Advanced Practice Provider – Inpatient Palliative Care

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.

• 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 an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Certification/Registration/Licensure Must have a current healthcare provider BLS for Healthcare Providers certification from one of the following 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, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care, Acute Care 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 the ANCC or the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Certification Corporation (AACNCC) Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) by ANCC or AACNCC 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.

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 licensure, established protocols, multidisciplinary plan of care, and clinical area-specific standards. Must demonstrate leadership ability through both superior clinical skills and as a practice development resource. Must have effective verbal and written communication skills. Must have effective leadership skills to include motivation, recruitment, retention, and change management.

Must demonstrate knowledge of Parkland policies, structure, procedures, and mission. Must demonstrate patient-centered behaviors.

• Performs clinical practitioner duties in the designated specialty area.
• Obtains histories, performs physical exams, makes assessments, and orders tests to adequately assess and determine diagnoses and plan of care.
• Records health history, findings, treatment, and recommendations accurately, clearly, and concisely.
• Manages time effectively to ensure optimal use of patient and provider resources.
• Consults appropriately with supervising physicians and refers patients as necessary to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
• Includes patients and/or families in determining the plan of care, when appropriate.
• Educates patients and their families to ensure self-management, follow-up, and adherence to established…