Description

Specialization:
Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Job Summary:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Graduate of an accredited Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care Program or Physician Assistant program
• Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Licensure or PA licensure
• Current Nurse Practitioner certification in Pediatric Acute Care
• Current provider card in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS); PALS provider card as required by department and facility
• Eligible for hospital privileges
• Previous experience with Pediatric Cardiac ICU or Congenital Heart Surgery required

• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical and ongoing clinical assessments for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill perioperative and post-operative patients
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs such as x-rays, EKGs and laboratory tests
• Provides relevant management, referrals, counseling, and education to patients, families and caregivers related to patient’s condition and current care
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
• Demonstrates proficiency in technical/procedural skills, as appropriate based on specialty and training
• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients
• Proficient use of EMR in the delivery of care
• Organizes and participates in weekly Multidisciplinary Case Conferences

• Employed position
• Competitive salary

• Our dedicated team of pediatric congenital heart disease specialists and surgeons provide meticulous and compassionate, multi-disciplinary approach in caring for the special needs of both mom and baby
• Our expert team, including board-certified surgeons and nurse practitioners, bring expertise in congenital heart surgery, achieving outcomes for patients that surpass national standards

• 100 NICU beds and a 12-bed dedicated congenital heart unit with a 12-bed step down unit
• They cover a robust number of neonates with complex congenital heart disease, some adults, and no transplants
• The Congenital Heart Program at Medical City Children’s performs over 250 cardiac surgical cases each year in addition to the utilization of the interventional catheterization lab and electrophysiology lab
• The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Medical City Children’s is a dedicated 12-bed unit with a 7-bed overflow/stepdown housed alongside the largest Level IV NICU in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex
• Level IV NICU
• Level I PICU
• Level IV Maternal Designation
• Congenital Heart Center
• Fetal surgery
• Maternal fetal institute
• Scoliosis and spine care
• Adult hospital on the same campus
• DFWChild Readers - Best hospital to have a baby
• DFWChild Readers - Best childbirth classes in Dallas County
• U.S. News & World Report - Best hospital in Texas