Instructor / Advanced Practice Provider - Military veterans preferred

Oregon Health & Science University

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Instructor / Advanced Practice Provider

US-OR-Portland

Job ID: 2025-33569
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Advanced Practice Provider
Portland, OR (Marquam Hill)

Overview

We are seeking a dynamic individual to join our team within IDD/CDRC. The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) provides collaborative and multidisciplinary care in the OHSU/CDRC Spina Bifida Program and Feeding and Swallowing Disorders Clinic with a team of attending physicians, APPs, and allied health professionals. The APP will provide diagnosis, consultation, and treatment (to include care coordination and referral services) to individuals and their families with spina bifida and complex feeding difficulties. For patients with Spina Bifida, the APP will provide specialty care, especially related to bowel and bladder functioning, family coping, self-care, self-concept, growth and development and consultation to other community agencies and providers. The APP will work within an interdisciplinary model, coordinate clinic activities, and have primary responsibility for case management and care coordination. The APP shall provide services as assigned by the supervisor in furtherance of the university’s missions and goals of teaching, research, patient care, outreach and public service.

The APP faculty will have opportunities to become involved in quality improvement work, education, research, and childhood advocacy. Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, the Department of Pediatrics, and the Division of IDD/CDRC are committed to developing our faculty members’ careers. A pathway for academic promotion for the APPs was recently implemented at OHSU.

Professional participation is expected including attendance in relevant educational conferences and didactic conferences.

As teaching is an important portion of the OHSU and Doernbecher Children’s hospital mission, you will be responsible in collaborating and teaching students and trainees.

Function/Duties of Position

The Advanced Practice Provider is a faculty member credentialed and privileged to serve as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner.

This role is aligned with the OHSU Dept of Pediatrics Mission of clinical, advocacy, research, and educational excellence.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Provide medical services and consultation to program clients, including patient assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
• Provide care coordination and case management for patients with spina bifida in conjunction with families, community, and OHSU-DCH-CDRC.
• Interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe and manage medications and other therapies

• Provide health teaching with an emphasis on prevention of illness and health maintenance
• Refer patients to other healthcare professionals as necessary
• Participate in the organizations continuing quality improvement programs.

Education/Advocacy:

• Provides clinical education to fellows, residents, medical and APP students participating in pediatric rotations.
• Provide feedback and evaluation, both formally and informally, of learners and trainees

Scholarship/Research:

• APP faculty are expected to have a scholarly activity. This may include educating learners, research, grant supported work, quality improvement projects, academic papers and/or presentations in disciplines related to their field of expertise.
• APP faculty members are often called upon to partner with other providers and members of the department or division research support staff in research activity.  

Administrative Activities:

• Participation in faculty meetings at the division, department, APP level.

• Attending relevant conferences/committees as assigned by Division head or lead APP
• Academic and professional development through attendance and/or participation at national/regional conferences is strongly encouraged.

Master’s Degree or higher as required by specific Advanced Provider role and:

• Physician Assistant requirements
  • Current & Active Physician Assistant license for State of Oregon
  • Current Physician Assistant National Board Certification
• Nurse Practitioner requirements
  • Current Acute Care/Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner license for the state of Oregon
  • State of Oregon Nurse Practitioner Prescriptive Privileges
• Appropriate National board certification
• Current active DEA license
• Ability to manage a heavy workload with multiple priorities and inflexible deadlines
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally, and in writing
• Proficient in the use of computing hardware and software, including personal computing equipment, electronic medical record, word processing, and spreadsheet software
• Regular and consistent attendance at work

• 3 years experience as APP, including experience with children with special needs and  solid background in and understanding of child and human development. 
• Community experience and bilingual in Spanish.

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