Nurse Practitioner Specialist

1 day ago


The Woodlands, United States UT Health Science Center Full time
Job Title: Nurse Practitioner

We are seeking a highly skilled Nurse Practitioner to join our dynamic Neurology team at UTHealth Houston for our Woodlands Epilepsy Clinic.

Job Summary:

The successful candidate will provide 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.

Key Responsibilities:
  • 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.
Requirements:
  • Current Texas Licensure as a Registered Nurse.
  • Current Texas Licensure as an APRN-NP.
  • Current specialty certification as required by department, excluding FNP certification unless paired with a post-master's certification in specialty.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certified or specialty certification as required by department.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Masters in Nursing as NP or Masters in Nursing with completion of a post-master's Nurse Practitioner Certification Program.
Work Environment:

This position is located in a clinic or hospital setting and requires the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with frequent interruptions.

Security Sensitive:

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.


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