Advanced Practice Provider, Neurology

Children’s National Hospital in Washington D.C has an open full time Pediatric Epilepsy Advanced Practice Provider position to join an established multidisciplinary pediatric epilepsy program consistent of board-certified pediatric epileptologists, epilepsy APPs, neurosurgeons, epilepsy dedicated neuropsychologists and child psychiatrists, computational scientists, social work, family support liaison and program coordinator. The role will be to care for children with epilepsy in a specialized epilepsy program through care coordination, contribute to a collaborative work culture and provide innovative care through quality improvement and research. The candidate should have a strong interest in pediatric epilepsy patients. Clinical responsibilities include, but not limited to, inpatient admission for EEG studies within our Epilepsy monitoring Center as well as outpatient care of children followed in our specialized epilepsy and neurology programs within the center of Neurosciences at Children’s National Hospital. Previous adult or pediatric epilepsy experience is preferred. Children’s National Hospital provides superb care for our community, regionally, nationally, and internationally.

This position will require 2 weekend day shifts per month (Saturdays). Primary location will be DC, with some flexibility for outpatient clinics in our ROCs.

• Assesses, diagnoses, and monitors clinical status of each patient utilizing evidenced based practice and medical knowledge.

• Develops appropriate plan of care.

• Writes patient care orders, prescribes therapy, and provides necessary home care orders as needed.

• Identifies significant changes in patient status using physical exam, lab values, diagnostic tests, and patient/family input.

• Differentiates between normal and abnormal findings.

• Performs procedures as needed after obtaining appropriate credentialing.

• Participates in and/ or leads multidisciplinary patient care.

• Is a clinical resource for patient, parents and the interdisciplinary team.

• Appropriately communicates and escalates clinical/administrative issues.

• Collaborates with nursing, medicine, and other members of the healthcare team to regularly ensure quality patient care.

Administrative

• Serves as a clinical preceptor to NP, CNS or PA students.

• Acts as a clinical resource for staff in patient care issues.

• Provides formal/informal educational presentation to staff on areas of expertise.

• Participates and leads quality improvement initiatives in their department.

Organizational Accountabilities
Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
Organizational Commitment/Identification

• Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met.Escalates to management/leadership if needed to ensure customer concerns are heard and addressed.

Teamwork/Communication

• Demonstrates collaborative and respectful behavior

• Partners with all team members to achieve goals

• Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions

Performance Improvement/Problem-solving

• Contributes to a positive work environment

• Demonstrates flexibility and willingness to change

• Identifies opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes

• Makes appropriate decisions, using sound judgment

Cost Management/Financial Responsibility

• Uses resources efficiently

• Manages financial resources and ensures accuracy of billing practices.

Safety

• Appropriately escalates when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance.

• Continuously validates and verifies information needed for decision making or documentation

• Stops in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation using expert resources.

• Demonstrates accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication

• Actively promotes safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers

• Attends carefully to important details – practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance