Advanced Practice Provider (APRN or Physician Assistant) - Pediatrics Patient Care

REQUIREMENTS 

Education

Required:  (APRN)- 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.

Required: (PA)-  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.  
 

Experience

Preferred:  One year of APRN or PA experience in Pediatrics Oncology. 

Licensures/Certifications

Required:  (APRN)- 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.   MAY BE REQUIRED: Authorization for limited prescriptive authority by the Texas Board of Nursing.

Required: (PA)- PA certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants. Licensed by the Texas State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners. Eligible to be granted limited prescriptive authority by the State of Texas. All of the following:  MAY BE REQUIRED:  Eligible to be granted limited prescriptive authority by the State of Texas.
 

Basic Life Support (BLS). Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) If working in the following departments: Pediatric - Patient Care (113100). 

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.

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