APP- Advanced Practice Provider Infectious Disease

Position: APP- Advanced Practice Provider I: (Infectious Disease)

APP
- Advanced Practice Provider I: (Infectious Disease) PRIMARY PURPOSE

Responsible for providing health care for patients in designated primary or specialty areas, including patient diagnoses, treatment, education, and referrals. Serves as a resource and role model for clinical practice, training, evaluation, and direct management of practitioners and students in all areas encompassed by the service line to ensure optimal patient care quality. Assist leadership in assessing, planning, organizing, and implementing designated advanced practice provider activities.

Minimum

Specifications Education Physician Assistant

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university and successful completion of an accredited Physician Assistant Program recognized by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or its predecessors.

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

• Master's degree in nursing accredited through the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. (ACEN).

Experience

None

Equivalent

Education and/or Experience

Current employees hired at Parkland before March 1, 2014, may have equivalent education and experience.

Certification/Registration/Licensure Must have current healthcare provider BLS for Healthcare Providers certification

• American Heart Association
• American Red Cross
• Military Training Network

Physician Assistant

• Current, valid Physician Assistant licensure from the Texas Board of Physician Assistants.
• Current certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (Nurse Practitioner)

• Current RN licensure from the Texas Board of Nursing, or a valid Compact RN license.
• Current licensure from the Texas Board of Nursing as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) with authorization to practice as a Family, Adult, Gerontology, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care, Acute Care, Pediatric, Pediatric Acute Care, Psychiatric Mental Health, or Women's Health Nurse Practitioner.
• Must have an active certification as a Nurse Practitioner by one of the following:
  Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP), Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP) by ANCC or AANPCP, Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (GNP) by ANCC or AANPCP, Adult‑Gerontology‑Primary Care Nurse Practitioner by ANCC or AANPCP, Adult‑Gerontology‑Acute Care Nurse Practitioner by ANCC the American Association of Critical‑Care Nurses Certification Corporation (AACNCC), Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) by ANCC or AACNCC, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care (PNP‑PC or PPCNP) by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB) or the ANCC, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care (PNP‑AC) by PNCB, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) by ANCC, Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (WHCNP) by the National Certification Corporation.

Advanced

Practice Registered Nurse (Certified Nurse Midwife)

• Current RN licensure from the Texas Board of Nursing, or a valid Compact RN license.
• Current licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) with authorization to practice as a Nurse Midwife by the Texas Board of Nursing.
• Must have active certification as a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) by the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) or its predecessor.

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (Clinical Nurse Specialist)

• Current RN licensure from the Texas Board of Nursing, or a valid Compact RN license.
• Current licensure from the Texas Board of Nursing as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) with authorization to practice as a Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Must have an active certification as described below by one of the following

• Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) by ANCC or AACNCC
• Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) by ANCC or AACNCC

Skills or Special Abilities

• Provides care to assigned patient population in accordance with the current State of Texas Nursing Practice Act or Texas Medical Board Rules, as applicable to…