School Wellness - Advacnced Practice PRN

Overview

Job Title & Specialty Area: School Employee Wellness, Advanced Practice Practitioner

Department: Education

Location: Plano

Shift: PRN, Variable Shifts

Job Type: On-Site

Why Children's Health? At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal. Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being. Our dedication to promoting children s health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community.

Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.

• Practitioner: Provides direct clinical care in an expanded role guided by education, certification, licensure, clinical expertise and Prescriptive Authority Agreement or Delegation Protocol that incorporates comprehensive assessment skills, diagnostic ability, critical thinking, independent decision-making, collaborative management of health and illness problems, leadership within complex systems, and the ability to critically analyze and translate research findings into practice. This includes:
• Patient history and physical examination.
• Diagnosis and patient management (both inpatient and outpatient as appropriate) including ordering and prescribing of medications and treatments:
• - Orders and interprets necessary diagnostic and/or therapeutic tests.
• - Patient consultation and referrals
• - Procedures
• - Evaluates patient response to interventions and modifies care plan as necessary to achieve desired outcomes
• - Discharge planning.
• Anticipatory guidance regarding pediatric growth and development
• Consultant/Mentor: Consults as needed with other health care professionals, patients, and families in the formulation and initiation of the health care plan
• Evaluates the outcome of the patient consultation and modifies recommendations as needed to facilitate restoration of health
• Utilization of advanced knowledge to provide clinical leadership to other health care professionals through mentoring, education, and clinical consultation
• Educator: Identifies the learning needs of patients and their families and directs educational activities to meet these needs
• Recognizes educational or knowledge needs of peers or nursing staff and participates in formal or informal educational activities to meet identified needs
• Evaluates response to educational interventions, including validation of learning and understanding to determine the impact on quality of care
• Researcher: Participates actively in research, independently or in collaboration with other professionals as a member of a research team, assisting in gathering data, collaborating as a research investigator or initiating research
• Reviews and utilizes current literature and research findings for evidence-based practice in the health care of patients and their families
• Professional Accountability: Participates in hospital-wide performance improvement programs and assists with regulatory compliance

• Associates Degree
• Bachelors Degree
• Masters Degree
• MSN in Nursing

• At least 2 years job related experience Preferred
• At least 2 years experience in pediatrics or related specialized area of nursing Preferred

• Graduate or professional work or advanced degree; or equivalent experience Advanced Professional Education to support required licensing Required

• APRN:
  Current licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the State of Texas (or current valid Compact RN license) Upon Hire Required
• APRN:
  Current certification as a Nurse Practitioner, Maternal Child Clinical Nurse Specialist, or Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist by a national certifying body recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) in the appropriate population focus area.
• - The Texas BON requires all APRNs graduating from an advanced nursing program after January 1, 1996, to be certified by a national certifying body recognized by the BON in an appropriate advanced practice role and specialty, unless specifically waived by the Board and substituted for 1,000 hours of supervised practice Upon Hire Req
• PA:
  Current license issued by the Texas Physician Assistant Board. Upon Hire Req
• PA:
  Current certificate issued by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. Upon Hire Req
• APRN & PA:
  Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers as required by CP 1.20 Life Support Course Requirements Req
• APRN & PA:
  Current NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) certification if practicing in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) Upon Hire Req
• APRN & PA with hospital privileges:
  Current PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certification 180 Days Required

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