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Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Please review the job information below.
General Purpose of Job:
The Nurse Practitioner facilitates professional leadership and related specialized care to the high risk infant patient population, with intent to improve the quality of life through optimizing nutrition and early detection of developmental delays. Responsibilities include: Travel (Air and/or by Ground to meet the needs of the clinic); assisting in coordination of activities related to the clinical program including but not limited to: activities related to evaluation and consultation; referrals for developmental interventions; family communication and education; inclusion of multidisciplinary team to assess and recommendation of plan for the patient, and data management for the program / clinic for research, outcomes and/or reporting purposes.
Other elements include screening exams, interpretation and findings for both patient and family, family orientation and resources information; coordination of meetings; communication between the clinic and primary care physicians and / or specialist; review and recommend specialty services if needed to patient's primary care provider.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.
POLICY SETTING RESPONSIBILITIES: Formally responsible for providing input into the policies associated with the job's purpose and essential responsibilities.
DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY: Routine decisions include independently solving patient recommendation decisions at the referral level.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: No formal supervisory responsibility but will need to have strong knowledge of and effective in administering hospital policies and procedures. Makes and implements decisions compatible with organizational goals. Maintains composure, effectiveness, and flexibility under pressure.
Education and/or Experience:
Required for completely satisfactory performance in this job is knowledge of nursing functions, basic anatomy and physiology, and diagnostic procedures.
Skills
Required for completely satisfactory performance in this job is the ability to show diplomacy and tact to care for families with a child with congenital abnormalities, communicate effectively, and coordinate multiple departments efficiently. Organization and attention to details are essential as well as the ability to collect and manage data. The ability to demonstrate and perform generic and unit-based/critical competencies including the specific care of age and diagnosis appropriate patients; demonstrate positive interpersonal skills; utilize time and resources in a cost effective manner; demonstrate flexibility; demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills; delegation; operate basic medical equipment; read and analyze basic medical equipment; excellent keyboarding skills with ability utilize a personal computer to include word processing and basic office equipment.
Formal Education
and Experience
Advanced Practice Recognition for RN's with a minimum of three (3) years pediatric patient care experience.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations.
Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Please review the job information below.
General Purpose of Job:
The Nurse Practitioner facilitates professional leadership and related specialized care to the high risk infant patient population, with intent to improve the quality of life through optimizing nutrition and early detection of developmental delays. Responsibilities include: Travel (Air and/or by Ground to meet the needs of the clinic); assisting in coordination of activities related to the clinical program including but not limited to: activities related to evaluation and consultation; referrals for developmental interventions; family communication and education; inclusion of multidisciplinary team to assess and recommendation of plan for the patient, and data management for the program / clinic for research, outcomes and/or reporting purposes.
Other elements include screening exams, interpretation and findings for both patient and family, family orientation and resources information; coordination of meetings; communication between the clinic and primary care physicians and / or specialist; review and recommend specialty services if needed to patient's primary care provider.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.
POLICY SETTING RESPONSIBILITIES: Formally responsible for providing input into the policies associated with the job's purpose and essential responsibilities.
DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY: Routine decisions include independently solving patient recommendation decisions at the referral level.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: No formal supervisory responsibility but will need to have strong knowledge of and effective in administering hospital policies and procedures. Makes and implements decisions compatible with organizational goals. Maintains composure, effectiveness, and flexibility under pressure.
Education and/or Experience:
Required for completely satisfactory performance in this job is knowledge of nursing functions, basic anatomy and physiology, and diagnostic procedures.
Skills
Required for completely satisfactory performance in this job is the ability to show diplomacy and tact to care for families with a child with congenital abnormalities, communicate effectively, and coordinate multiple departments efficiently. Organization and attention to details are essential as well as the ability to collect and manage data. The ability to demonstrate and perform generic and unit-based/critical competencies including the specific care of age and diagnosis appropriate patients; demonstrate positive interpersonal skills; utilize time and resources in a cost effective manner; demonstrate flexibility; demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills; delegation; operate basic medical equipment; read and analyze basic medical equipment; excellent keyboarding skills with ability utilize a personal computer to include word processing and basic office equipment.
Formal Education
and Experience
Advanced Practice Recognition for RN's with a minimum of three (3) years pediatric patient care experience.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations.
- APRN from the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas (RN) Current Texas license to practice professional nursing