Advanced Practice Provider I - Inpatient Palliative Care

Job Title
Location: Parkland: 14th FLR BLK 600
Primary Purpose

Responsible for providing health care for patients in designated primary or specialty areas, including patient diagnoses, treatment, education, and referrals. Serves as a resource and role model for clinical practice, training, evaluation, and direct management of practitioners and students in all areas encompassed by the service line to ensure optimal patient care quality. Assist leadership in assessing, planning, organizing, and implementing designated advanced practice provider activities.

Minimum Specifications
Education
• Physician Assistant: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university and successful completion of an accredited Physician Assistant Program recognized by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or its predecessors.
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN): Master's degree in nursing accredited through the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. (ACEN).
Experience
• None
Equivalent Education and/or Experience
• Current employees hired at Parkland before March 1, 2014, may have an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Certification/Registration/Licensure
• Must have a current healthcare provider BLS for Healthcare Providers certification from one of the following: American Heart Association, American Red Cross, Military Training Network.
• Physician Assistant: Current, valid Physician Assistant licensure from the Texas Board of Physician Assistants. Current certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (Nurse Practitioner): Current RN licensure from the Texas Board of Nursing, or a valid Compact