Graduate Advanced Practice Provider - Neurosciences - Intensive Care Unit (NSICU)

Launch your advanced practice career with the UTHealth Department of Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit in Houston, TX! We are seeking a Graduate Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) to join our specialized neuroscience care team. In this role, you will provide patient-centered care in a dynamic clinical environment under the direction of a physician while gaining valuable experience caring for patients with complex neurological conditions. This position is designed to support eligible graduate advanced practice providers who are progressing toward required certification, providing an excellent opportunity to build your clinical expertise and begin your career as part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team at UTHealth.

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  
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) 
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue! 
• 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 health care in a clinical setting in an area of specialization under the direction of a physician. This position is designed for incumbents to serve as a Graduate Professional Nurse Practitioner pending certification in accordance with TAC 221.5. Use of this job code requires prior approval from CNO or COO of UT Physicians.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Performs relevant patient assessments and physical examinations under direct supervision.
• Coordinates, directs, and implements patient's plan of care under direct supervision.
• Orders, conducts, and interprets pertinent laboratory and diagnostic studies and procedures under direct supervision.
• Makes medical recommendations and/or referrals under direct supervision.
• Formulates, implements, and evaluates an outcome-based treatment plan under direct supervision.
• Maintains appropriate records detailing the patient's treatment plans and outcomes under direct supervision.
• Facilitates patient education relating to medical processes, medication, nutrition, and health promotion under direct supervision.
• Collaborates with patients, families, other clinicians, and referral services to assist in the patient's recovery under direct supervision.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• Ability to meet clinic-specific competencies and expectations.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to build comprehensive reports and effectively convey information to others.
• Knowledge of patient rights and laws relative to those rights, such as HIPAA
• Ability to verbalize information/directions clearly and concisely.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clinic and department staff.
• Registered Nurse (RN) State Licensure or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) by Texas Board of Nursing (BON) required
• Valid Provisional Authorization Permit for Graduate Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Nurse Practitioner

Minimum Education:

Master's Degree in Nursing as NP or in Nursing with completion of a post masters Nurse Practitioner Certification Program required

Minimum Experience:

None

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 position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.