Pediatric Physician Assistant jobs at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic - 32 jobs

We are searching for a Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the PA assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. Qualifications: Required Bachelor's Degree PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board Responsibilities: Daily utilizes advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data, and to manage a caseload of patients Administers or provides medications as delegated by authorizing physician Orders and interprets diagnostic tests Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers Provides the full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention, health protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling and disease management Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to population specific clinical practice Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. ABOUT US Texas Children's Hospital West Campus is Houston's first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city's most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy. To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

We are searching for a Physician Assistant or a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The NP or PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the APP assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the NP or PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. This is night shifts working 7p-7a. Qualifications: Physician Assistant: Required Bachelor's Degree PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board Pediatric experience strongly preferred. Experience as a physician assistant in the emergency room is strongly preferred. Nurse Practitioner: Master's degree in nursing required RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact required FNP, NNP, PNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CPNP-AC, or AG-ACNP from the Texas Board of Nursing required Pediatric experience strongly preferred Experience as a nurse practitioner in emergency medicine is strongly preferred. Responsibilities: Physician Assistant: • Provide medical services that are within the education and training of the Physician Assistant within the scope of practice and delegation of the supervising physician • Obtain a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record • Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record • Prescribe or administer medications as delegated by the supervising physician and documents in medical records • Administer appropriate vaccines as observed by physicians and documented in medical records • Order diagnostic tests consistent with differential diagnoses derived from gathered data as evidenced by types of tests ordered • Foster collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve health care • Establish a relationship with the patient/family characterized by mutual respect, empathy, and collaboration As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. Nurse Practitioner: • Daily uses advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data and manage patients' caseload. Obtains a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients as documented in the patient's medical record. • Assess the patient's physical status through the physical examination as documented in the patient's medical record. • Differentiates between normal and abnormal findings as documented in the patient's medical record. • Performs or recommends age-appropriate health screening procedures as documented in the patient's medical record. • Provides health maintenance and health promotion for children of all ages as documented in the patient's medical record. • Performs and evaluates diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests as documented in the patient's medical record. • Analyzes multiple sources of data and formulates a differential diagnosis in collaboration with physicians as demonstrated in the written documentation. • Follows established delegation protocols to manage specific patient problems. Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with other health care professionals and documents the plan in the patient's medical record. • Accurately evaluates patient's responses to interventions and modifies the plan of care demonstrated by written documentation. • Accurately presents and documents the data, impression, and plan of care on all patients as demonstrated in the written documentation. • Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers. • Collaborates effectively with other members of the health care disciplines to provide comprehensive care to patients. • Utilizes effective and appropriate interviewing skills to elicit information from patients and/or family and collaborates with them in developing the care plan. • Requests consultation and/or initiates referral for specialized care as appropriate. Communicates with health care team members the comprehensive assessment, impression, and plan of care. • Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals. • Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing to clinical practice. • Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills. Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature, attending staff development, and continuing education programs annually. Participates in department and hospital committees, which promote quality nursing, care as assigned. • Demonstrates NP role behaviors consistent with the development of advanced nursing practice. • Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually. As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. ABOUT US Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands is north Houston's first true, free-standing pediatric hospital designed, equipped and staffed exclusively to provide care in more than 25 areas of specialty care for children and adolescents. Hospital facilities include 24 emergency center rooms, outpatient exam rooms, radiology rooms, operating rooms and acute care beds, as well as a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

We are searching for a Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the PA assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. This team focuses on surgical consultations, providing surgical care in the emergency center setting 24/7, 365-days a year for various surgical subspecialties including but not limited to plastics, orthopedics, urology, otolaryngology, and general surgery, collaborating with attending physician, fellow and resident colleagues. The team is also occasionally involved in care within the in-patient setting as well as rounding on wound care patients. This position is nights 7p-7a working Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. Qualifications: Required Bachelor's Degree PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board Pediatric or surgical experience preferred. Responsibilities: Daily utilizes advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data, and to manage a caseload of patients Administers or provides medications as delegated by authorizing physician Orders and interprets diagnostic tests Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers Provides the full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention, health protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling and disease management Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to population specific clinical practice Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. ABOUT US Since 1954, Texas Children's has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children's hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city's Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. Texas Children's comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children's care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children's Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children's Health Plan, the nation's first HMO focused on children; Texas Children's Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children's Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children's Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

