Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner, Department of Surgery
3 weeks ago
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 Practitioner 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 patient care to patients in a clinical setting in an area of specialization under the direction of a physician.
Clinical 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.
- New referral intake management and patient record review.
- Functions as a resource for the staff and acts as an informal educator to the staff while performing direct care activities.
- Coordinates with clinic supervisor and transplant manager to optimize communication between ancillary staff and advanced practice providers for continuity and coordinator of care.
- Management of education and training for advanced practice providers, registered nurses, and medical assistants. Responsible for attending, leading, and participating in weekly leadership meetings.
- Promotes cost effective use of human and material resources, including equipment and supplies.
- Education Required: Master's degree in Nursing or Physician Assistant Studies.
- 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), or current license as a Physician Assistant by the State of Texas Physician Assistant Board. Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
Requisition ID: 20210
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