Pediatrics Physician Assistant

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.

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