We are searching for a Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the PA assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. This team provides inpatient rounding, emergency center consults and wound care 24/7, 365-days a year for various surgical subspecialties including but not limited to plastics, orthopedics, urology, otolaryngology, and general surgery, collaborating with attending physician, fellow and resident colleagues. The team routinely performs independent bedside procedures. This position is rotating days and nights. 3/12hr shifts 7a-7p and 7p-7a. Qualifications: Required Bachelor's Degree PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board Pediatric or surgical experience preferred. Responsibilities: Daily utilizes advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data, and to manage a caseload of patients Administers or provides medications as delegated by authorizing physician Orders and interprets diagnostic tests Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers Provides the full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention, health protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling and disease management Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to population specific clinical practice Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. ABOUT US Texas Children's Hospital West Campus is Houston's first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city's most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy. To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

We are searching for a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care or Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The NP or PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the APP assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the NP or PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. Qualifications: Nurse Practitioner: Master's degree in nursing required RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact required FNP, NNP, PNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CPNP-AC, AG-ACNP, or PHMNP-BC from the Texas Board of Nursing required PNP-AC strongly preferred Physician Assistant: Required Bachelor's Degree PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board Responsibilities: Nurse Practitioner: • Daily uses advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data and manage patients' caseload. Obtains a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients as documented in the patient's medical record. • Assess the patient's physical status through the physical examination as documented in the patient's medical record. • Differentiates between normal and abnormal findings as documented in the patient's medical record. • Performs or recommends age-appropriate health screening procedures as documented in the patient's medical record. • Provides health maintenance and health promotion for children of all ages as documented in the patient's medical record. • Performs and evaluates diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests as documented in the patient's medical record. • Analyzes multiple sources of data and formulates a differential diagnosis in collaboration with physicians as demonstrated in the written documentation. • Follows established delegation protocols to manage specific patient problems. Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with other health care professionals and documents the plan in the patient's medical record. • Accurately evaluates patient's responses to interventions and modifies the plan of care demonstrated by written documentation. • Accurately presents and documents the data, impression, and plan of care on all patients as demonstrated in the written documentation. • Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers. • Collaborates effectively with other members of the health care disciplines to provide comprehensive care to patients. • Utilizes effective and appropriate interviewing skills to elicit information from patients and/or family and collaborates with them in developing the care plan. • Requests consultation and/or initiates referral for specialized care as appropriate. Communicates with health care team members the comprehensive assessment, impression, and plan of care. • Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals. • Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing to clinical practice. • Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills. Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature, attending staff development, and continuing education programs annually. Participates in department and hospital committees, which promote quality nursing, care as assigned. • Demonstrates NP role behaviors consistent with the development of advanced nursing practice. • Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually. As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. Physician Assistant: • Provide medical services that are within the education and training of the Physician Assistant within the scope of practice and delegation of the supervising physician • Obtain a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record • Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record • Prescribe or administer medications as delegated by the supervising physician and documents in medical records • Administer appropriate vaccines as observed by physicians and documented in medical records • Order diagnostic tests consistent with differential diagnoses derived from gathered data as evidenced by types of tests ordered • Foster collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve health care • Establish a relationship with the patient/family characterized by mutual respect, empathy, and collaboration As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

