Nocturnal Advanced Practice Provider - Acute Care Services

MD Anderson•Houston, TX

43d•Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of the Midlevel Provider is to provide patient care in the inpatient setting. The Midlevel Provider will work as a member of the MLP Nocturnal Coverage Team to provide initial assessment and management of urgent issues at night related to internal medicine or critical care needs across the institution. The Midlevel Provider will facilitate communication and carry out orders from attending physicians related to patient care. Ideal candidate will have a minimum of two years of experience as a clinical mid-level provider. Critical care experience strongly preferred.

Requirements

EDUCATION: Degree requirements as defined by the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) or Texas State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners (TSBPAE) as required for clinical licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant.
EXPERIENCE: Two years professional clinical experience. Required experience may be substituted with the successful completion of a one year advanced practice provider fellowship/residency program.
Written authorization from the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) or Texas State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners (TSBPAE) to function as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN or ACNP or ACNPC or ACAGNP or AGACNP or ACNPC-AG or AGACNP or AGNP or ACPNP or ANP or AGNP or AGPCNP or FNP or GNP or PNP or PMHNP or WHNP or APNP) or Physician Assistant. Related authorization must be consistent with clinical practice area and patient population. Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification.
Eligible to be granted limited prescriptive authority by the State of Texas.

Nice To Haves

Critical care experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides competent patient care in the inpatient setting across the institution.
Provides initial assessment and management for urgent internal medicine or critical care needs at night.
Conducts comprehensive health assessments, identifies normal and abnormal health characteristics, initiates appropriate care and continuously evaluates care outcomes.
Provides post-admission assessments for night time admissions.
Completes sign-out communications and patient care logs as directed by the medical director and administrative director of the Nocturnal Coverage Team.
May also perform delegated functions under the supervision of the physician to include differential diagnosis, use of prescriptive authority and treatment of a variety of human responses according to practice guidelines, protocols or standing orders.
Uses judgment to collaborate with the healthcare team to manage client care throughout the continuum of care and in a variety of settings.