Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner- Pediatric Cardiology at UTHealth in Houston, Texas

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to join our dynamic healthcare team. This position is for inpatient care only, covering pediatric cardiology patients at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Heart Center Intermediate Care Unit. The ideal candidate will have experience working in a fast-paced hospital setting, with a focus on inpatient floor management, admissions, and discharges. Prior experience with pediatric cardiac patients is a plus!

Cardiology APP (In-Patient) Role and Responsibilities:

• Manages inpatients in the HCIMU as primary team member (post- surgical and medical patients) and in the NICU as a consultant
  
• Delivers direct medical care to hospitalized patients within a hospital setting, performing tasks like patient assessments, diagnosis, treatment planning, medication management, and communication with attending physicians, all under the supervision of a supervising doctor, while managing the complexities of acute care situations within the inpatient unit.
• Consults on patients referred for Cardiology outside of cardiac center (ED, NICU, Gen Peds, etc)
• Acts as resource for internal and external health care providers.
• Communicates daily (ideally multiple times per day with the service attending and the team)
• Attends patient care conferences as indicated

Schedule:

• Current schedule is 10-hour shifts including weekend coverage (typically 1 full weekend per month, subject to change based on patient needs and current staffing)
• Holidays, at least one major and 1-2 minor depending on patient needs and current staffing, subject to change based on patient needs
• Currently night coverage is not required however this is subject to change based on patient needs

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Provides advanced nursing care to patients with complex acute, critical, and/or chronic health conditions in a clinic or hospital setting in one or more specialized areas under the direction of a physician.

Position Key Accountabilities:

1. Conducts complex, standardized patient care procedures which require experience and specialized training which would otherwise be performed by a physician, but which do not constitute the practice of medicine.
2. Conducts independent and physician supervised rounding on unit.
3. Performs relevant patient evaluations and assessments, and provides appropriate treatment; including monitoring and ordering medications.
4. Coordinates, directs, and implements the patient's plan of care.
5. Assists in collecting patient histories, screens for co-morbidities, and provides guidance and preventative health care as needed.
6. Performs physical examinations and provides episodic care, or problem-oriented care, under the supervision of a physician.
7. Orders appropriate laboratory, diagnostic and radiographic tests, and interprets results.
8. Monitors the treatment program of the patient to inform the attending physician of pertinent medical information.
9. Facilitates patient education relating to medical processes, medication, nutrition, and health promotion or preventative health care.
10. Assists physicians in formulating therapeutic decisions.
11. Maintains appropriate records, and prepares charts for review and counter signature by physician.
12. Prepares and cares for supplies and equipment.
13. Responds to emergency situations.
14. Performs within the scope of practice prescribed by licensure and certification.
15. Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

Current Texas Licensure as a Registered Nurse
Current Texas Licensure as an APRN-NP
Current specialty certification as required by department, excluding FNP certification unless paired with a post master's certification in specialty.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certified or specialty certification as required by department.

Minimum Education:

Masters in Nursing as NP or Masters in Nursing with completion of a post-masters Nurse Practitioner Certification Program.

Minimum Experience:

None; previous experience in area of clinical focus preferred.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.

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