We are searching for a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care or Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The NP or PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the APP assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the NP or PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. Qualifications: Nurse Practitioner: * Master's degree in nursing required * RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact required * FNP, NNP, PNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CPNP-AC, AG-ACNP, or PHMNP-BC from the Texas Board of Nursing required * PNP-AC strongly preferred Physician Assistant: * Required Bachelor's Degree * PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board Responsibilities: Nurse Practitioner: * Daily uses advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data and manage patients' caseload. Obtains a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients as documented in the patient's medical record. * Assess the patient's physical status through the physical examination as documented in the patient's medical record. * Differentiates between normal and abnormal findings as documented in the patient's medical record. * Performs or recommends age-appropriate health screening procedures as documented in the patient's medical record. * Provides health maintenance and health promotion for children of all ages as documented in the patient's medical record. * Performs and evaluates diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests as documented in the patient's medical record. * Analyzes multiple sources of data and formulates a differential diagnosis in collaboration with physicians as demonstrated in the written documentation. * Follows established delegation protocols to manage specific patient problems. Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with other health care professionals and documents the plan in the patient's medical record. * Accurately evaluates patient's responses to interventions and modifies the plan of care demonstrated by written documentation. * Accurately presents and documents the data, impression, and plan of care on all patients as demonstrated in the written documentation. * Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers. * Collaborates effectively with other members of the health care disciplines to provide comprehensive care to patients. * Utilizes effective and appropriate interviewing skills to elicit information from patients and/or family and collaborates with them in developing the care plan. * Requests consultation and/or initiates referral for specialized care as appropriate. Communicates with health care team members the comprehensive assessment, impression, and plan of care. * Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals. * Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing to clinical practice. * Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills. Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature, attending staff development, and continuing education programs annually. Participates in department and hospital committees, which promote quality nursing, care as assigned. * Demonstrates NP role behaviors consistent with the development of advanced nursing practice. * Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually. As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. Physician Assistant: * Provide medical services that are within the education and training of the Physician Assistant within the scope of practice and delegation of the supervising physician * Obtain a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record * Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record * Prescribe or administer medications as delegated by the supervising physician and documents in medical records * Administer appropriate vaccines as observed by physicians and documented in medical records * Order diagnostic tests consistent with differential diagnoses derived from gathered data as evidenced by types of tests ordered * Foster collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve health care * Establish a relationship with the patient/family characterized by mutual respect, empathy, and collaboration As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

We are searching for a Physician Assistant or a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The NP or PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the APP assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the NP or PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. Qualifications: Physician Assistant: * Required Bachelor's Degree * PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board * Pediatric experience strongly preferred. Nurse Practitioner: * Master's degree in nursing required * RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact required * FNP, NNP, PNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CPNP-AC, or AG-ACNP from the Texas Board of Nursing required * PNP-PC strongly preferred Responsibilities: Physician Assistant: * Provide medical services that are within the education and training of the Physician Assistant within the scope of practice and delegation of the supervising physician * Obtain a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record * Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record * Prescribe or administer medications as delegated by the supervising physician and documents in medical records * Administer appropriate vaccines as observed by physicians and documented in medical records * Order diagnostic tests consistent with differential diagnoses derived from gathered data as evidenced by types of tests ordered * Foster collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve health care * Establish a relationship with the patient/family characterized by mutual respect, empathy, and collaboration As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. Nurse Practitioner: * Daily uses advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data and manage patients' caseload. Obtains a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients as documented in the patient's medical record. * Assess the patient's physical status through the physical examination as documented in the patient's medical record. * Differentiates between normal and abnormal findings as documented in the patient's medical record. * Performs or recommends age-appropriate health screening procedures as documented in the patient's medical record. * Provides health maintenance and health promotion for children of all ages as documented in the patient's medical record. * Performs and evaluates diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests as documented in the patient's medical record. * Analyzes multiple sources of data and formulates a differential diagnosis in collaboration with physicians as demonstrated in the written documentation. * Follows established delegation protocols to manage specific patient problems. Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with other health care professionals and documents the plan in the patient's medical record. * Accurately evaluates patient's responses to interventions and modifies the plan of care demonstrated by written documentation. * Accurately presents and documents the data, impression, and plan of care on all patients as demonstrated in the written documentation. * Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers. * Collaborates effectively with other members of the health care disciplines to provide comprehensive care to patients. * Utilizes effective and appropriate interviewing skills to elicit information from patients and/or family and collaborates with them in developing the care plan. * Requests consultation and/or initiates referral for specialized care as appropriate. Communicates with health care team members the comprehensive assessment, impression, and plan of care. * Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals. * Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing to clinical practice. * Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills. Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature, attending staff development, and continuing education programs annually. Participates in department and hospital committees, which promote quality nursing, care as assigned. * Demonstrates NP role behaviors consistent with the development of advanced nursing practice. * Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually. As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

