Job Description
TMCOne-Arizona Pediatric Surgery & Urology are currently recruiting for a family nurse practitioner to provide excellent care to the children of Tucson and Southern Arizona. This is a clinic-based role where the hours are Monday-Friday 8am-5pm. This role would be to support the urology portion of the practice as opposed to the surgical side.
A qualified candidate will also perform the following:
-obtain patient history and perform physical exam and retroperitoneal ultrasound when indicated (training will be provided)
-evaluate new patients with operative and non-operative pediatric urology concerns (hydronephrosis, UTI, kidney stones, incontinence, train patients how to catheterize themselves, train patients on stoma care, etc)
-manage follow up patients who have non-operative pediatric urology conditions (incontinence, UTI, etc)
-train percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation procedures and perform/manage those patients
-train in neonatal circumcision and perform/manage those patients
-assist in pre and post op care for pediatric urology patients
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION: Master's in Nursing, Nurse Practitioner
EXPERIENCE: 2 years of experience preferred, but not required.
LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION: National certification as a Nurse Practitioner or must be National Certification as a Nurse Practitioner eligible, must become credentialed at TMC through the Professional Staffing Office prior to appointment. Must have and maintain a current Arizona state license as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner including prescriptive authority. Must obtain and maintain a current Federal Drug Enforcement Agency License for prescribing controlled substances. Must obtain and maintain current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS); for Mental Health only Crisis Prevention Instruction (CPI) required.