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Womens Health - Advanced Practice Provider (NP, PA, or CNM) Regional Womens Services & Pediatrics (RWSP) Program at the Galveston, Texas clinic location.
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What they do
A Pediatrics Nurse Practitioner provides primary care and nursing care to infant, children and adolescent patients. Performs physical exams, orders diagnostic tests, and provides medications. Works in a physician's office or other healthcare facility, under the direction of a physician. Performs work similar to that of a physician assistant but has different medical training and degree.
$110,347 / year median in Texas
+29% projected growth
Job Description
Women's Health - Advanced Practice Provider (NP, PA, or CNM) Regional Women's Services & Pediatrics (RWSP) Program at the Galveston, Texas clinic location.
- Galveston, Texas, United States
- Patient Care UTMB Health Requisition # 2603508
Work Location/Coverage Requirements:
- Position is primarily based at the assigned clinic in Galveston, TX.
- May require occasional cross-coverage to other clinics within the region.
Job Description:
- Provide competent, age specific health care to women and/or children in the Regional Women's Services and Pediatrics (RWSP) healthcare program.
Job Summary:
- Performs responsible clinical care in collaboration with the unit physician and under approved protocols, manages the medical aspects of care in the observation, assessment, diagnosis, intervention, evaluation, rehabilitation, care and counsel, and health teachings of persons who are ill, injured or infirmed or experiencing changes in normal health processes; and in the promotion and maintenance of health of prevention of illness in a clinical setting.
- Essential Job Functions
- Provide primary health care to the patient and family throughout the course of care.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2+ years clinical/nursing experience in Women's Care, Obstetrics, Antepartum, Postpartum care, Dysplasia and/or Pediatrics in either inpatient or ambulatory setting.
- 1-2 years ambulatory advanced practice provider experience in the specialty of the position you are applying.
- Spanish language fluency a plus
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master's in Nursing, FNP, WHNP or Master's in Physician Assistant studies
- Licensed in the State of Texas with Board Certification
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Minimum Qualifications:
- Completion of a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
- No experience required
LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS
Required:
- Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- Licensed Physician Assistant by the Texas Physician Assistant Board/Texas Medical Board (TPAB/TMB) _Current students who have not yet completed their physician assistant program or recent graduates who have not yet obtained their NCCPA certification or
TPAB/TMB
physician assistant license are eligible to apply for this position. However, official employment is contingent upon the successful completion of an accredited physician assistant program, NCCPA certification andTPAB/TMB
physician assistant licensure._NURSE PRACTITIONER EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Minimum Qualifications:
- Completion of a graduate level (or higher) nurse practitioner program accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
- No experience required
LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS
Required:
- Certification by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
- Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) by the Texas Board of Nursing (TBON)
- Licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in a nurse practitioner clinical area of specialization by the Texas Board of Nursing (TBON) _Current RNs who have not yet completed their nurse practitioner program or recent graduates who have not yet obtained their
ANCC/AANP
certification or APRN nurse practitioner license are eligible to apply for this position. However, official employment is contingent upon the successful completion of an accredited nurse practitioner program, ANCC/AANP certification and APRN nurse practitioner licensure._Salary:
- Commensurate with experience.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
- UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law.