We are searching for a Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The physician assistant works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the physician assistant assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the physician assistant is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. Qualifications: * Required Bachelor's Degree * PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board Responsibilities: * Provide medical services that are within the education and training of the Physician Assistant within the scope of practice and delegation of the supervising physician * Obtain a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record * Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record * Prescribe or administer medications as delegated by the supervising physician and documents in medical records * Administer appropriate vaccines as observed by physicians and documented in medical records * Order diagnostic tests consistent with differential diagnoses derived from gathered data as evidenced by types of tests ordered * Foster collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve health care * Establish a relationship with the patient/family characterized by mutual respect, empathy, and collaboration As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

We are searching for a Physician Assistant or a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care Certified who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The NP or PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the APP assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the NP or PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. This position is for night shifts working 7p-7a with at least one weekend per month. Qualifications: Physician Assistant: * Required Bachelor's Degree * PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board * Pediatric experience strongly preferred. Nurse Practitioner: * Master's degree in nursing required * RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact required * FNP, NNP, PNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CPNP-AC, or AG-ACNP from the Texas Board of Nursing required * PNP-AC strongly preferred. Responsibilities: Physician Assistant: * Provide medical services that are within the education and training of the Physician Assistant within the scope of practice and delegation of the supervising physician * Obtain a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record * Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record * Prescribe or administer medications as delegated by the supervising physician and documents in medical records * Administer appropriate vaccines as observed by physicians and documented in medical records * Order diagnostic tests consistent with differential diagnoses derived from gathered data as evidenced by types of tests ordered * Foster collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve health care * Establish a relationship with the patient/family characterized by mutual respect, empathy, and collaboration As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. Nurse Practitioner: * Daily uses advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data and manage patients' caseload. Obtains a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients as documented in the patient's medical record. * Assess the patient's physical status through the physical examination as documented in the patient's medical record. * Differentiates between normal and abnormal findings as documented in the patient's medical record. * Performs or recommends age-appropriate health screening procedures as documented in the patient's medical record. * Provides health maintenance and health promotion for children of all ages as documented in the patient's medical record. * Performs and evaluates diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests as documented in the patient's medical record. * Analyzes multiple sources of data and formulates a differential diagnosis in collaboration with physicians as demonstrated in the written documentation. * Follows established delegation protocols to manage specific patient problems. Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with other health care professionals and documents the plan in the patient's medical record. * Accurately evaluates patient's responses to interventions and modifies the plan of care demonstrated by written documentation. * Accurately presents and documents the data, impression, and plan of care on all patients as demonstrated in the written documentation. * Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers. * Collaborates effectively with other members of the health care disciplines to provide comprehensive care to patients. * Utilizes effective and appropriate interviewing skills to elicit information from patients and/or family and collaborates with them in developing the care plan. * Requests consultation and/or initiates referral for specialized care as appropriate. Communicates with health care team members the comprehensive assessment, impression, and plan of care. * Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals. * Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing to clinical practice. * Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills. Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature, attending staff development, and continuing education programs annually. Participates in department and hospital committees, which promote quality nursing, care as assigned. * Demonstrates NP role behaviors consistent with the development of advanced nursing practice. * Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually. As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

We are searching for a Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the PA assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. Qualifications: Required Bachelor's Degree PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board Responsibilities: Daily utilizes advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data, and to manage a caseload of patients Administers or provides medications as delegated by authorizing physician Orders and interprets diagnostic tests Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers Provides the full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention, health protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling and disease management Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to population specific clinical practice Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

