Overview

About St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, a partnership between Tower Health and Drexel University, is a 188-bed facility that provides exceptional care to children throughout the Greater Philadelphia area and surrounding counties.

St. Christopher's has more than 220 pediatric experts on staff, combining top-notch pediatric care with a wide array of pediatric specialties including Cardiology, Ear, Nose and Throat, Gastroenterology, Oncology, and Orthopedics. It houses the only Verified Pediatric Burn Center between New York City and Baltimore and is one of only three Level I Pediatric Trauma Centers in Pennsylvania. St. Christopher's is a Magnet® designated hospital and was recognized as a Women's Choice Award Best Children's Hospital.

In addition to its main location in Philadelphia, the hospital has a growing network of primary and specialty care locations throughout the Philadelphia suburbs and New Jersey so your child's health conditions can be treated close to home.

Tower Health recognizes paying for education can be expensive. As part of our Educational Assistance benefit, the Tower Health Tuition Discount Program offers tuition reimbursement and other discounts to more than one hundred local and national schools. This includes Drexel University, Alvernia University, and Immaculata University - just to name a few.

Through the Tower Health Tuition Discount Program , eligible employees, spouses, dependents, and domestic partners may be eligible to receive the following benefits:

• Save 5 to 50 percent on tuition.

• Waived application fees.

• Discounts for your dependents, spouses, and domestic partners.

About the Organization

Tower Health is a strong, regional, integrated healthcare provider/payer system that offers leading-edge, compassionate healthcare and wellness services to a population of 2.5 million people. Together, our seven hospitals and other entities provide a full range of medical care from prevention, screenings & education; to the latest clinical services and surgeries available; to rehabilitation. We also offer wellness programs & public health services that ensure our communities are the healthiest they can be. Our caring, highly trained physicians and staff are committed to patient safety and patient satisfaction.

With more than 11,000 team members, Tower Health includes Reading Hospital, a teaching hospital based in West Reading; Chestnut Hill Hospital, a teaching hospital in Philadelphia; Phoenixville Hospital in Phoenixville; Pottstown Hospital in Pottstown; and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. We also operate Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing & Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences, & we have a comprehensive physician network.

Collaboration across Tower Health enables our hospitals, providers, leadership & staff to leverage best practices across the health system. Our hospitals have received national recognition for advanced care in areas such as neurosurgery and stroke, cardiac & vascular surgery, trauma, hematology & oncology. Reading HealthPlex, which opened at Reading Hospital in October 2016, combines state-of-the-art technology and world-class design to make the HealthPlex one of the most sophisticated surgical centers & inpatient facilities in the region.

At Tower Health, we have a rich history of providing high-quality, cost-effective care in the communities we serve. As the healthcare industry continues to change, one thing remains steadfast: Tower Health's commitment to Advancing Health, Transforming Lives.

Responsibilities

Job Summary:

The Clinic or Staff Nurse as the Registered Nurse (RN) member of the healthcare team in a manner consistent with their scope of practice in Pennsylvania. The RN is responsible for assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and documentation of care provided and patient response to interventions.

This nursing role within the section of Child Protection will be hybrid of care coordination and basic RN duties. The RN is responsible for coordinating care for certain patient populations within the section of Child Protection. Care Coordination may involve but is not limited to the following: 1.) planning treatment strategies, 2.) coordinating visits with sub specialists, 3.) organize care to avoid duplication of diagnostic services, 4.) sharing information among healthcare professions, 5.) other program personnel and families, 6.) facilitating access to services, 7.) training of caregivers, 8.) education of local emergency medical services.

Job Responsibilities:

• Strong clinical skills
• Strong case management skills, extensive knowledge of insurance related issues
• Ability to work independently, persuasively and collaboratively with all members of the inpatient/outpatient healthcare team and family
• Must be organized and have the ability to multi-task
• Must be self-directed
• Effective interpersonal and written communication skills
• Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to develop creative care coordination strategies based on challenging physical, psychological, developmental, social and educational situations appropriate to the age of the patients served
• Patient Tracking - ED/Inpatient, Outpatient and Consult
• Triage skills and collaborate with emergency department
• Handle phone calls, re: referrals to Child Protection
• Represent child protection at case conferences
• Mentor for all emergency department RN's on how to handle child protection patients
• Develop process for outpatient office and ED collaboration for triage of patients requiring immediate attention
• Capturing patients that present to the ED with physical/sexual abuse concerns and ensuring proper initial medical management of the cases in the ED, as well as referral to Child Protection Program for formal evaluation.
• In real time, the nurse would provide families with information about the program, while scheduling a time for their evaluation.
• Nurse would interface with the primary care provider of patients who are hospitalized to ensure the provider is aware of the child's admission for suspected maltreatment and that they are aware of the need for the necessary follow up.
• Nurse would provide test results to families and the primary care physician.
• Nurse would keep track of all laboratory studies conducted by the department while creating policies, procedures and protocols for the clinic.
• Work to support the physicians/providers in clinic by interfacing with families directly in the clinic and obtaining their vitals (HT, WT, BP, RR, Temp, HC).
• Document vitals and other patient interactions in electronic health record.
  

Qualifications

Education Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing
• BSN preferred

Experience

• Two years of RN (and practicing clinically) experience and required

Certification and Licensure

• PA Registered Nurse License
• BLS Certification
• Pediatric Nurse certification a plus
• SANE (Sexually Assault Nurse Examiner) preferred or in process, willing to obtain within 12 months of hire