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About the Role

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.

Responsibilities

Provide medical services within the education and training of the Physician Assistant, scope of practice, and delegation of the supervising physician.
Obtain and document comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients.
Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and document appropriately.
Prescribe or administer medications as delegated by the supervising physician and document in medical records.
Administer appropriate vaccines as observed by physicians and documented in medical records.
Order diagnostic tests consistent with differential diagnoses derived from gathered data.
Foster collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve health care.
Establish a relationship with the patient/family characterized by mutual respect, empathy, and collaboration.
Undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.
Systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data and manage patients' caseload using advanced practice knowledge and skills.
Assess the patient’s physical status through the physical examination.
Perform or recommend age-appropriate health screening procedures.
Provide health maintenance and health promotion for children of all ages.
Perform and evaluate diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests.
Analyze multiple sources of data and formulate a differential diagnosis in collaboration with physicians.
Follow established delegation protocols to manage specific patient problems and formulate a plan of care in collaboration with other health care professionals.
Accurately evaluate patient’s responses to interventions and modify the plan of care.
Accurately present and document the data, impression, and plan of care on all patients.
Consistently demonstrate effective communication skills and work to eliminate communication barriers.
Collaborate effectively with other members of the health care disciplines to provide comprehensive care to patients.
Utilize effective and appropriate interviewing skills to elicit information from patients and/or family and collaborate with them in developing the care plan.
Request consultation and/or initiate referral for specialized care as appropriate.
Communicate with health care team members the comprehensive assessment, impression, and plan of care.
Serve as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals.
Apply new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing to clinical practice.
Demonstrate current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills.
Maintain knowledge base by reading professional literature, attending staff development, and continuing education programs annually.
Participate in department and hospital committees that promote quality nursing care as assigned.
Demonstrate NP role behaviors consistent with the development of advanced nursing practice.
Participate in departmental Quality Improvement program annually.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required for Physician Assistant.
PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board required.
Master’s degree in nursing required for Nurse Practitioner.
RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact required.
ENT experience strongly preferred for both Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner.

Skills

Advanced practice knowledge and skills
Systematic data collection and evaluation
Patient caseload management
Health assessment
Physical examination
Health screening procedures
Health maintenance and promotion
Diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests
Data analysis
Differential diagnosis
Delegation protocols
Care plan formulation
Patient response evaluation
Intervention modification
Effective communication
Interviewing skills
Consultation and referral
Educational resource provision
Application of new knowledge
Professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills
Reading professional literature
Staff development
Continuing education
Quality Improvement participation

Location

Austin, Texas

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Advanced Practice Provider

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree
Master's degree in nursing

About the Company

Texas Children’s presence in Austin supports a pediatric population of more than half a million and keeps kids healthy and happy from birth to adulthood.
Texas Children’s first health care location in Austin, Texas Children’s Urgent Care West Gate, opened in March 2018, providing high quality pediatric-focused care after hours and on weekends.
There are now more than 15 Texas Children’s Pediatric primary care practices in the greater Austin area providing full-service family care including routine childhood immunizations, well visits, and sick care.
Our Specialty Care Center in Austin includes a multidisciplinary group of pediatric specialists committed to providing comprehensive care across a wide spectrum of services.
Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin is our new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin families.
Join a community of more than 15,000 dedicated team members.

Equal Opportunity

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.