We are searching for a Physician Assistant or a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care Certified who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The NP or PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the APP assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the NP or PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. Physician Assistant: Required Bachelor's Degree PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board Pediatric experience strongly preferred. Nurse Practitioner: Master's degree in nursing required RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact required FNP, NNP, PNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CPNP-AC, or AG-ACNP from the Texas Board of Nursing required *PNP-AC strongly preferred. Responsibilities: Physician Assistant: • Provide medical services that are within the education and training of the Physician Assistant within the scope of practice and delegation of the supervising physician • Obtain a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record • Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record • Prescribe or administer medications as delegated by the supervising physician and documents in medical records • Administer appropriate vaccines as observed by physicians and documented in medical records • Order diagnostic tests consistent with differential diagnoses derived from gathered data as evidenced by types of tests ordered • Foster collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve health care • Establish a relationship with the patient/family characterized by mutual respect, empathy, and collaboration As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. Nurse Practitioner: • Daily uses advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data and manage patients' caseload. Obtains a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients as documented in the patient's medical record. • Assess the patient's physical status through the physical examination as documented in the patient's medical record. • Differentiates between normal and abnormal findings as documented in the patient's medical record. • Performs or recommends age-appropriate health screening procedures as documented in the patient's medical record. • Provides health maintenance and health promotion for children of all ages as documented in the patient's medical record. • Performs and evaluates diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests as documented in the patient's medical record. • Analyzes multiple sources of data and formulates a differential diagnosis in collaboration with physicians as demonstrated in the written documentation. • Follows established delegation protocols to manage specific patient problems. Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with other health care professionals and documents the plan in the patient's medical record. • Accurately evaluates patient's responses to interventions and modifies the plan of care demonstrated by written documentation. • Accurately presents and documents the data, impression, and plan of care on all patients as demonstrated in the written documentation. • Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers. • Collaborates effectively with other members of the health care disciplines to provide comprehensive care to patients. • Utilizes effective and appropriate interviewing skills to elicit information from patients and/or family and collaborates with them in developing the care plan. • Requests consultation and/or initiates referral for specialized care as appropriate. Communicates with health care team members the comprehensive assessment, impression, and plan of care. • Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals. • Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing to clinical practice. • Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills. Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature, attending staff development, and continuing education programs annually. Participates in department and hospital committees, which promote quality nursing, care as assigned. • Demonstrates NP role behaviors consistent with the development of advanced nursing practice. • Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually. As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

We are searching for a Physician Assistant or a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care Certified who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The NP or PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the APP assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the NP or PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. Physician Assistant: * Required Bachelor's Degree * PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board * Pediatric experience strongly preferred. Nurse Practitioner: * Master's degree in nursing required * RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact required * FNP, NNP, PNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CPNP-AC, or AG-ACNP from the Texas Board of Nursing required * PNP-AC strongly preferred. Responsibilities: Physician Assistant: * Provide medical services that are within the education and training of the Physician Assistant within the scope of practice and delegation of the supervising physician * Obtain a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record * Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record * Prescribe or administer medications as delegated by the supervising physician and documents in medical records * Administer appropriate vaccines as observed by physicians and documented in medical records * Order diagnostic tests consistent with differential diagnoses derived from gathered data as evidenced by types of tests ordered * Foster collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve health care * Establish a relationship with the patient/family characterized by mutual respect, empathy, and collaboration As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. Nurse Practitioner: * Daily uses advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data and manage patients' caseload. Obtains a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients as documented in the patient's medical record. * Assess the patient's physical status through the physical examination as documented in the patient's medical record. * Differentiates between normal and abnormal findings as documented in the patient's medical record. * Performs or recommends age-appropriate health screening procedures as documented in the patient's medical record. * Provides health maintenance and health promotion for children of all ages as documented in the patient's medical record. * Performs and evaluates diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests as documented in the patient's medical record. * Analyzes multiple sources of data and formulates a differential diagnosis in collaboration with physicians as demonstrated in the written documentation. * Follows established delegation protocols to manage specific patient problems. Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with other health care professionals and documents the plan in the patient's medical record. * Accurately evaluates patient's responses to interventions and modifies the plan of care demonstrated by written documentation. * Accurately presents and documents the data, impression, and plan of care on all patients as demonstrated in the written documentation. * Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers. * Collaborates effectively with other members of the health care disciplines to provide comprehensive care to patients. * Utilizes effective and appropriate interviewing skills to elicit information from patients and/or family and collaborates with them in developing the care plan. * Requests consultation and/or initiates referral for specialized care as appropriate. Communicates with health care team members the comprehensive assessment, impression, and plan of care. * Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals. * Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing to clinical practice. * Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills. Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature, attending staff development, and continuing education programs annually. Participates in department and hospital committees, which promote quality nursing, care as assigned. * Demonstrates NP role behaviors consistent with the development of advanced nursing practice. * Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually. As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

