Nurse Practitioner, Cardiothoracic Transplant and Circulatory Support, Department of Surgery

3 weeks ago


Houston, United States Baylor College of Medicine Full time

Job Title: Nurse Practitioner, Cardiothoracic Transplant and Circulatory Support, Department of Surgery

Division: Surgery

Work Arrangement:

Location: Houston, TX

Salary Range:

FLSA Status: Exempt

Work Schedule:

Summary

The Division of Cardiothoracic Transplant and Circulatory Support in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider to provide care to patients within the specialties of adult cardiac and heart/lung transplant under the direction of two physicians. The accepted candidate will be required to provide clinical excellence, scholarly enthusiasm, and a track record of excellent clinical performance. The practitioner will have direct patient care responsibilities in a hospital setting, be appointed as faculty instructor and be eligible for full faculty benefits.

Job Purpose

Provides advanced nursing care to patients in a clinical setting in an area of specialization under the direction of a physician.

Job Duties

  • Primary responsibilities include seeing follow up lung transplant, heart transplant, and adult cardiac patients in the inpatient hospital setting.
  • Obtains detailed history and performs physical examinations on patients to determine appropriateness of referrals to the procedural suite.
  • Evaluates and modifies the plan of care as needed (under the direction of the attending physician)
  • Provides health education as well as post-operative care education to patients and family members.
  • Orders and interprets diagnostics, and laboratory tests on patients as deemed appropriate.
  • Diagnoses medical conditions, plans and implements interventions, and evaluates the patient response to care.
  • Prescribes and administers pharmaceutical treatments to patients.
  • Maintains required records in the EPIC electronic medical record system.
  • Monitors and ensures accuracy of recording on patient medical records and writes progress notes on patient charts as to status, treatments, and procedures.
  • Primary advocate for use of the EPIC Electronic Medical Record to ensure that clinic-generated information is complete and up-to- date in the EPIC system.
  • Provides follow-up and health maintenance care to patients in accordance with protocols established by physicians.
  • Provide supervision, guidance and work direction to other nurses, medical assistants, clinic coordinators and other staff.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Education Required: Master's degree in in Nursing.
  • Experience Required: None required.
  • Certification/Licenses/Registration: Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) by the State of Texas Board of Nursing. Current Texas Licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN-NP), and specialty certification as required by department. Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification


Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

Requisition ID: 20991

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