Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care or Physician Assistant - Heart Failure and Transplant
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care or Physician Assistant - Heart Failure and Transplant
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Job Description
We are searching for a Physician Assistant or Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care Certified who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting!
In this position you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children episodic care for ill children and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The PA or NP works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols the PA or NP assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider the PA or NP is responsible for education research consultation and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels.
Qualifications:
Nurse Practitioner:
- Masters degree in nursing required
- RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact required
- FNP NNP PNP-BC WHNP-BC CPNP-AC or AG-ACNP from the Texas Board of Nursing required
- PNP-AC certification strongly preferred
- 2 years of experience preferred
Physician Assistant:
- Required Bachelors Degree
- PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board
- 2 years of experience preferred
Responsibilities:
Nurse Practitioner:
- Daily utilize advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data and to manage a caseload of patients
- Consistently demonstrate effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers
- Consistently serve as an educational resource for the patient and family community and other healthcare professionals
- Consistently apply new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing to clinical practice
- Demonstrate current professional managerial and/or technical knowledge and skills
- Demonstrate NP role behaviors consistent with the development of advanced nursing practice
- Participate in departmental Quality Improvement program annually
- Obtain a comprehensive health developmental and family history on patients as documented in the patients medical record
- Collaborate effectively with other members of the health care disciplines to provide comprehensive care to patients
Physician Assistant:
Provide medical services that are within the education and training of the Physician Assistant within the scope of practice and delegation of the supervising physician
Obtain a comprehensive health developmental and family history on patients and documents appropriately in the patients medical record
Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and documents appropriately in the patients medical record
Prescribe or administer medications as delegated by the supervising physician and documents in medical records
Administer appropriate vaccines as observed by physicians and documented in medical records
Order diagnostic tests consistent with differential diagnoses derived from gathered data as evidenced by types of tests ordered
Foster collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve health care
Establish a relationship with the patient/family characterized by mutual respect empathy and collaboration
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.
Employment Type
Full-Time
