Advance Practice Provider (APP) - Urgent Care - Full time, Days

Texas Health Resources•Keller, TX

6h•Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) provides direct consumer care in an urgent care setting and floats across multiple Texas Health Urgent Care locations. The position works under limited direction in coordination with an APP lead. It requires specialized knowledge, critical thinking, sound judgment informed by biological, physiological, behavioral, and sociological sciences, and strong customer service skills. Internal contacts include medical staff and management throughout the clinic and health system; external contacts include consumers, physicians, outside medical staff, and community resource services. The APP assesses and treats minor acute illnesses, orders and interprets diagnostic tests, performs therapeutic procedures, counsels consumers, develops and implements care plans, prescribes medications when appropriate, and refers consumers to specialists or other care options. The role may include supervising ancillary staff and coordinating services with coworkers and other departments.

Requirements

Master's degree in Nursing or Physician Assistant is required; a bachelor's degree in Physician Assistant is accepted for graduates of an accredited Physician Assistant program before January 2021.
Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program.
Six months as an APP in an urgent care or emergency department setting, or one year in family practice or a related field.
Texas RN license upon hire for Nurse Practitioner candidates.
Texas Nurse Practitioner licensure and certificate to practice issued by the Texas State Board upon hire.
National certification or eligibility for certification as a Nurse Practitioner upon hire; or, for Physician Assistant candidates, Texas PA licensure and certificate to practice issued by the Texas State Board and national certification or eligibility for certification upon hire.
Valid Drug Enforcement Agency license upon hire.
Basic Cardiac Life Support certification through the AHA or American Red Cross, maintained every two years, required within 30 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

Suturing experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide examinations and treatment for minor acute illnesses; make initial assessments, initiate treatment, and refer consumers to an appropriate center of care when applicable.
Administer or order diagnostic tests, including X-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies, and interpret test results.
Perform therapeutic procedures, including injections and immunizations, suturing, and management of wounds and infections.
Instruct and counsel consumers about therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, wellness, and health maintenance.
Develop and implement consumer management plans, record progress notes, and assist with continuity of care.
Prescribe pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens appropriate to assessed conditions; refer consumers to specialists and relevant care options as appropriate.
Coordinate services with coworkers and other departments or services.
Respond calmly and rationally to stressful situations and cooperate with others to facilitate integrated services.
Act professionally and empathetically to build trust and positive relationships with consumers and their guests, consistent with service standards.
Perform listed procedures, including foreign body removal, fracture or dislocation immobilization, history and physical examination, incision and drainage, nail trephination and removal, nasal packing, preliminary interpretation of plain films, wound debridement and repair, wound dressing, and minor laceration suturing.
May supervise ancillary staff.