The Surgery PA Fellowship Programs at Texas Children's Hospital are the first of its kind in the country to provide a specialized training opportunity specifically for PAs. The PA fellowship programs at Texas Children's Hospital was established in 2013. The program has evolved and together the three programs have contributed to the integration and success of the TCH Department of Surgery: * The Surgery PA program offers an intensive 12-month didactic and clinical pediatric training program ensures a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a full spectrum of pediatric surgical subspecialties, including congenital heart surgery, ENT, general pediatric surgery, hand/microsurgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic, otolaryngology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, surgical hospitalists, transplant, trauma, and urology. * The Community PA program is an intensive 12-month didactic and clinical pediatric training program ensures a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a full spectrum of pediatric surgical subspecialties, including ENT, general pediatric surgery, plastics, orthopedic, surgical hospitalists and urology. * The Orthopedic PA program offers an intensive 12-month spectrum of orthopedic super-subspecialties, including Cerebral Palsy, General orthopedic, hip, inpatient, lower extremity, spine, sports, trauma, upper extremity, and general orthopedics. These one-year programs include clinical pediatric surgical subspecialty experience, dedicated research time, and specialty workshops including suture, cadaver and simulation labs. Training will be provided in clinics, on the surgical floors and in the operating room and will involve pre-, intra- and post-operative care. Learn more about our curriculum: The program is led by Dr. Larry Hollier, Surgeon-in-Chief, Medical Director; Kris Marsack, MS, PA-C, Academic Program Director; Jacqueline Broda, PA-C, Program Director; Jordan Rodriguez, Project Manager, and Magda C. Gonzalez, PA Fellowship Academic Coordinator. This fellowship program is suitable for both new PA program graduates as well as experienced PAs who would like to redirect their future career in a surgical subspecialty. Upon successful completion of the program, a certificate will be awarded from the Texas Children's Hospital Department of Surgery. The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the PA (ARC-PA) has granted Accreditation-Clinical Postgraduate Program status to the Texas Children's Hospital Surgery, Community and Orthopedic PA Fellowships sponsored by Texas Children's Hospital. Accreditation-Clinical Postgraduate Program is the status of accreditation granted when a new or currently accredited clinical postgraduate program is in compliance with the Standards for Clinical Postgraduate Programs. Accreditation-Clinical Postgraduate program remains in effect until the program closes or withdraws from the accreditation process or until accreditation is withdrawn for failure to comply with the Standards, ARC-PA requirements or procedures. Accreditation-Clinical Postgraduate Program does not ensure any subsequent accreditation status. It is limited to no more than five years from matriculation of the first class. Texas Children's Hospital Surgery PA Fellowship Program anticipates a site visit review of its application for continued Clinical-Postgraduate Accreditation status in October 2024. The program's accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website at ********************************************************* Mission: Texas Children's Hospital's Mission statement is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research. Texas Children's Hospital PA Surgical Fellowship Program Mission statement is to provide a dynamic pediatric surgical training experience for PAs enabling them to provide the highest level of care and create a healthier future for pediatric patients. At the largest Pediatric institution in North America, PA fellows will gain foundational knowledge through simulated workshops, skills labs, cadaver labs and a lecture series to help increase their surgical knowledge base while working alongside world-class surgeons and ancillary staff. By rotating through multiple pediatric surgical subspecialties, PA fellows gain remarkable operative technical skills and become accomplished pediatric surgical providers. The PA fellows receive training in the clinics, operating rooms, inpatient floors, and ICUs where they will become proficient in pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative care. Our PA fellows will receive vital exposure under appropriate supervision, to basic and advanced surgical concepts and techniques, that will help them gain confidence and experience necessary to practice in a wide variety of pediatric surgical subspecialties in academic and private settings. Program Goals: The goal of the Surgery PA Fellowship Programs is to: * Acquire knowledge of all pediatric surgical subspecialties within Texas Children's Hospital to allow for appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of the pediatric surgical patients in a busy children's hospital setting * Strengthen physical assessment skills essential for the care of the pediatric and adolescent surgical patient * Develop baseline understanding of indications and associated benefits, risks, and potential complications related to the diagnosis and treatment of specific surgical diagnoses and procedures using scientific evidence * Develop graduated responsibility in providing care to patients including assisting surgical procedures * Develop skills in performing invasive procedures * Provide fundamental knowledge on the PA first-assist role within the operating room * Provide opportunities to explore the PA professional role * Experience the PA collaborative role among the healthcare team and other medical disciplines within Texas Children's Hospital * Integrate a knowledge base necessary to educate patients and families * Learning how to critically review and apply the pediatric surgical literature to clinical practice Finances: $88,566.40 will be offered in addition to the following: Professional liability insurance $75,000 group term life insurance One white coat Paid time off (PTO) accrual Additional benefits offered: Medical insurance Dental insurance Life insurance Short term disability insurance Long term disability insurance Prescription drug program Health Care reimbursement account Retirement investment program Qualifications: * Required Bachelor's Degree * Required Master's Degree in Physician Assistant/ Associate Studies * Preferred current board certification for PA or scheduled PANCE * Preferred current or Temporary Texas PA License with the Texas Medical Board * Completed career application with current Curriculum Vitae * One-page personal statement focusing on why you are interested in the Surgery, Community or Orthopedic PA Fellowship programs * One professional recommendation letter Responsibilities: * Under the direct supervision of Physician, PA and NP team, utilizes advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data * Under the direct supervision of a PA, consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers * Under the direct supervision of a PA, provides educational resources for the patient and family * Under the direct supervision of a PA, consistently applies new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing to clinical practice * Under the direct supervision of a team, demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills

