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Nemours Children's Health is seeking Advanced Practice Providers to join our Palliative Care Team in Jacksonville, Florida!

Nemours Children's Partners in Advance Care Team (PACT) gives kids with serious illnesses the best days possible. We work with children and families dealing with pain and other challenges from illness or treatment. We provide pain and symptom management, rehabilitation, integrative therapies like healing touch and meditation, creative therapies and pet therapies.

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

• Competitive base compensation
• Comprehensive benefits: health, life, dental, vision
• Mortgage assistance, relocation packages and 403B with employer match
• Licensure, CME and dues allowance
• Not-for-profit status; eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• No state income tax in Florida

Qualifications

• Current certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants or current certification as Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
• Florida Licensure as a Physician Assistant required upon hire or Florida Licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse required upon hire
• Acute or Primary Care Certification acceptable, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner preferred (PNP-PC or PNP-AC) if an Advanced Practice Nurse
• BLS required upon hire from the American Heart Association
• Prior healthcare/patient care experience strongly preferred
• Experience working with Pediatrics or Child Health preferred
• Federal DEA registration either active or required upon hire

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.