NP/PA, Neurosurgery

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Summary:

We are searching for a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in an exciting outpatient Pediatric Neurosurgery setting.

In this position you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate comprehensive care for children with a myriad of neurosurgical conditions. You will work collaboratively with our Neurosciences team as well as other members of the childs healthcare team. You will practice under established clinical protocols and guidelines. You will independently assess diagnose and initiate or continue treatment as appropriate.

This is a primarily outpatient setting working with our Neurosurgery team.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Provide medical services that are within the education and training of the APP.

• Practice within the scope of practice and delegation of the supervising physician.

• Obtain a comprehensive pertinent history on patients and document appropriately in the patientsmedical record.

• Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and document them appropriately in the patients medical record.

• Prescribe continue or administer medications as delegated by the supervising physician and document appropriately in the medical record.

• Order diagnostic tests consistent with differential diagnoses as appropriate and interpret those results in keeping with your education and training.

• Foster collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve health care.

• Establish a relationship with the family in keeping with Cook Childrens Promise Knowing every childs life is sacred we promise to improve the wellbeing of every child in our care and our communities.

• Maintain compliance with Cook Childrens education compliance occupational health and safety standards.

Education and Experience

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

Masters Degree in Nursing as Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and minimum 1 year of pediatric nursing experience or related specialized area strongly preferred.

Physician Assistants

Masters Degree in Physician Assistant Studies and minimum 1 year of experience in related specialized area strongly preferred.

Licensure Registration and/or Certification

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

• Current Texas professional registered nurse license
• Current Texas professional advanced practice registered nurse license
• Certified as an RNFA preferred
• Certified as a Family or Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
• Current Basic Life Support (CPR) is required.
• Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) is required.
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required when assigned to Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Pediatric nurse practitioner acute care certification required when assigned to Cardiology Cardiothoracic Surgery Neurosurgery and Pediatric Surgery/Trauma

Physician Assistants

• Current Texas professional physician assistant license.
• Certified as a PAC
• Current Basic Life Support (CPR) required.
• Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required.
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required when assigned to Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery

About Cook Childrens:

Our notforprofit organization is comprised of a flagship medical center in Fort Worth Texas a new medical center in Prosper Texas a physician network home health company surgery centers health plan health services and health foundation. With more than 60 primary specialty and urgent care locations throughout Texas families can access our topranked specialty programs and network of services to meet the unique needs of their child. Cook Childrens is honored to continually receive recognition for our outstanding efforts and outcomes in pediatric health care.

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