Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care or Physician Assistant - PICU & CICU
About the role
We are searching for a Physician Assistant or a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care Certified who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting!
Responsibilities
- 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
- Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the APP assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures
Qualifications
- Physician Assistant: Required Bachelor's DegreePA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical BoardPICU and CICU experience strongly preferred.
- Nurse Practitioner: Master’s degree in nursing requiredRN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact requiredPNP-AC strongly preferredFNP, NNP, PNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CPNP-AC, or AG-ACNP from the Texas Board of Nursing required
Skills
As an advanced practice provider, the NP or PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels.
Benefits
There is a rotating schedule that includes 12 hour shifts including days, nights and weekends.
Pay
Details about pay are not specified in the job description.
Schedule
Details about the schedule are not specified in the job description.
About Us
Texas Children’s presence in Austin helps support a pediatric population of more than half a million and keeps kids healthy and happy from birth to adulthood. Texas Children’s first health care location in Austin, Texas Children’s Urgent Care West Gate, opened in March 2018, providing high quality pediatric-focused care after hours and on weekends. There are now more than 15 Texas Children’s Pediatric primary care practices in the greater Austin area providing full-service family care including routine childhood immunizations, well visits, and sick care. Our Specialty Care Center in Austin includes a multidisciplinary group of pediatric specialists committed to providing comprehensive care across a wide spectrum of services. Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, is our new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin families. To join our community of more than 15,000 dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org . 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.