General Purpose:
Driscoll Children s Hospital is seeking CICU Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our dynamic Heart Center Team, located in a stunning coastal climate in Corpus Christi, Texas. This role provides advanced practice care to children with congenital heart disease. This is more than a job it is an opportunity to provide exceptional, family centered care in a fast-paced environment where your expertise directly impacts patient experience and outcomes.
Essential Functions: - Complete comprehensive history and physical exams
- Manage individualized treatment plans.
- Order, perform and interpret diagnostic tests
- Complete Consults with follow up as indicated.
- Prescribe medications, therapies as indicated within scope of practice
- Manage hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, and ECMO as needed in collaboration with supervising physicians.
- Perform advanced procedures as credentialed
- Participate in daily rounds and communicate care plan with families
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members
- Participate in Heart Center improvement initiatives
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (PA-C)
- Master s or Post Master s Degree, Required.
- Completion of an Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) approved program (prior to January 2001 - Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs), required.
- Minimum of 1-2 years of pediatric acute care experience, required.
- BLS, PALS and ACLS required.
- Knowledge of EMR systems, preferred.
- Bilingual (Spanish), preferred.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSURE, REGISTRATION: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT (PA-C)
- Current certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA),
- Physician Assistant, Certified (PA-C), required.
- Active and unencumbered license in the State of Texas, required
- Advanced specialty courses and ongoing education requirements as required by DCH.
- DCH Credentialing obtained within time frame required and continuously maintained ongoing.
- Must obtain DCH credentialing as an active member of medical staff and appropriate medical privileges, required.
