Pediatric Cardiac Acute Care Advanced Practice Provider - Night Shift

The Dell Medical School in conjunction with Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas (DCMCCT), is seeking Advanced Practice Nurses to be part of the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease night shift team. These individuals will work collaboratively with a multidisplinary team to serve the growing need of the regional pediatric population to deliver world class pediatric heart care.

Responsibilities

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

Required Qualifications

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

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Salary Range

$125,000+ depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

Environmental Demands:

• Uniforms and/or personal protection equipment (furnished)
• May work around standard office conditions
• May work around biohazards

Physical Tasks:

• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
• Use of manual dexterity
• Lifting and moving

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.