POSITION SUMMARY:
The purpose of this position is to ensure, in collaboration with the Nurse Manager for each neighborhood, that safe appropriate and goal-directed care is provided in a consistent manner; to provide support and direction to nursing staff; and to ensure the implementation of the Medical Staff and Nursing Department policies and procedures. This is a salaried exempt managerial position that has discretion to make decisions and have access to confidential employee and business information
POSITION FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Promote Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center Mission and Core Values of Excellence, Innovation, Collaboration, Evolution Growth and Change, Respect and Embrace Diversity, and Loving Relationships.
Provide admission history and physical examinations for new residents.
Write initial orders for medical care, medications, and therapies, and rewrite orders on a monthly basis.
Evaluate residents and their care, at least once every sixty days.
Order and review appropriate laboratory and radiographic studies.
Collaborate and coordinate with nurse practitioners to ensure consistent and uninterrupted clinical coverage of all residents.
Collaborate with other clinical disciplines to provide holistic care of children.
Review and coordinate the care provided by sub-specialty consultants.
Serve as a clinical liaison between the Center and acute care hospitals.
Provide evaluations of, and order appropriate treatments for, acute illnesses or other clinical problems.
Participate in Center Quality Assurance activities.
Participate and/or lead clinically relevant committees.
Provide clinical leadership during family and team meetings, including quarterly Plan of Care meetings.
Communicate and consult with residents’ parents/caregivers on a regular basis.
Provide telephone coverage and in-person clinical consultation, when needed, overnight and on weekends and holidays to supplement the care being provided by nurse practitioners.
Provide compassionate palliative care to acutely dying children.
Pronounce death for residents who die at the Center and submit electronic death certificates, when appropriate.
Supervise medical students, residents, and/or fellows.
Provide administrative coverage when directed to do so during Chief Medical Officer’s absence.
Provide other related duties as may become necessary, as directed by Chief Medical Officer and/or administrator
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