• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule: Mon - Fri (9am - 5pm)
• Building: Columbia University Medical Center
• Salary Range: $130,000 - $155,000

Position Summary

The Pediatric Surgery Nurse Practitioner provides advanced practice care to infants, children and adolescents with surgical conditions to improve patient outcomes by strengthening continuity of care in all settings for patients, families and staff in collaboration with attending surgeons, fellows, residents, and multidisciplinary teams. Responsibilities include inpatient management, perioperative care, outpatient follow-up and procedural support. This position reports directly to the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery and is accountable to the collaborating physician for coordination of care and clinical oversight.

Responsibilities

• The incumbent will enhance patient education, post operative teaching, medical clearance and long-term follow-up care.
• Perform and document comprehensive medical and psychosocial health histories and physical examinations (document pertinent positive and negative findings).
• Provide clinical care including wound care, management of drains, chest tubes, gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes, ostomies, central line troubleshooting, suture and staple removal, silver nitrate application to hypergranulation tissue.
• Initiate and maintain a problem/medication list.
• Order and interpret diagnostic studies including but not limited to laboratory and imaging studies, diagnostic impression, and/or form a differential based on the subjective and objective data obtained.
• Formulate a goal-directed plan that includes health maintenance, anticipatory guidance and appropriate medical and nursing interventions according to the established protocols.
• Assess and document patient responses to treatment and interventions, management and follow-up of patient's physical therapy, medication/pain management, education and other needs.
• Facilitate hospital admissions and discharges as well as coordinate appropriate in-house accommodation and home-care.
• Initiate referrals to other health care providers, and/or consult with the attending physician or the collaborating physician
• Coordinate pre-operative medication evaluation.
• Gather, organize and correspond all information necessary for pre-certification.
• Triage patients prioritizing care based on the urgency or severity of their condition
• Provide information on health promotion and disease prevention to patients and families.
• Review, disseminate, and incorporate research findings into clinical practice.
• Demonstrate knowledge of obesity risk factors and nutritional/dietary orders. Assist with child and adolescent metabolic and bariatric surgery prescreening evaluation, including surgery readiness, medical and nutritional optimization, preoperative education, long-term post-op management, and collaboration with the CABS team with appropriate referrals
• Providing care and coordination in multidisciplinary clinics including the Esophageal Atresia clinic, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Clinic, Myelomeningocele, Bowel Management Clinic and Center for Adolescent and Bariatric Surgery.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned. 

Professional Role:

• Participate in Quality Improvement initiatives.
• Participate and support research, evidenced based practice.
• Conducting lectures/presentations in academic institutions and professional conferences.
• Actively participate in precepting advanced practice nursing students, with the goal of supporting eligibility for and advancement toward a formal appointment at Columbia University School of Nursing.

Minimum Qualifications

• Nurse Practitioners: Master's Degree of Nursing or equivalent in education.
• 3 years of nursing or related experience.

Minimum certification required upon start date:

• NYS RN and NP Licenses and ANCC or AANP Board Certification.
• BLS, ACLS, PALS Certification.
• NYS DEA Certification. 

Other Requirements

• Ability to perform comprehensive history and physical examination.
• Ability to manage and coordinate a patient case load.
• Work within a collaborative agreement/protocol with a physician and health care team.
• Demonstrate leadership ability to manage patients and interact effectively with peers and physicians.
• Intermediate MS Office skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.