Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Pediatric Anesthesia Screening Service

Texas Children's Hospital•Houston, TX

About The Position

Texas Children’s is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to work in a pediatric setting. The advanced practice provider delivers developmentally and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The role operates under a delineation of clinical privileges, established guidelines, clinical protocols, and—where applicable—the delegation of a supervising physician. The provider assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities for assessment, diagnosis, and initiating treatment and procedures in collaboration with the health care team. The position also involves education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice. Duties are performed in a manner appropriate to the ages and developmental needs of patients served. Successful candidates must undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Requirements

Nurse Practitioner: Master’s degree in nursing.
Nurse Practitioner: RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact.
Nurse Practitioner: Certification as FNP, NNP, PNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CPNP-AC, or AG-ACNP from the Texas Board of Nursing.
Physician Assistant: Bachelor’s degree.
Physician Assistant: PA-Cert-Physician Assistant certification by the Texas Medical Board.

Nice To Haves

Pediatric experience is strongly preferred for Physician Assistants.

Responsibilities

For Nurse Practitioners: Systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data, manage a patient caseload, and obtain comprehensive health, developmental, and family histories.
For Nurse Practitioners: Assess patients through physical examinations and distinguish normal from abnormal findings.
For Nurse Practitioners: Perform or recommend age-appropriate health screenings and provide health maintenance and promotion for children of all ages.
For Nurse Practitioners: Perform and evaluate diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests.
For Nurse Practitioners: Analyze information from multiple sources and develop differential diagnoses in collaboration with physicians.
For Nurse Practitioners: Follow delegation protocols, formulate plans of care with other health care professionals, document plans, evaluate patient responses, and modify care as appropriate.
For Nurse Practitioners: Accurately present and document patient data, impressions, and plans of care.
For Nurse Practitioners: Communicate effectively, collaborate with health care disciplines, interview patients and families, and involve them in care planning.
For Nurse Practitioners: Request consultations or referrals when appropriate and communicate assessments, impressions, and plans to the health care team.
For Nurse Practitioners: Serve as an educational resource for patients, families, the community, and health care professionals; apply relevant new knowledge to clinical practice.
For Nurse Practitioners: Maintain professional, managerial, and technical knowledge through professional literature, staff development, and annual continuing education; participate in assigned department and hospital committees.
For Nurse Practitioners: Demonstrate behaviors consistent with advanced nursing practice and participate annually in the departmental Quality Improvement program.
For Physician Assistants: Provide medical services within their education, training, scope of practice, and supervising physician delegation.
For Physician Assistants: Obtain comprehensive health, developmental, and family histories and document them in patients’ medical records.
For Physician Assistants: Distinguish normal from abnormal findings and document them appropriately.
For Physician Assistants: Prescribe or administer medications as delegated by the supervising physician and document them in medical records.
For Physician Assistants: Administer appropriate vaccines as observed by physicians and document them in medical records.
For Physician Assistants: Order diagnostic tests consistent with differential diagnoses based on gathered information.
For Physician Assistants: Foster interdisciplinary collaboration and establish respectful, empathetic, collaborative relationships with patients and families.