health campus, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has been providing compassionate care to the children, teenagers and young adults of Central Florida for more than 30 years. With 156 licensed beds and a team of experts in more than 30 pediatric specialties, the hospital has earned a “Best Children’s Hospitals” recognition by U.S. News & World Report for 14 consecutive years and has been named a Top Children’s Hospital by the patient-advocacy Leapfrog Group. Orlando Health Arnold Palmer has held Magnet® Recognition for nursing excellence and quality patient care since 2013 and several units have earned Beacon Awards for Excellence for employing evidence-based practices to improve patient outcomes and patient and staff satisfaction. Our pediatric Level I Trauma Center and ER is the only Central Florida facility to provide the highest level of emergency trauma care exclusively to children, and Orlando Health Arnold Palmer is the only facility in Florida to achieve Level I Children’s Surgical Verification and Level I Trauma Verification by the American College of Surgeons.

Orlando Health Arnold Palmer is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida’s east to west coasts and beyond. Collectively, our 27,000+ team members honor our over 100-year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve.

Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has provided compassionate care to the children, teenagers and young adults of Central Florida for more than 25 years. Led by dedicated physicians, advanced practice providers, specialists and caregivers, Arnold Palmer Hospital offers a wide range of advanced pediatric services in an environment built just for kids.

The Heart Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is seeking a Full-time, Day shift Pediatric Cardiac ICU Advanced Practice Provider to join their devoted team. The position requires daytime coverage with rotational holidays and weekends to meet the needs of the unit and patient care requirements. Our 20 bed Pediatric CICU is staffed by dedicated cardiac intensivists, advanced practice providers, nurse practitioner fellows, physician fellows, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacist, social worker, chaplain and nutritionist. The Heart Center is comprised of a dedicated, multidisciplinary team that works together to provide extraordinary care to all congenital and acquired cardiac disease patients.

Position Summary:

The pediatric APRN or PA-C, under the supervision of the physician, according to established practice guidelines and utilizing evidence-based clinical practice standards, provides inpatient management, consultations, and co-management of critically ill patients in the Cardiac ICU setting. Including intubation, ventilator management, and other procedures that may be required. 

Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career-growing FREE education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin your benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible, so that you can be present for your passions.

“Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work” is not just something we say, it’s our promise to you.

Clinical Essential Functions:

• Provide day shift coverage for high acuity pediatric cardiac ICU patients.
• Collaboratively manage critically ill patients and round with the CICU Team, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, and CT Surgery.
• Provide family education in conjunction with CICU staff members.
• Ability to provide life-saving procedures. In addition, have the capability to perform or learn to perform to intubate, place central venous lines, arterial lines, and chest tubes.
• Assist CT Surgery Team with post-operative ICU care, including but not limited to incision and wound management, as well as removal of chest tubes and pacer wires.
• Participate in weekly Pediatric Cardiac Conference.
• Quality improvement projects to improve patient care and promote evidenced based practice.
• Provide Pediatric CICU Department education and be a constant resource on the unit.
• Preceptor for the Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program.

Education/Training

Graduate of an accredited Advanced Practice Provider program including Physician Assistant (PA-C) Studies or Masters Degree in Nursing (APRN). APRNs must have an Acute Care certification. 

Preferred experience in pediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiac intensive care, pediatric intensive care unit, pediatric acute care setting 

New graduate applicants welcome 

Licensure/Certification

Current, valid Florida APRN or PA-C license. 

Certification by Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB) for Acute Care Pediatric APRN. 

Maintains NCCPA (National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants).

Maintains current PALS, ACLS and BLS.