Instructor - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Instructor - Nurse Practitioner Or Physician Assistant

Provides advanced nursing care to patients in a clinical setting in an area of specialization under the direction of a physician. Primarily provides inpatient-based care for 10–18-year-olds admitted with malnutrition and other medical complications of eating disorders. One weekend rounds/month with inpatient team Monday through Friday morning rounds with the inpatient medical team including seeing patients and writing notes in tandem with residents.

Some overnight call from home. Evaluate and treat some patients in clinic depending on inpatient census. Orient new residents on the monthly adolescent medicine rotation to the inpatient adolescent medicine eating disorder service. Do admission contracts with new admissions from clinic and EC. Write admission orders for new admission. After daily formal rounds with the medical and nutrition team, summarized treatment plans with nursing staff if they were not part of the work rounds.

Arrange clinic follow-up with patients in the TCH Adolescent Medicine outpatient program or other program as appropriate. Obtain adolescent specific histories and perform physical examinations on new patients and patients in hospital. Perform, order, and interpret diagnostic tests. Prescribes pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. Maintain records and write orders and progress notes in patient charts. Communicate with physicians, patients, and the family members of patients concerning patient care.

May participate in QI and research projects as time allows. Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Education Required:

Master's degree in Nursing. Experience

Required:

Preferred three years' experience in a clinical setting with adolescents. Certification/Licenses/Registration:
Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) by the State of Texas Board of Nursing. Current Texas Licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN-NP), and specialty certification as required by department. Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification For Physician Assistants:
Master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies.

NOTE:

Bachelor's degree in Physician Assistant Studies accepted based on terminal degree requirements at the time of graduation. For Physician Assistant:
Current license as a Physician Assistant by the State of Texas Physician Assistant Board. Specialty certification as required by department.