Location:
Mansfield Multi-speciality Clinic and Urgent Care Center
Department:
Mansfield UCC
Shift:
Varying Shifts (United States of America)
Standard Weekly Hours:
36
Summary:
The Urgent Care Advanced Practice team is made up of over 60 fantastic and dedicated NPs and PAs who share a love for the pediatric population. We have great collaboration with our clinical staff and physicians as well as strong support from our leadership.
Our full-time APPs enjoy fantastic benefits, and our yearly PTO simply cannot be beat! Our new hire training consists of two phases which are custom built to each experience level. Our mentors guide the immersion into our urgent care clinic, and work alongside you.
- Full-time Schedule: 3 twelve hour shifts/week
- Part-time Schedule: 2 twelve hour shifts/week.
- PTO/CME/Comprehensive health and retirement benefits
The APP will function in a collaborative practice with the physician(s) in an Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) setting. The APP will autonomously perform patient assessments, form diagnoses and interventions according to approved protocols and evidence-based medicine. The APP will treat an average number of UCC patients per hour based on the requirements per UCC policy. The APP will prescribe a variety of modalities to meet the needs of the patient and families presenting to the UCC, up to and including, discharge from the UCC or facilitation of a referral and/or transport to a facility of a higher level of care and prescriptive authority.
Education and Experience
Preference is given to APPs with critical care, ED or urgent care experience.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
Master’s Degree in Nursing as Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and Family or Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification required. Minimum 1 year of pediatric nursing experience or related specialized area strongly preferred.
Physician Assistants
Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies and a minimum 1 year of experience in related specialized areas strongly preferred.
Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
- Current Texas professional registered nurse license
- Current Texas professional advanced practice registered nurse license
- Certified as a Family or Pediatric Nurse Practitioner required
- Current Basic Life Support (CPR) required
- Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required
Physician Assistants
- Current Texas professional physician assistant license
- Certified as a PA-C
- Current Basic Life Support (CPR) required
- Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required
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About Cook Children’s:
Our not-for-profit organization is comprised of a flagship medical center in Fort Worth, Texas, a new medical center in Prosper, Texas, a physician network, home health company, surgery centers, health plan, health services, and health foundation. With more than 60 primary, specialty and urgent care locations throughout Texas, families can access our top-ranked specialty programs and network of services to meet the unique needs of their child. Cook Children's is honored to continually receive recognition for our outstanding efforts and outcomes in pediatric health care.
At Cook Children's, we're more than a health care system––we're your friends, neighbors and even family members. And we're parents too, so we can see the world through your eyes. We see what you're going through––and how we can help you and your child get the best care and support possible.
Cook Children's is an EOE/AA, Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.