Registered Nurse Practitioner, Gastrointestinal

Are you looking for a rewarding career with family-friendly hours and top-notch benefits? We’re looking for qualified Nurse Practitioners like you to join our Texas Health family.

Work location: Texas Health Plano, 6200 West Parker Road, Plano, Texas, 75096

Work Hours: Full Time, 40 Hours, 4 10-hour Days, Monday – Friday with rotating weekends

GI Department Highlights:

· Fellowship trained Gastroenterologists specializing in advanced procedures

· Level II Trauma Center

Specializing in Bariatrics, Biliary, Manometry and Barryx

· Dedicated room for advanced/special procedures

Since 1991, Texas Health Plano has served the communities of Plano, Frisco, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson, and McKinney. We’re a 386-bed, full-service hospital serving North Texas with incredible care and amazing people. We specialize in emergency medicine and trauma, cardiology, neurosurgery and spine, advanced orthopedics, women’s services, adult and adolescent behavioral health, an adult intensive care unit and state of the art and technologically advanced surgical services. Plus, we’re a Level II Trauma Facility, the only health care facility in Collin County to have achieved both the Level IV NICU and Level IV Maternal facility designation and have a DNV-certified Comprehensive Stroke Program.

Texas Health Plano is a four-time Magnet-designated hospital, the only AACN Beacon Gold adult intensive care unit in the DFW area, accredited by the Joint Commission in Hip and Knee Replacement and a Primary Heart Attack Center. We offer top-notch benefits including an on-site childcare center created for working parents. You belong here.

DHere’s What You Need

· Bachelor’s Degree Graduate of an accredited nursing program required AND

· Master’s Degree Graduate of Nurse Practitioner program required

· Other – CLIAFE – Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency required

· 2 years of experience as Nurse Practitioner preferred

· Acute Care certification preferred

· 1 year experience in GI preferred

· RN – Registered Nurse upon hire required AND

· APRN – Advance Practice Registered Nurse upon hire required AND

· NP – Nurse Practitioner upon hire required

· ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 30 days preferred And

· BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support (prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly) required

Here’s What You Will Do

· Utilize principles and skills in communication and interviewing techniques in obtaining a comprehensive health history to formulate a plan of care and make decisions for appropriate therapeutic

· Use principles and skills in advanced health assessment for differentiating normal and abnormal findings

• Synthesize knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, culture, and socioeconomics to access, evaluate, and provide therapeutic interventions to patients

• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to improve care processes in order to promote continuity of care

• Initiate actions to meet patients/families’ needs

• Take actions to reduce patients risks

• Perform specialty specific technical procedures safely and proficiently

• Produce documentation that initiates, follows, and revises patients' plan of care

• Focus on adherence to clinical pathways, protocols, and policies to ensure high reliability of clinical program

• Promote population health through the evaluation of care delivery models as they pertain to community, environmental, cultural and socio-economical dimensions of health.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Nurse

· Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program, well as several other benefits.

· Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

· Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).

· A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

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Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org .

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