Nurse Practitioner Acute Care (Pedi Neurosurgery)

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

The Pediatric Neurosurgery Nurse Practitioner PNP-AC provides compassionate, patient- and family-centered care to infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with neurosurgical conditions. Working collaboratively with pediatric neurosurgeons and an interdisciplinary care team, the NP supports patients throughout the continuum of care, including evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning, pre- and post-operative care, follow-up, care coordination, and patient/family education.

M-F 8-5, may require slight weekend coverage.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary

Provides advanced nursing care to patients with complex acute, critical, and/or chronic health conditions in a clinic or hospital setting in one or more specialized areas under the direction of a physician.

Position Key Accountabilities

Conducts complex, standardized patient care procedures which require experience and specialized training which would otherwise be performed by a physician, but which do not constitute the practice of medicine.

• Conducts independent and physician supervised rounding on unit.
• Performs relevant patient evaluations and assessments, and provides appropriate treatment; including monitoring and ordering medications.
• Coordinates, directs, and implements the patient's plan of care.

Assists in collecting patient histories, screens for co-morbidities, and provides guidance and preventative health care as needed.

Performs physical examinations and provides episodic care, or problem-oriented care, under the supervision of a physician.

Orders appropriate laboratory, diagnostic and radiographic tests, and interprets results.

Monitors the treatment program of the patient to inform the attending physician of pertinent medical information.

Facilitates patient education relating to medical processes, medication, nutrition, and health promotion or preventative health care.

• Assists physicians in formulating therapeutic decisions.
• Maintains appropriate records, and prepares charts for review and counter signature by physician.
• Prepares and cares for supplies and equipment.
• Responds to emergency situations.
• Performs within the scope of practice prescribed by licensure and certification.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills

None

• Registered Nurse (RN) State Licensure or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) by Texas Board of Nursing (BON) required
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Nurse Practitioner (APRN-NP) by Texas Board of Nursing (BON) required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) by American Heart Association (AHA) required

Clinical specialty certification determined by the department excluding FNP certification unless paired with a post master's certification in the specialty required

Minimum Education

Master's Degree in Nursing as NP required Master's Degree in Nursing with completion of a post-masters Nurse Practitioner Certification Program required

Minimum Experience

Previous experience in area of clinical focus preferred

Physical Requirements

Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094.

To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position.

Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Veteran Information

Military occupations that relate to the initial selection criteria and registration or licensure requirements for this position may include but are not limited to: 0904, 0963, 1976, 46Y1C, 46Y1H, 66B, 66C, 4A0X1, 46YX, 65D, 230X, PHA10, 42GX, 66P, 66R, 290X.

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Residency Requirement

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.