Site Nurse Practitioner

Cortica is looking for a full time, Site Nurse Practitioner to join its growing team at our Irvine center in CA!

• In this role, you will conduct thorough patient intakes, screenings, and assessments, considering the unique needs of each patient and their family.
• You will also provide ongoing education to families and work closely with other specialists to offer comprehensive care, including nutrition evaluation, dietary support, and ongoing medical management.
• Work with our cognitive and behavioral child neurologists and pediatricians to provide ongoing care for attention, sleep, headaches, and challenging behavior, medication management as well as medical follow-ups.
  
  

We are a rapidly growing healthcare company pioneering the most effective treatment methods for children with neurodevelopmental differences. Our mission is to design and deliver life-changing care – one child, one family, one community at a time. Ultimately, we envision a world that cultivates the full potential of every child. At Cortica, every team member is instrumental in helping us achieve our mission!

What will you do?

• Complete thorough patient intakes, screenings, and assessments that incorporate the unique characteristics and needs of each patient and family member into the plan of care.
• Triage referrals for acute needs to other members of the Cortica team
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team members to coordinate compendium of care for each patient.
• Utilize the nursing process, scientific reasoning and critical problem solving to practice within the scope of responsibilities as defined by the State Board of Nursing including placing orders and screening tests in in accordance with approved protocol(s) and guidelines.
• Provide ongoing education to families enrolled in our medical program on a diverse set of well-delineated topics including what it means to have an autism label, how to help you child sleep, pill-swallowing, sexuality, navigating the school system and much more.
• Provide nutrition evaluation and dietary support in concert with our speech and occupational therapy team. Our program is based on the SOS feeding approach and Cortica's nutrition framework.
• Work with our cognitive and behavioral child neurologists and pediatricians to provide ongoing care for attention, sleep, headaches, and challenging behavior, medication management as well as medical follow-ups.
  
  

We'd love to hear from you if:

• You are knowledgeable regarding diagnoses and therapies for the following conditions: Autism, ADHD, Anxiety, Developmental Coordination Disorder, Speech and Language delay, Sensory Processing Disorder, Headaches, Insomnia, Epilepsy (seizure action plan, safety), sensory processing disorder and other neurodevelopmental diagnosis.
• You have a minimum of 24 months in pediatric practice in an outpatient setting (pediatric or family nurse practitioner), preferably behavioral neurology and/or Neurodevelopmental Medicine (NDM) and pediatric behavior disorders, including autism.
• You have experience prescribing medication within a pediatric outpatient setting.
• You are proficient in ADIR/ADOS diagnostic evaluation (Gold standard).
• You hold a current and unrestricted license and/or certification that is required to practice within your clinical domain and obtain cross-state licensure in new states as indicated by the current business needs.
• You have a knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
  
  

Your Compensation & Benefits

• Salary Range (DOE) $139,000 to $174,000
• 5% Annual Bonus
• $2,000 continuing education stipend
• Stock options
• 401k matching
• PTO and continuing education/wellness days
• Paid holidays
• Health, vision, dental, and pet insurance
• Referral bonuses
  
  

EOE. This posting is not meant to be an exhaustive list of the role and its duties. Please review the full job description in the following link: https://bit.ly/3EbReZv

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