Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care - Neurosciences; Casual

Position Summary

Provides 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.

• 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.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• 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.

Masters in Nursing as NP or Masters in Nursing with completion of a post-masters Nurse Practitioner Certification Program.

None; previous experience in area of clinical focus preferred.

Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215.

Military occupations that relate to the initial selection criteria and registration or licensure requirements for this position may include but are not limited to: 0904, 0963, 1976, 46Y1C, 46Y1H, 66B, 66C, 4A0X1, 46YX, 65D, 230X, PHA
10, 42GX, 66P, 66R, 290X. For a complete list please visitwww.uthealth-veterans.jobs.

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.

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