Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Emergency Medicine

We are searching for a Nurse Practitioner who is motivated to work in an
exciting pediatric setting! 

In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide
developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well
children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children
with chronic conditions. The NP works under a delineation of clinical privileges
and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team.
Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the NP assumes
independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and
initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner
that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an
advanced practice provider, the NP is responsible for education, research,
consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels.

Qualifications

* Master’s degree in nursing required
* RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact
required

* FNP, NNP, PNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CPNP-AC, or AG-ACNP from the Texas Board of
Nursing required

Responsibilities

* Daily utilize advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically
collect and evaluate health assessment data, and to manage a caseload of
patients
* Consistently demonstrate effective communication skills and works to
eliminate communication barriers
* Consistently serve as an educational resource for the patient and family,
community, and other healthcare professionals
* Consistently apply new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing to clinical
practice
* Demonstrate current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and
skills
* Demonstrate NP role behaviors consistent with the development of advanced
nursing practice
* Participate in departmental Quality Improvement program annually
* Obtain a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients
as documented in the patient’s medical record
* Collaborate effectively with other members of the health care disciplines to
provide comprehensive care to patients
* Identify and document patient/family learning needs, readiness to learn, and
level of understanding, incorporating family culture and belief systems on
all patients

Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands is north Houston’s first true,
free-standing pediatric hospital designed, equipped and staffed exclusively to
provide care in more than 25 areas of specialty care for children and
adolescents. Hospital facilities include 24 emergency center rooms, outpatient
exam rooms, radiology rooms, operating rooms and acute care beds, as well as a
pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit
texaschildrenspeople. org for career opportunities.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants
and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's
without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender,
national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual
orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal,
State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work
involved.