Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care & CHD NP/PA

University of Texas at Austin; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin's Dell Medical School and Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas seek Physician Assistants or Advanced Practice Nurses with cardiac critical care credentials to join the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease at UT Main Campus. Work with a multidisciplinary team to serve the growing regional pediatric population.

The role emphasizes education of families, documentation, and hands-on management of complex heart conditions, with

Qualifications

• Physician’s Assistant or Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing.
• Licensed Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner with Prescriptive Authority specializing in Cardiac Critical Care.
• Credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing in Acute Care nursing.
• Experience caring for children with complex congenital and acquired heart disease in a Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac CriticalCare Unit.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Counsels and educates cardiac critical care patients and families concerning health conditions, treatment options and community resources.
• Documents delivery of cardiac critical health care and nursing processes in accordance with care standards and network nursing policy.
• Participates in orientation and education of staff and students.
• Obtains cardiac critical care patient history and performs assessment via observation, interview and examination.
• Orders, performs and interprets diagnostic studies for cardiac critical care patients. Performs health assessments, screening, and patient care.
• Provides direct treatment and management of cardiac critical care conditions via prescriptive authority or referral to other healthcare providers or community resources. Engages in discharge planning.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Cardiac critical care

AP/PA role

Prescriptive authority

Microsoft Office

Education

TexasBoard of Nursing credential (PA/RN)

APN with Prescriptive Authority in Cardiac CCU

Job description

The University of Texas at Austin's Dell Medical School and Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas seek Physician Assistants or Advanced Practice Nurses with cardiac critical care credentials to join the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease at UT Main Campus. Work with a multidisciplinary team to serve the growing regional pediatric population.

The role emphasizes education of families, documentation, and hands-on management of complex heart conditions, with