Instructor - Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner

Job Title:

Instructor - Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner.

Division:
Pediatrics Work Arrangement:

Location:

Houston, TX Salary Range: FLSA Status:
Exempt

Work Schedule:

Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital are currently seeking a Physician Assistant. This position offers a unique experience in our community pediatric intensive care units, for an individual who wishes to pursue a career in pediatric intensive care. The section of Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics is a multidisciplinary team of attending critical care physicians, advanced practice providers (nurse practitioners/physician assistants), committed to the care of patients suffering from a life‑threatening illness or injury.

The primary clinical site is at Texas Children’s Woodlands Campus, an extension of the largest pediatric hospital in the United States, and an affiliated hospital of Baylor College of Medicine. Currently, the critical care intensive care units in the community have capacity for 14 patients. The PA/Instructor will work alongside faculty colleagues, advanced practice providers, and occasionally pediatric residents in the care of children with chronic and acute illness requiring intensive care in the PICU.

The Woodlands PICU opened in April 2017 and provides assisted ventilation or other advanced support, such as oscillatory ventilation, nitric oxide administration or cardiovascular pressor support. The community ICU also provides care for children who require long‑term technological support, those with residual PICU morbidities requiring transition to home, and the management of children who require more intensive medical support.

• Day‑to‑day care of children with acute and chronic illness requiring critical care.
• Active role in education of trainees when present.
• Participation in on‑call schedule for the pediatric intensive care unit.
• Liaison and collaboration with stakeholders and consult throughout the community hospital.
• Procedures as needed to diagnose and treat critically ill children.
• Responding for the Rapid Response Team.

• Certification from an approved Nurse Practitioner Assistant program (Required)
• Master’s Degree from an approved Nurse Practitioner Assistant program (Preferred)
• Certification as a Nurse Practitioner by the Texas State Board of Examiners (Required)
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) (Required)
• Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) (Required)

Work Authorization Requirement: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment.

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

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