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Job Description
We are searching for a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - someone who works well in a fast paced setting.
The NP or PA 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 APP 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 NP or PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels.
This APP will be responsible for wound care for OB/GYN patients in both an inpatient and outpatient setting and requires a wound care certification.
Qualifications:
Nurse Practitioner:
Master's 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
Would care experience strongly preferred
Physician Assistant:
Required Bachelor's Degree
PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board
Would care experience strongly 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 patient's medical record
Collaborate effectively with other members of the health care disciplines to provide comprehensive care to patients
Identify and document patient/family learning needs, readiness to learn, and level of understanding, incorporating family culture and belief systems on all 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 patient's medical record
• Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and documents appropriately in the patient's 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.
About Us
Texas Children's Pavilion for Women is a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility and one of a select few hospitals nationwide that provides women, mothers and babies with a full continuum of high-quality, expert health care. Offering a full spectrum of maternal and fetal medicine services, including an array of fetal diagnostic procedures and highly specialized fetal surgeries, the Pavilion for Women is connected to Texas Children's Hospital via a two-story circular sky bridge to enhance patient care by providing physicians, staff and patient families with rapid access to other pediatric subspecialists. Three private OB/GYN practices, The Family Fertility Center, The Menopause Center and The Women's Place - Center for Reproductive Psychiatry are all housed here. Additionally, we also recently opened a community-based OB/GYN practice in Pearland.
To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.
Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
Worksite address
houston, TX, 77246, US
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