Advanced Practice Provider, Hospital Medicine Swing Shift - Woodlands

Job Summary

Responsible for providing comprehensive patient care congruent with role and approved population foci (Family/Individual across lifespan, Adult/Gerontology, Neonatal, Pediatrics, Women’s Health/Gender Related, and Psychiatric Mental Health) through systemic assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management, and follow up affecting direct patient care.

• Education: Graduate of a Nurse Practitioner program approved by the State of Texas;
  Masters of Nursing required
• Licenses/Certifications:
  • Licensed to practice professional nursing as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner by the State of Texas
  • Licensure by the State of Texas APRN and eligibility for full prescriptive authority by the State of Texas
  • Certified by a recognized national certification by the State Board of Texas in area of population foci and/or additional specialty recognition beyond the APRN
  • Eligibility for DEA licensure
  • Basic Cardiac Life Certification or Advanced Cardiac Life Certification

• Education: Graduate of a nationally accredited Physician Assistant program;
  Masters of Nursing strongly preferred
• Licenses/Certifications:
  • Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Inc.
  • Licensed by the Texas State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners.
  • Eligibility for DEA licensure.
  • Basic Cardiac Life Certification or Advanced Cardiac Life Certification

• Two (2) years clinical experience preferred in area of intended practice
• Demonstrates commitment to the Partners-in-Caring process by integrating our culture in all internal and external customer interactions; delivers on our brand promise of “we advance health” through innovation, accountability, empowerment, collaboration, compassion and results while ensuring one Memorial Hermann.

• Provides health promotion and the assessment, diagnosis, and management of patient problems which includes the use and prescription of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic intervention, assessment, triage, and therapeutic management of patient/family needs throughout the disease process and across the health wellness-illness continuum as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team, according to the age/needs of the patient population served.
• For prescriptive authority, APRN or PA acts under the delegation of a supervising physician, maintaining an active Prescriptive Authority agreement in accordance with regulations and policy.
• Practices within approved protocols, guidelines, and clinical pathways and evidence based medicine.
• Ability to float, round to multiple facilities and/or take call (first call).
• Provides accurate billing, coding and documentation.
• Completes medical records and submit charges in a timely manner.
• Responsible for overall unit performance in collaboration with physicians or other providers.
• Obtains medical histories; performs physical examinations/ reviews/orders/interprets diagnostic tests and radiographic results; formulates and manages patient treatment plan and outcomes; provides interventions and performs procedures within legal cope and authority that the APRN or PA is approved, delegated to and credentialed to perform including but not limited to incision and drainage, pelvic exams, lesion removal/destruction, suturing, and casting/splinting.
• Collaborates in the development and evaluation of patient care. Updates clinical guidelines/protocols/pathways; works autonomously and accepts accountability for outcomes; signs orders in accordance with institution and state board requirements; collaborates in research and teaching projects and applies research to practice.
• Attend and actively participate in hospital multidisciplinary rounds on all patients which the hospitalist service is the primary service and when appropriate or requested when the hospitalist service is in the co-management or consultative role.
• Cover Code Blue and Rapid Responses in accordance with the campus code committee’s recommendations.
• Provide admission services for the Emergency Department, incoming transfer patients, and direct or emergent admissions in accordance…