We are searching for a Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the PA assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. This is a clinic position working Monday - Friday 8a-5p. This provider will be responsible for seeing both metabolic health and bariatric surgery patients. Qualifications: Required Bachelor's Degree PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board Responsibilities: Daily utilizes advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data, and to manage a caseload of patients Administers or provides medications as delegated by authorizing physician Orders and interprets diagnostic tests Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers Provides the full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention, health protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling and disease management Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to population specific clinical practice Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

We are searching for an Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in a fast-paced setting! The NP or PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the APP assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the NP or PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. This APP will be responsible for caring for adults in critical care/acute care inpatient setting. The hours are 6a-5p and 5p-6a. Providers work an average of 3 shifts per week and rotate day and night shifts with the team. Qualifications: Physician Assistant: * Required Bachelor's Degree * PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board * Adult cardiology or CVICU experience strongly preferred. Nurse Practitioner: * Master's degree in nursing required * RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact required * FNP, NNP, PNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CPNP-AC, or AG-ACNP from the Texas Board of Nursing required * AG ACNP strongly preferred for this position * Experience as a nurse practitioner in adult cardiology or CVICU strongly preferred Responsibilities: Physician Assistant: * Provide medical services that are within the education and training of the Physician Assistant within the scope of practice and delegation of the supervising physician * Obtain a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record * Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record * Prescribe or administer medications as delegated by the supervising physician and documents in medical records * Administer appropriate vaccines as observed by physicians and documented in medical records * Order diagnostic tests consistent with differential diagnoses derived from gathered data as evidenced by types of tests ordered * Foster collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve health care * Establish a relationship with the patient/family characterized by mutual respect, empathy, and collaboration As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. Nurse Practitioner: * Daily uses advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data and manage patients' caseload. Obtains a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients as documented in the patient's medical record. * Assess the patient's physical status through the physical examination as documented in the patient's medical record. * Differentiates between normal and abnormal findings as documented in the patient's medical record. * Performs or recommends age-appropriate health screening procedures as documented in the patient's medical record. * Provides health maintenance and health promotion for children of all ages as documented in the patient's medical record. * Performs and evaluates diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests as documented in the patient's medical record. * Analyzes multiple sources of data and formulates a differential diagnosis in collaboration with physicians as demonstrated in the written documentation. * Follows established delegation protocols to manage specific patient problems. Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with other health care professionals and documents the plan in the patient's medical record. * Accurately evaluates patient's responses to interventions and modifies the plan of care demonstrated by written documentation. * Accurately presents and documents the data, impression, and plan of care on all patients as demonstrated in the written documentation. * Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers. * Collaborates effectively with other members of the health care disciplines to provide comprehensive care to patients. * Utilizes effective and appropriate interviewing skills to elicit information from patients and/or family and collaborates with them in developing the care plan. * Requests consultation and/or initiates referral for specialized care as appropriate. Communicates with health care team members the comprehensive assessment, impression, and plan of care. * Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals. * Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing to clinical practice. * Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills. Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature, attending staff development, and continuing education programs annually. Participates in department and hospital committees, which promote quality nursing, care as assigned. * Demonstrates NP role behaviors consistent with the development of advanced nursing practice. * Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually. As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

We are searching for a Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the PA assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. Hours are 7a-5p and 7a-7p working 3 or 4 days per week and one Saturday per month. Qualifications: * Required Bachelor's Degree * PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board Responsibilities: * Daily utilizes advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data, and to manage a caseload of patients * Administers or provides medications as delegated by authorizing physician * Orders and interprets diagnostic tests * Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers * Provides the full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention, health protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling and disease management * Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals * Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to population specific clinical practice * Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills * Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually * As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

We are searching for a Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the PA assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. Qualifications: Required Bachelor's Degree PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board Responsibilities: Daily utilizes advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data, and to manage a caseload of patients Administers or provides medications as delegated by authorizing physician Orders and interprets diagnostic tests Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers Provides the full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention, health protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling and disease management Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to population specific clinical practice Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

We are searching for a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The NP or PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the APP assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the NP or PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. Qualifications: Nurse Practitioner: * Master's degree in nursing required * RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact required * FNP, NNP, PNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CPNP-AC, AG-ACNP, or PHMNP-BC from the Texas Board of Nursing required Physician Assistant: * Required Bachelor's Degree * PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board Responsibilities: Nurse Practitioner: * Daily uses advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data and manage patients' caseload. Obtains a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients as documented in the patient's medical record. * Assess the patient's physical status through the physical examination as documented in the patient's medical record. * Differentiates between normal and abnormal findings as documented in the patient's medical record. * Performs or recommends age-appropriate health screening procedures as documented in the patient's medical record. * Provides health maintenance and health promotion for children of all ages as documented in the patient's medical record. * Performs and evaluates diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests as documented in the patient's medical record. * Analyzes multiple sources of data and formulates a differential diagnosis in collaboration with physicians as demonstrated in the written documentation. * Follows established delegation protocols to manage specific patient problems. Formulates a plan of care in collaboration with other health care professionals and documents the plan in the patient's medical record. * Accurately evaluates patient's responses to interventions and modifies the plan of care demonstrated by written documentation. * Accurately presents and documents the data, impression, and plan of care on all patients as demonstrated in the written documentation. * Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers. * Collaborates effectively with other members of the health care disciplines to provide comprehensive care to patients. * Utilizes effective and appropriate interviewing skills to elicit information from patients and/or family and collaborates with them in developing the care plan. * Requests consultation and/or initiates referral for specialized care as appropriate. Communicates with health care team members the comprehensive assessment, impression, and plan of care. * Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals. * Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to pediatric nursing to clinical practice. * Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills. Maintains knowledge base by reading professional literature, attending staff development, and continuing education programs annually. Participates in department and hospital committees, which promote quality nursing, care as assigned. * Demonstrates NP role behaviors consistent with the development of advanced nursing practice. * Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually. As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. Physician Assistant: * Provide medical services that are within the education and training of the Physician Assistant within the scope of practice and delegation of the supervising physician * Obtain a comprehensive health, developmental, and family history on patients and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record * Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings and documents appropriately in the patient's medical record * Prescribe or administer medications as delegated by the supervising physician and documents in medical records * Administer appropriate vaccines as observed by physicians and documented in medical records * Order diagnostic tests consistent with differential diagnoses derived from gathered data as evidenced by types of tests ordered * Foster collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to improve health care * Establish a relationship with the patient/family characterized by mutual respect, empathy, and collaboration As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

We are searching for a Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting! In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the PA assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels. Hours are 7a-5p and 7a-7p working 3 or 4 days per week and one Saturday per month. Qualifications: Required Bachelor's Degree PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board Responsibilities: Daily utilizes advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data, and to manage a caseload of patients Administers or provides medications as delegated by authorizing physician Orders and interprets diagnostic tests Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers Provides the full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention, health protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling and disease management Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to population specific clinical practice Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.