Clinical Lead III, Advanced Practice Provider - Urgent Care

Texas Children's Hospital • Houston, TX

8h

About The Position

We are searching for a Clinical Lead III Advanced Practice Provider -- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will provide shift accountability for the clinical, administrative and human resources activities for the Advanced Practice Provider Services (APPs) and to provide support to departmental leadership. To practice in an advanced role and to coordinate the delivery of high quality, family centered and developmentally appropriate patient care within the designated service area.
Texas Children’s Urgent Care offers high-quality, efficient and affordable after-hours patient care in nine convenient community locations across the greater Houston area. Texas Children’s Urgent Care has also expanded to serve the children and families of Austin, Texas, with its first community location in South Austin. Staffed by board-certified pediatricians who have privileges at Texas Children’s Hospital, our Urgent Care team can diagnose and treat a wide variety of common pediatric ailments, illnesses and conditions, including: asthma, strep throat, fever, minor burns, influenza, ear infections, allergic reactions and more. We also provide procedures such as antibiotic injections, breathing treatments, fracture care and splinting, IV (intravenous) fluids, lab services, laceration repair and x-rays on-site.

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Requirements

• Master's degree in nursing required
• Licenses/Certifications Required:
• FNP - Cert-Family Nurse Practitioner by the Texas Board of Nursing
• NNP - Neonatal Nurse Practitioner by the Texas Board of Nursing
• WHNP-BC - Cert-Women’s Health Care NP by the Texas Board of Nursing
• PNP-BC - Cert-Pediatric Nurse Practitioner by the Texas Board of Nursing
• NP - Nurse Practitioner by the Texas Board of Nursing
• CPNP-AC - Cert-Pediatric NP Acute Care by the Texas Board of Nursing
• PA - Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board
• CNM - Cert-Certified Nurse-Midwife by the American Midwifery Certification board
• 2 years’ Experience as an Advanced Practice Nurse, Physician Assistant or Certified Nurse Midwife required
• Current Texas Physician Assistant (PA) License with the Texas Medical Board may substitute for the master's degree in nursing OR bachelor's degree in nursing AND Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) issued by the American Midwifery Certification Board may substitute for master's degree in nursing.

Responsibilities

• Patient Care: Responsible for all patient-focused activities in the designated service area, including (but not limited to) assessments, procedures, interpretation of data, and patient/family counseling. Maintains own clinical competencies as required by medical staff privileging.
• Organizational Priorities: Ensures organizational and medical staff standards of competencies and quality and safety initiatives are met, by participating in the competency process through Med Staff and developing of policies, procedures, and practice guidelines to optimize APP practice within the institution.
• Quality & Safety / Evidence-Based Practice & Research / Education: Facilitates delivery of safe, effective, and patient/family-centered care that is timely, efficient, and equitable. Improves patient care through scientific inquiry and by incorporating evidence-based practice into direct patient care. Promotes the education of health and illness by contributing to APPs, student organizations, and universities.
• Transformational Professional Practice: Promotes transforming professional practice through promotion and dissemination of health care knowledge beyond the individual practice setting
• Credentialing & Regulatory Practice: Oversees regulatory function of the APP role including monitoring of licensure, credentialing, certification, billing and coding, reimbursement, and other regulatory requirements
• Leadership: Leads, develops, coaches, and counsels assigned staff in the designated service areas; oversees clinical scheduling for designated areas to ensure adequate patient coverage; approves payroll requests within the assigned areas; shares responsibility with departmental leadership for input into the annual budgeting process; and creates value through service excellence and recognition; fosters partner relationships for employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level