Acute Care Surgery Nurse Practitioner - AGACNP

Job Description

Job Description

Central Texas Surgical Associates is a small private physician group in Round Rock, TX. We are professional, supportive, autonomous and our goal is to provide quality compassionate care to our patients while creating a great work/life balance for our employees.

Our work environment includes:

• Growth opportunities
• Relaxed atmosphere

This private physician group provides trauma and acute care surgery coverage for St. David's Round Rock Medical Center. This facility is a 150+ bed acute-care facility and Level II Trauma Center located just north of Austin, Texas. We are looking for a PRN that will work into full-time and Full-time Nurse Practitioner to join our team.

The ideal candidate will bring a positive and caring personality, excellent communication skills, be a team player and facilitate a collaborative approach to patient care.

Reasons to join our team:

• Variety: this position will round on medical/surgical floors, the step-down unit and the ICU patients. He/she will also cover ER admissions and consults for general and trauma surgery.
• Schedule: supports a work-life balance.
• The full-time position is a 1.0 FTE and will work 7-8 24hr shifts per month with the potential for PRN shifts.
• The PRN position should be available for 3-4 24hr shifts per month with the opportunity for a full-time position in the future.
• Competitive pay package including retirement plan, continuing medical education (CME) allowance and benefits (medical, vision and dental) are available.
• Our Team is a collaborative and cohesive group that includes 5 Physicians and 5 APPs who thrive on providing the best care in the area.

Requirements for Nurse Practitioners:

• MUST BE ACUTE CARE BOARD CERTIFIED
• 1-year inpatient nurse practitioner experience is preferred however, we are also new-grad friendly to those with an ICU and/or ER background from a large trauma center.
• Master's degree in Nursing and graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program Nurse Practitioner Certification issued by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or Nurse Practitioner Certification issued by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB).
• Unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license issued by the State Board of Nursing in the state of practice or compact privileges under the multi-state Nurse Licensure Compact agreement or at least an APRN test date scheduled.
• Prescriptive authority as appropriate, per medical staff service privileging process.
• Unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe all medications commonly prescribed in the course of practice.
• Eligible to provide services reimbursable services and maintain provider status with Medicare and Medicaid.
• Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) certification issued by the American College of Surgeons is preferred.