Job Description
Job Summary
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children is seeking a Full time Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in our Nephrology department to join our team.
This position is a combined Dialysis and Nephrology Nurse Practitioner role, with approximately 60% effort dedicated to dialysis services and 40% effort dedicated to outpatient and inpatient nephrology.
In collaboration with the nephrology team, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) will serve as a clinical resource for outpatient hemodialysis, home peritoneal dialysis, and apheresis services. The NP will also evaluate patients in nephrology clinic and support the inpatient nephrology consult service as needed.
The NP will participate in quality improvement initiatives, EMR optimization, research activities, staff and patient education, and nephrology program development. Responsibilities may evolve based on the needs of the division and department.