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Time Type:
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Department:
CC505912 Patient Centered Medical HomeArkansas Children's Care Network, WLR Primary Care Clinic, Full Time
Provides safe, effective, and holistic patient and family centered care for the patients and families in Primary Care Services. Leads clinic efforts in patient-centered medical home related population management, data collection and quality improvement activities. Addresses the patient's preventive care and care coordination needs within a specialized area of clinical practice. Acts as a clinical resource for patients, families, staff, and community providers.
Associate's degree or equivalent from two-year college program or technical school or nursing diploma, Associate Degree Nursing
Bachelor's Degree Nursing
Nursing - 3 years of experience
Certification specific to patient population, leadership role or education - , Registered Nurse (RN) license - Arkansas or Compact State, within 6 months of hire or eligibility - Certification specific to patient population
1. Coordinates continuity of patient care with patients and families following hospital admission and discharge, and for clinics ER visits, and PCP visits. Facilitates hand-off throughout the continuum of care.
2. Manages high-risk patient care, including management of patients with multiple comorbidities or high risk for readmission to a hospital setting.
3. Provides and facilitates education of parents/families of patients following admission and coordinates discharge planning.
4. Serves as resource for team promoting advocacy for patients, families, and Arkansas Children's Team.
5. Conducts comprehensive, preventative screenings for patients and/or assists all support staff in daily patient interactions as needed.
6. Consistently provides safe and effective nursing care at a proficient level.
7. Proficiently assesses increasingly complex patients and serves as a resource to others to ensure developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive care.
8. Provides individualized patient and family education at a proficient level in increasingly complex care situations, and serves as a resource in guiding others.
9. Proficiently mentors, coaches, precepts, and teaches healthcare professionals and students in the care of increasingly complex patients.
10. Performs other duties as assigned.
Arkansas Children's is the only healthcare system in the state solely dedicated to caring for Arkansas' more than 700,000 children. The private, non-profit organization includes two pediatric hospitals, a pediatric research institute and USDA nutrition center, a philanthropic foundation, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, and many education and outreach programs — all focused on fulfilling a promise to define and deliver unprecedented child health. Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) is a 336-bed, Magnet-recognized facility in Little Rock operating the state’s only Level I pediatric trauma center; the state's only burn center; the state's only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit; the state's only pediatric intensive care unit; the state’s only pediatric surgery program with Level 1 verification from the American College of Surgeons (ACS); the state’s only magnetoencephalography (MEG) system for neurosurgical planning and cutting-edge research; and the state's only nationally recognized pediatric transport program. Arkansas Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in seven pediatric specialties (2022—2023): Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pulmonology and Urology. Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW), the first and only pediatric hospital in the Northwest Arkansas region, is a level IV pediatric trauma center. ACNW operates a 24-bed inpatient unit; a surgical unit with five operating rooms; outpatient clinics offering over 20 subspecialties; diagnostic services; imaging capabilities; occupational therapy services; and Northwest Arkansas' only pediatric emergency department, equipped with 30 exam rooms. Generous philanthropic and volunteer engagement has sustained Arkansas Children's since it began as an orphanage in 1912, and today ensures the system can deliver on its promise of unprecedented child health. To learn more, visit archildrens.org.
