APP Procedural - Pediatric Shared Surgical Services

Position Summary:

The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Department of Surgery , Division of Pediatric Surgery , is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to provide care within the inpatient, outpatient and emergency rooms settings . This position is located in Milwaukee at Children's Wisconsin . The APP works as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team who will contribute to excellence in program administration, patient care, patient safety, research, quality improvement, and teaching.

Position Highlights:

• •Provide direct patient care: Evaluate new and existing surgical patients and consultations, perform physical exams, and manage daily hospital care for surgical patients.
• •Provide procedural support and triage of patients across specialized surgical disciplines such as general surgery, orthopedics and urology.
• •Care for pediatric patients from varying backgrounds
• •Will be privileged to perform procedures beyond core as identified by Surgical divsions. May independently perform bedside procedures within scope of practice.
• •This position will be located at Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee campus only
• •Work alongside attending physicians, hospitalists, and nursing teams under established clinical guidelines.
• •Collaborate with general surgery, orthopedics, and urology
• •Participate in patient/family communication, clinical education and departmental/division safety or quality initiatives.
• •Role reports to General surgery APP manager.

Schedule:

• •Typical schedule will run 4- 10 hour consecutive days weekly.
• •No weekend and/or holidays
• •No Call
• •Full-Time (1.0 FTE)
• •Salaried

Department/Division Highlights:

MCW is hiring for a full-time experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to work on our Surgical Services Shared APP Flex Team at Main Hospital. In collaboration with an attending physician, the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant, is responsible for the direct care and follow-up of at least three populations of patients that matches his/her delineation of privileges and skill set. This role requires at least one year of APP experience in the inpatient hospital setting. The Surgical Shared APP will be oriented and credentialed to at least three, but no more than four, different inpatient units and provide direct care and follow up to those patients. This care is delivered in defined inpatient and hospital-outpatient areas. The components of the role include clinical practice, consultation, professional development, education, and research. The clinical portion of this role will require increased level of accountability including managing a cohort of high acuity patients and may be required to utilize invasive interventions and procedures to promote physiologic stability as per their delineation of privileges. The role will also include off-shift responsibility which may include days, evenings, nights, weekends and holidays and will be determined by the clinical needs of the practice environment.

Qualifications:

Preferred Experience:

Previous APP pediatric and/or surgical experience preferred.

Minimum Education:

• •Advanced Practice Registered Nurse: Master’s Degree or higher in Nursing from a nationally accredited organization.
• •Physician Assistant: Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Physician Assistant Studies from an ARC-PA-accredited organization.

Minimum Requirements:

• •Certification Requirements
• •American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
• •Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

DEA registration

· Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

• •Wisconsin APRN License
• •APRN Certification
• •Nurse Practitioner Certification from a nationally accredited professional nursing organization
• •Pediatric NP (PNP)

· Physician Assistant

• •Wisconsin Physician Assistant License
• •Certification by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

Minimum Education:

· Advanced Practice Registered Nurse: Master’s Degree or higher in Nursing from a nationally accredited organization.

· Physician Assistant: Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Physician Assistant Studies from an ARC-PA-accredited organization.

Organizational Overview

Children’s Wisconsin and Children’s Specialty Group

Children’s Wisconsin is an independent health care system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. The hospital, with locations in Milwaukee and Northeast Wisconsin, is recognized as one of the leading pediatric health care centers in the United States. Children’s Wisconsin provides primary care, urgent care, emergency care, specialty care, mental and behavioral health services, community health services, foster and adoption services, child advocacy services and health insurance plans. Each year, the Children’s Wisconsin team has more than 6.5 million touchpoints with kids and families through medical care, advocacy, research and education. In Northeast Wisconsin, Children’s Wisconsin is expanding its services to provide increased access to outstanding pediatric subspecialty care. This includes a pediatric hospital, with a Pediatric Unit, Level III NICU and Infusion Center, which is located at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Neenah, WI. A multispecialty pediatric ambulatory clinic with on-site laboratory and radiology services opened in Appleton, Wis. in 2023.

Children’s and its joint venture with the Medical College of Wisconsin – the Children’s Specialty Group (CSG) - are the largest providers of pediatric healthcare in the state, serving the children and families of Wisconsin with the highest level of care through their American College of Surgeons Level I Children’s Surgery Verification Center, Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence, 72-bed Level IV NICU, Level IV Epilepsy Center, and a 72-bed PICU. In 2021-2022, CW and CSG had six specialties ranked by US News & World Report: cancer; cardiology and heart surgery; gastroenterology and GI surgery; neurology and neurosurgery; orthopedics; and pulmonology. With over 70 specialties and 675 providers, CSG providers had 220,000 outpatient visits at 13 regional care sites, 67,000 emergency department/trauma center visits, and over 9,000 admissions.

Procedure for Candidacy

To submit your application, please click on “Apply Now.” You will create a candidate profile, and you will be prompted to upload your CV and your cover letter, describing your interest and qualifications. References will be required at an appropriate time in the process. All interactions will remain confidential, and no inquiries will be made without the consent of the applicant. Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

For inquiries or to learn more, please contact:

Mikaela Messerschmidt - Physician & APP Recruiter

mmesserschmidt@mcw.edu

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Learn about Advanced Practice Providers

Medical College of Wisconsin

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is the state’s only private medical school and health sciences graduate school. MCW consists of a School of Medicine with campuses in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Central Wisconsin, a School of Graduate Studies, and a School of Pharmacy. MCW is a major national research center ranking in the top third of U.S. medical schools in NIH funding and is the second largest research institution in Wisconsin. Academic medicine is at the core of everything we do at MCW, bringing together scientists, clinicians, students and community members to solve the most complex challenges in health and society. MCW is a diverse group of thought leaders collaborating to pioneer pathways to a healthier world. Every study we conduct and every patient we see leads to new learning and a continuous cycle of life-changing knowledge and innovation.

Approximately 1,780 MCW physicians and approximately 905 advanced practice providers care for more than 484,000 patients of all ages annually at Froedtert Hospital, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Children’s Wisconsin, and