Baylor St. Luke's Health Advanced Practice Provider Float Pool - Lufkin, TX

Job Summary:  Candidate will join a newly formed Advanced Practice Provider pool for coverage in our various clinics across the CommonSpirit Health Texas Market more specifically Lufkin/San Augustine area.  The ideal candidate will have a strong focus on clinical excellence and patient satisfaction in a collaborative environment to provide direct patient care.  Candidate will display exceptional interpersonal skills and desire to develop strong ties with the community and existing medical staff.  Prior experience in Urgent Care setting would be beneficial but not a mandatory.

Experience:  1-3 Years’ experience preferred, but new grads also happily considered

Required Skills:

• Flexible and willing to support organizational needs with regard to healthcare and market changes
• Solid clinical expertise with a commitment to patient care outcomes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to serve as a team member and clinical leader in the workplace
• Customer service oriented

Education and Certifications required: 

• Master’s degree Graduate from an approved PA or NP program;
• Texas license,
• National Board Certification
• BLS (active).

Core Competencies for Advanced Practice Clinicians (APC)

• Obtain and record medical history;
• Perform physical examinations including rectal and pelvic exams as appropriate;
• Order, conduct, and interpret appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including but not limited to laboratory test etc. as applicable to specialty coverage;
• Formulate a diagnosis ;
• Identify and prescribe appropriate pharmacologic agents and non-pharmacologic interventions as allowed by the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners, Texas Board of Medicine, Prescriptive Authority/Collaborative Practice Agreement, And DEA regulations ;
• Educate and counsel  patients and families according to diagnosis ;
• Make appropriate referrals to patient and family;

We are part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. It was created in February 2019 through the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health.  CommonSpirit Health is committed to creating healthier communities, delivering exceptional patient care, and ensuring every person has access to quality health care. With its national office in Chicago and a team of approximately 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, CommonSpirit Health operates 142 hospitals and more than 700 care sites across 21 states. In FY 2018, Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health had combined revenues of $29.2 billion and provided $4.2 billion in charity care, community benefit, and unreimbursed government programs. Learn more at www.commonspirit.org

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