Pediatrics - Palliative Care (Assistant Professor - Nurse Practitioner)

Job Duties

• Provide age-appropriate care for one or more of the following age groups routinely: Neonate, Infant, Child, Adolescent, Adult.
• Collect and evaluate health assessment data to provide appropriate palliative interventions.
• Consistently demonstrate effective communication skills and work to eliminate communication barriers.
• Participate in departmental quality, education and safety initiatives on an ongoing basis.
• Consistently seek and apply new knowledge relevant to 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master of Science in Nursing
• Advanced Practitioner Registered Nurse license from the Texas Board of Nursing. License may be Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP), Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (ACPNP), or Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP).
• Specialty certification recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing. Specialty certification must match licensing specialty area. (For example, a Nurse Practitioner with an ACUTE CARE PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER (ACPNP) license from the Texas Board of Nursing must also have an ACPNP certification.)
• A minimum of five (5) years of RN experience providing care in a hospital, outpatient or hospice setting to chronic, complex patients or patients nearing end-of-life.
• Pediatric or Family Nurse Practitioner with 5 years of experience as a nurse practitioner.
• Palliative care experience with the ability and comfort of inpatient/outpatient patient care.