Physician Assistant - Surgical Hospitalist (Katy)

Position: Physician Assistant - Surgical Hospitalist

Talent Area: Advanced Practice Providers

Full/Part Time: Full time

Department: West Campus Hospitalists

Shift: 7a-7p Every Saturday and Sunday and one week day per week

Job ID: 418995

We are searching for a Physician Assistant who is motivated to work in an exciting pediatric setting!

In this position, you will practice in an advanced role to provide developmentally appropriate and age-appropriate health maintenance for well children, episodic care for ill children, and comprehensive care for children with chronic conditions. The PA works under a delineation of clinical privileges and will work collaboratively with other members of the health care team. Practice under established guidelines and clinical protocols, the PA assumes independent and interdependent responsibilities in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of treatment and procedures. Job duties are performed in a manner that is developmentally appropriate for the ages of patients served. As an advanced practice provider, the PA is responsible for education, research, consultation, and evaluation of clinical practice at various levels.

This team provides inpatient rounding and emergency center consults 24/7, 365-days a year for various surgical subspecialties including but not limited to plastics, orthopedics, urology, otolaryngology, and general surgery, collaborating with attending physician, fellow and resident colleagues. The team routinely performs independent bedside procedures.

This position is for weekend coverage and one weekday per week.

Qualifications:

• Required Bachelor's Degree
• PA -Cert-Physician Assistant by the Texas Medical Board
• Pediatric or surgical experience preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Daily utilizes advanced practice knowledge and skills to systematically collect and evaluate health assessment data, and to manage a caseload of patients
• Administers or provides medications as delegated by authorizing physician
• Orders and interprets diagnostic tests
• Consistently demonstrates effective communication skills and works to eliminate communication barriers
• Provides the full spectrum of health care services to include health promotion, disease prevention, health protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling and disease management
• Consistently serves as an educational resource for the patient and family, community, and other health care professionals
• Consistently applies new knowledge relevant to population specific clinical practice
• Demonstrates current professional, managerial, and/or technical knowledge and skills
• Participates in departmental Quality Improvement program annually
• As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

About Texas Childrens

Since 1954, Texas Childrens has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best childrens hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this citys Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Childrens comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Childrens Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children s Health Plan, the nation s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

Texas Childrens is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.