Advanced Practice Nurse - Hospital

Harris Health System is the public healthcare safety-net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, with a focus on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients, through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management, and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon

B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center) anchor Harris Health’s robust network of 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations, and virtual (telemedicine) technology. Harris Health is among an elite list of health systems in the U.S. achieving Magnet nursing excellence designation for its hospitals, the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance designation for its patient-centered clinics and health centers, and its strong partnership with nationally recognized physician faculty, residents, and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine;
McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth);
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston.

Job Summary

The Advanced Practice Nurse, Hospital at Home (APN-HaH), is responsible for providing comprehensive patient care within the designated population (Family/Individuals across lifespan and Adult/Gerontology) through assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management, and follow-up, under the supervision of the HaH Clinical Medical Director. The APN-HaH serves as a clinical expert and consultant to support patient-centered, culturally competent, outcome-focused therapeutic care within the management of specified populations, through independent and collaborative clinical management.

The APN-HaH ensures practice aligns with professional rules, regulations, accreditation standards, and organizational policies.

Clinical Summary

This APN-HaH provides high-quality patient care within the Hospital at Home Program model. Responsibilities include planning, implementing, evaluating, and communicating all phases of the patient's care plan to the medical and nursing teams. The APN is responsible for fostering an environment that supports professional practice and empowers interdisciplinary healthcare workers to deliver safe, effective, compassionate, and efficient care.

Minimum Qualifications

Degrees:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree in Nursing from an accredited school, with completion of a university-based program for Advanced Practice Nurse;
  Acute Care NP or Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP preferred

Licenses & Certification:

• Current specialty certification from recognized certifying organizations
• Current prescriptive authority (or eligibility) from the Texas Board of Nursing
• ANCC Certification
• DEA registration (or eligibility to obtain within 3 months of hire)
• Recognition as APN with the Texas Board of Nursing
• Current RN license with the Texas Board of Nursing
• Current Basic Life Support certification
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification (as appropriate)
• Valid Texas Driver's License

Work Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience, preferably as a hospitalist

Management

Experience:

• At least 2 years in acute care settings such as emergency or inpatient

Language

Skills:

• Bilingual in Spanish preferred

Communication

Skills:

• Strong verbal communication, including public speaking
• Proficiency in writing, reports, and correspondence

Proficiencies:

• MS Word
• Personal Computer

Job Attributes

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities include analytical skills, mathematics, medical terminology, design, research, and statistics. The work schedule is flexible, including weekends, holidays, travel, on-call duties, telecommuting, and overtime. Other requirements include advanced clinical knowledge, conflict resolution, communication coaching skills, and functioning motor vehicle operation. Equipment operated includes tablets, laptops, and portable devices.