Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Emergency Medicine

About the role

We are searching for a Nurse Practitioner 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 NP works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practicing under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the NP assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in 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 is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels.

Responsibilities

• 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 work to eliminate communication barriers.
• Serve as an educational resource for patients, families, the community, and other healthcare professionals.
• Apply new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing to clinical practice.
• Demonstrate current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills.
• Exhibit NP role behaviors consistent with the development of advanced nursing practice.
• Participate in the 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.

Qualifications

• 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 certification from the Texas Board of Nursing (required).

About Texas Children’s Hospital – The Woodlands

Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands is north Houston’s first true, free‑standing pediatric hospital designed, equipped, and staffed exclusively to provide care in more than 25 specialty areas for children and adolescents. Hospital facilities include 24 emergency center rooms, outpatient exam rooms, radiology rooms, operating rooms, acute‑care beds, and a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).