Physician Assistant - Acute Care - Children's Heart Institute - HCICU - Acute Care
Company: UT Health Science Center
Location: Houston
Posted on: April 15, 2024
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Job Description:
Physician Assistant - Acute Care - Children's Heart Institute -
HCICU
McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science
Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston), a leading academic health
center, invites applications for multiple full-time, UT Health
Houston Children's Heart Institute Physician Assistants - Acute
Care to work in the Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital Heart
Center Intensive Care Unit (CMHH HCICU).
The Children's Heart Institute (CHI) is looking for a dedicated
team member to join our Pediatric and Congenital Heart family. We
are a team that is passionate about caring for children and their
families affected by congenital heart disease and committed to the
advancement in healthcare. Our patients in the CMHH HCICU are among
the most complex patients in the world. The diversity of our
program is reflected in the care we provide as well as advanced,
ground-breaking surgeries.
You will be a full-time employee at UTHealth of Houston and work as
part of the team with the Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital. You
will enjoy all of our benefits, including first rate healthcare
options and an outstanding retirement program offered by the State
of Texas.
We reward our team members for the excellent service they provide.
Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a
top healthcare organization (benefits, competitive pay, insurance,
etc.)
What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas'
resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific
discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come
in.
Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward
our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards
package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare
organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:
* 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
* Holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time
* Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
* Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our
employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life
services such as...
* Free financial and legal counseling
* Free mental health counseling services
* Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
* Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals,
cell phones, etc.
* Resources for child and elder care
* Plus many more!
Position Summary:
Provides advanced medical care to patients with complex acute,
critical, and/or chronic health conditions in a clinic or hospital
setting in one or more specialized areas under the direction of a
physician in the Heart Center Intensive Care Unit (HCICU). Schedule
includes a mixed rotation of shifts covering weekdays, nights,
swing, holidays, and weekends.
Position Key Accountabilities:
1. Conducts complex, standardized patient care procedures which
require experience and specialized training which would otherwise
be performed by a physician, but which do not constitute the
practice of medicine.
2. Conducts independent and physician supervised rounding on
unit.
3. Performs relevant patient evaluations and assessments and
provides appropriate treatment; including monitoring and ordering
medications.
4. Coordinates, directs, and implements the patient's plan of
care.
5. Assists in collecting patient histories, screens for
co-morbidities, and provides guidance and preventative health care
as needed.
6. Performs physical examinations and provides episodic care or
problem oriented care under the supervision of a physician.
7. Orders appropriate laboratory, diagnostic and radiographic tests
and interprets the results.
8. Monitors the treatment program of the patient to inform the
attending physician of pertinent medical information.
9. Facilitates patient education relating to medical processes,
medication, nutrition and health promotion or preventive
health.
10. Assists physicians in formulating therapeutic decisions.
11. Maintains appropriate records, and prepares chart documentation
for review and counter signature by the physician.
12. Prepares and cares for supplies and equipment.
13. Responds to emergency situations.
14. Performs within the scope of practice prescribed by licensure
and certification.
15. Performs other duties as assigned.
Certification/Skills:
Current Texas Licensure as a Physician Assistant
Current Physician Assistant certification issued by the National
Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certified or specialty certification as
required by department
Proficient in the use of medical and surgical instruments and
equipment required by work.
Minimum Education:
Master's degree as Physician Assistant. Bachelor's degree as
Physician Assistant with at least two years of professional
experience in the role is acceptable based on terminal degree
requirements at the time of graduation.
Minimum Experience:
None; previous experience in area of clinical focus preferred.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds
frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:
This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive
and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code -
51.215
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