Cert Acute Care PNP

DRISCOLL HEALTH PLAN • Corpus Christi, TX

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About The Position

The Advanced Practice Professional (APP) Acute Care is a skilled individual, qualified by academic and clinical education who provides assistance in the provision of specialty and acute medical care for children with a wide variety of acute, complex acute, critical and chronic illness in the inpatient setting. The APP Acute Care – PICU and IMC will function independently, under the supervision of an attending physician in accordance with a standard care arrangement and specialty board certification.

Requirements

• Master’s or Post Master’s Degree, Required.
• Graduation from a Nurse Practitioners Program with practice authority in the State of Texas, Required.
• Minimum of 1-2 years of pediatric acute care experience, required.
• BLS, PALS and ACLS required.
• Knowledge of EMR systems, preferred.
• Bilingual (Spanish), preferred.
• Active and unencumbered nurse practitioner and registered nurse license in the State of Texas, required.
• Current certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required.
• Completion of an Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) approved program, required.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of EMR systems, preferred.
• Bilingual (Spanish), preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
• Function within scope of practice, under the supervision of an attending.
• Have excellent communication and customer service skills, proven excellence in clinical care and supervisory skills.
• Participate and assist with coordination and continuity of care.
• If applicable, performs and records history and physical examinations.
• Assist with physician-directed care including writing appropriate orders.
• Review pertinent abnormal findings in the patient's history, physical examination, radiological and laboratory data with supervising physician.
• Complete consultations approved by the supervising physician with follow-up as indicated.
• Review of laboratory and radiologic data and make appropriate interventions.
• Advise supervising physician of unexpected events.
• Daily assessment of patient’s hospital course and write note of patient’s progress.
• Communicate with Supervising Physician, Medical Team and patient/family to establish anticipated discharge needs.
• Assist with the coordination of discharge planning and/or follow-up.
• Serve as a resource for clinical staff.
• Assess, perform, and document parent/patient education.
• Participate in acute care based service conferences.
• Collaborate with research personnel on research projects and data collection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees