Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Inpatient Behavioral Health - Part Time - The Medical Center

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 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 is an inpatient behavioral health position working part time, 20 hours or more per week. 

Qualifications:

Nurse Practitioner:

• 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 required
• RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact required
• FNP, NNP, PNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CPNP-AC, AG-ACNP, PMHNP-BC from the Texas Board of Nursing required
• PMHNP-BC strongly preferred

Physician Assistant:

• 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.
• Required Bachelor's Degree
• PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board

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:

• Daily utilizes advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data, and to manage a caseload of patients
• Administers or provides medications as delegated by authorizing physician
• Orders and interprets diagnostic tests
• Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers
• Provides the full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention, health protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling and disease management
• Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals
• Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to population specific clinical practice
• Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills
• Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually

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