Physician Assistant II - Ortho - Complex Care

Overview

1-2 years Pediatric Physician Assistance experience required upon hire.

The orthopedic complex care program is dedicated to preparing medically complex children for surgery. The Orthopedic Complex Care Physician Assistant performs a generalized health assessment with a major focus on coexisting conditions, medications, and assistive technologies. This role consists of communication with the patients' family via telehealth only. The complex care nurse practitioner collaborates with the family, pediatricians, anesthesiologists, and pertinent subspecialists to bridge the care with orthopedic surgery clinicians to optimize the child’s health in advance of the scheduled surgery. This Physician Assistant helps determine the best pathway from perioperative goals to postoperative care management. This APP also coordinates with multiple departments within the hospital to ensure all parties are aware of the upcoming complex care surgeries and patient specific plans. This is an autonomous role that will require the APRN to use critical thinking and requires advance knowledge of the muscular skeleton system and be able to treat children with a variety of health comorbidities, multidisciplinary care coordination is crucial.

Physician Assistants II (PA-II) provide proficient, comprehensive health care services to a defined patient population; obtaining the health history; performing a physical examination, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures; formulating and implementing a plan of care; and participating in patient and family education. Each PA II demonstrates commitment to professional leadership and provides leadership for quality & outcomes improvement activities, clinical research or evidence based practice, and organizational development.

At Children’s Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position will join us as we strive to create a workplace that reflects the community we serve, as well as our core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity.

Additionally, it’s important to us that we remain transparent with all potential job candidates. Because we value the safety of the patients and families we serve, as well as the Children’s Mercy staff, we want to let you know that the seasonal influenza vaccine is a condition of employment for all employees in our organization. New employees must be willing to be vaccinated if found non-immune to measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and chicken pox (varicella) and / or without evidence of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination since 2005. If you are selected for this position, you will be asked to supply your immunization records as proof of vaccination. If you and have any concerns about receiving these vaccines, medical and / or religious exemptions can be further discussed with Human Resources.

Responsibilities

• Clinical Practice : Develops and implements a comprehensive plan of care for the patient and family which promotes optimal patient outcomes.
• Professional Leadership : advances clinical care by inspiring others to positively impact the care of children and families in our local and global communities.
• Evidenced-based Practice / QI / Research Inquiry : improves patient / family outcomes by utilizing evidence to translate science to practice.
• Organizational Development : influences organizational policy in order to achieve and sustain practice improvements and strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

Benefits at Children's Mercy

The benefits plans at Children’s Mercy are one of many reasons we are recognized as one of the best places to work in Kansas City. Our plans are designed to meet the changing needs of our employees and their families.

EEO Employer / Disabled / Vet

Children’s Mercy hires individuals based on their job skills, expertise and ability to maintain professional relationships with fellow employees, patients, parents and visitors. A personal interview, formal education and training, previous work experience, references and a criminal background investigation all are factors used to select the best candidates. The hospital does not discriminate against prospective or current employees based on the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, creed, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry or veteran status. A drug screen will be performed upon hire. Children’s Mercy is smoke and tobacco free.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

CM is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. Our patients and families come from all walks of life, and so do we. We know that our greatest strengths come from the people who make up our team so we hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger and our patient care more compassionate.

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for service, you will find a home at CM. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring, including education, ideas, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, languages spoken, veteran status, color, religion, disability and beliefs.

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