PNP - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Outdoor and Eco-Adventure Gateway
Setting
Perhaps nowhere else combines the conveniences of the modern age with the freedom and adventure of living on the edge of a vast, unspoiled wilderness as do Anchorage and Alaska. Alaska's a young state. Our major cities of Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau offer career and professional growth opportunities unlike many places in the Lower 48.
We're a tight-knit community with a taste for adventure and the good life. Many of us like to fish and hunt. Some of us seek a change of pace. No matter how we got here, our remoteness brings us together to solve problems in our own way.
Facility
Joint Air Force Base Elmendorf-Richardson
Type of work
The duties include but are not limited to the following:
Provide a full range of primary care pediatric nurse practitioner services in accordance with privileges granted by the MTF
Perform routine developmental screenings.
Diagnose and treat common childhood illnesses.
Provide anticipatory guidance regarding common child health concerns.
Provide childhood immunizations.
Perform school and sports physicals.
Performs procedures and prescribes pediatric treatment and medications based on assessment results and standards of care within the scope of practice of a pediatric nurse practitioner as defined by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP).
Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases and injuries of newborns, infants, children and adolescents through age 17 years. Identifies and manages specific pediatric illnesses.
Prepares and reviews case histories and clinical records of newborns, infants, children and adolescents through age 17 years. Secures a health and developmental history from the patient or parent; records findings and makes critical evaluation.
Examines patients, determines need for radiological examinations and clinical laboratory tests, and interprets examinations findings and test results. Also, performs or requests special screening and developmental tests and interprets the results.
Evaluates total health care needs of patients and develops plan to meet these needs. Teaches patients and family members' different ways to maintain or improve their health status.
Provides healthcare and preventative services to pediatric patients and their family members, including age specific anticipatory guidance in growth and development, nutrition, common illnesses, safety, and discipline.
Evaluates clinical practice and collaborates with health care team members as the Primary Care Manager to improve patient delivery for an empanelment of pediatric patients.
Makes appropriate referrals to general pediatrician, family practice physician, and/or specialty physician as warranted.