Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiac Surgery
Location Type: On-site
Job Number: 792616
Category: Advanced Practice Provider
Job Number: 792616
Category: Advanced Practice Provider
Why UT Southwestern?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees.
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center is one of the nation’s leading programs, with more than 600 open-heart procedures and more than 500 thoracic procedures performed each year. Our surgeons are continuously involved in clinical and basic science research and are dedicated to finding new therapies that will safely and effectively improve our patients’ quality of life. Educating and training tomorrow’s cardiothoracic surgeons to be the best in every regard is one of our top priorities.
Job Summary
Join a collaborative team of APPs caring for high acuity cardiac surgery patients at Clements University Hospital. You’ll be managing their postoperative hospital course and assisting with drain management, discharge planning, evaluation of consults, etc.. No OR procedures or first assist. Schedule is 12hr day shifts. Rotating weekends once every 5 weeks. We’re looking for an experienced Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Education
Licensure and Certification
Experience
One-year relevant clinical experience strongly preferred.
Job Duties
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Working Conditions
Work is performed primarily in a clinical environment. The incumbent may be exposed to body fluids and infectious diseases.
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UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.
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As the only academic medical center in North Texas – and home to an acclaimed research center and medical school boasting several Nobel Prize winners – UT Southwestern offers you a unique environment to learn and grow. This is a collaborative environment supported with comprehensive resources that help us redefine the standard for innovative patient care.
Coupled with an exceptional benefits package that includes a generous pension plan and much more, UT Southwestern offers APPs like you the compelling blend of clinical challenge, professional growth, and personal satisfaction that can elevate a career to extraordinary levels.
Our APPs enjoy full access to a wide range of dynamic and career-enhancing professional development programs, including:
This defined professional development track supports the increased proficiency and expertise necessary to provide our patients with the most advanced care possible – even as it empowers our APPs to reach top-of-license within their scope of practice.
We offer both novice and experienced APPs the opportunity to partner with a mentor to help support, enhance, and develop their careers along specific professional tracks.
To support the lifelong education of our staff, we’ve created a one-stop online shop with extensive materials specifically designed for APPs.
With lecturers from all disciplines, this series of monthly forums fosters interdisciplinary collaboration while offering APPs valuable opportunities to review and discuss clinical patient management and evaluate important issues confronted by our providers.