Pediatric Cardiac Heart Failure & Transplant Advanced Practice Provider

Purpose

In collaboration with supervising physicians, provides for the expansion of individualized healthcare services by diagnosing and treating pediatric and congenital heart conditions.

• Counsels and educates heart failure and transplant patients and their families/caregivers concerning health conditions, treatment options and community resources
• Documents delivery of cardiac critical health care and nursing processes in accordance with care standards and network nursing policy
• Participates in orientation and education of staff and students
• Obtains cardiac critical care patient history and performs assessment via observation, interview and examination
• Orders, performs and interprets diagnostic studies for cardiac critical care patients. Performs health assessments, screening, and patient care
• Provides direct treatment and management of cardiac critical care conditions via prescriptive authority or referral to other healthcare providers or community resources. Engages in discharge planning
• Other related duties as assigned

• Physician's Assistant or Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing
• Licensed Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner with Prescriptive Authority specializing in Cardiac Critical Care
• Credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing in Acute Care nursing. Experience in caring for children with complex congenital and acquired heart disease in a Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Critical Care Unit
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to work efficiently and flexibly in a fast-pace environment with minimal guidance
• Ability to address individuals and information with a high degree of sensitivity and confidentiality in various situations
• Capacity to work well with physicians and other care providers as part of a multi-disciplinary healthcare delivery team
• Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate

$122,000+ depending on qualifications

• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
• Use of manual dexterity
• Lifting and moving
• Uniforms and/or personal protection equipment (furnished)
• May work around standard office conditions
• May work around biohazards