Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care - Neurosurgery Trauma - Austin

About Texas Children's Hospital

Summary:

We are searching for a 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 population focused specialty. You’ll work under a delineation of clinical privileges and work collaboratively with other members of the health care team, including the attending physicians, resident physicians and fellow physicians to provide comprehensive patient care in accordance with the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners. You’ll practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, assume independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is appropriate for the ages of patients served. You'll also be responsible for education, research, consultation and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels.

In this position, the NP will have a focus in Trauma and Neurosurgery with potential for cross coverage of other surgical services. This team works a rotating schedule with 12 hour shifts which include days, nights and weekends. The Surgical Hospitalist handles a wide variety of patients collaborating regularly with other specialty groups including; plastics, general, orthopedics, urology and ENT providing services 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. This position includes inpatient/surgical emergency center consultations, operating room First-Assist, and perioperative coverage.

Qualifications:

• Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including any booster dose(s) of the COVID-19 vaccine recommended by the Centers for Disease Control when eligible, is required for all employees at Texas Children’s unless approved for a medical or religious exemption.
• Master’s degree in nursing (MSN) required
• RN license (nursing) required
• FNP, NNP, PNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CPNP-AC, or AG-ACNP license required
• PNP-AC strongly preferred 
• RNFA strongly preferred 

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 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