What are the responsibilities and job description for the Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) - Children's Health - MUSC Health Orangeburg position at Medical University of South Carolina Health?
MUSC Health Orangeburg is searching for an Advanced Practice Provider in Children's Health. The successful applicant will be an Advanced Practice Provider interested in providing preventative and pediatric care in a Children’s Health Clinic in an underserved area. The APP will join a busy and growing clinic that includes one Pediatric physician and four Advanced Practice Providers.
Fair Labor Standards Act Status : Salaried / Exempt
Hours per week : 36
Scheduled Work Hours / Shift : 4 days a week; Office is open Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm
Patient Population Focus : Ambulatory
Patient Population Age Range : 0-21 years (Pediatrics)
Required Training and Experience
Required Minimum Training : Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program and currently licensed or eligible for licensure as a Physician Assistant or completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program and currently licensed or eligible for licensure as an APRN as noted below.
- Physician Assistant
- APRN
- PCPNP / PNP (Primary Care Pediatric NP or Pediatric Nurse Practitioner) : Pediatric patients (birth to age 21), stable chronic disease state management or primary care setting.
- FNP (Family NP) : (birth to death) Stable chronic disease state management, primary care across the lifespan.
Degree of Supervision : Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant will be assigned a Primary Supervising / Collaborating Physician employed by MUSC and will report directly to this physician.
Required Licensure, Certifications, Registrations
All certifications must be current and complete prior to start date :
Job Duties
Provides direct care to patients through the following activities (not limited) :
Physical Requirements
Continuous requirements are to perform job functions while standing, walking and sitting. Ability to bend at the waist, kneel, climb stairs, reach in all directions, fully use both hands and legs, possess good finger dexterity, perform repetitive motions with hands / wrists / elbows and shoulders, reach in all directions. Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required. Maintain 20 / 40 vision corrected, see and recognize objects close at hand and at a distance, work in a latex safe environment and work indoors
