Advanced Practice Provider (APRN Or PA) - Anesthesia Periop Services

Advanced Practice Provider (APRN or PA) Opportunity

Advanced Practice Provider (APRN or PA) opportunity in Anesthesia Perioperative Services Department. Ideal candidate will be an Advanced Practice Provider with at least two years of patient care or healthcare experience. Prefer candidates with OR, Perioperative/Pre-op, PACU or procedural experience.

This position is a 100% clinical role.

Shift: Monday – Friday typically 8am-5pm (maybe longer based on business needs)

Key Job Functions

Outpatient Activities

• To assess and screen all patients for past medical, surgical, and anesthetic history prior to arrival for the planned procedure requiring anesthesia services.
• Performs anesthetic risk assessments, i.e., post-op nausea and vomiting, sleep apnea and difficult airway
• Orders and reviews labs and other ancillary tests required for patient optimization
• Works autonomously and collaborates with other members of the healthcare team
• Instructs and counsels patients to carry out Perioperative care
• Conducts telephone assessments
• Assists with the management of unscheduled patient visits
• Assists with the management of emergency patient consults
• Coordinates the scheduling of special procedures and consults
• Performs clinical triaging and fast track clinic duties
• Actively participates in patient education and performance improvement projects

Other duties as assigned

Continuing Education

• Secure Nurse Practitioner certification by achieving the required number of CME hours as stipulated by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
• Attends available continuing medical education opportunities
• Attends department conferences as scheduled

Education

Required: Master's degree from an accredited Physician Assistant (PA) program by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), except for Physician Assistants who graduated from a PA program prior to 2013.

Required: Master's Degree in Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice. May be waived for applicants who obtained recognition as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse from the Texas State Board of Nursing prior to 1/1/2003. Graduate education and related Texas Board of Nursing authorization must be consistent with clinical practice area and patient population.

Experience

Required: None

Preferred: At least two years of Advanced Practice Provider (APRN or PA) experience; OR, Perioperative/Pre-Op, PACU, or procedural experience.

Licensure/Certification

Required: All of the following:

PA certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants. Licensed by the Texas State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners.

All of the following: Written authorization from the Texas Board of Nursing to function as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN or ACNP or ACNPC or ACAGNP or AGACNP or ACNPC-AG or AGACNP or AGNP or ACPNP or ANP or AGNP or AGPCNP or FNP or GNP or PNP or PMHNP or WHNP or APNP). Related authorization must be consistent with clinical practice area and patient population. Basic Life Support (BLS). Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) If working in the following departments: Pediatric - Patient Care (113100).

May be required: Authorization for limited prescriptive authority by the Texas Board of Nursing.

This position may be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening. The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment.

It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law.