Summary

The Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine is seeking a full-time Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) to join the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at Texas Children’s Hospital. This faculty position is dedicated to the care of critically ill children with congenital and acquired heart disease and offers a unique opportunity for an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) seeking a career in pediatric cardiac critical care.

The primary clinical site is Texas Children's Hospital, one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the United States and an affiliated hospital of Baylor College of Medicine. The Section of Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics is a multidisciplinary team of attending critical care physicians, advanced practice providers (nurse practitioners and physician assistants), physician trainees, and research support personnel committed to the care of critically ill children.

The Texas Children's Hospital Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) is a 48-bed, high-volume pediatric cardiac critical care unit comprising a Neonatal CICU, Pediatric CICU, and a first of its kind Pediatric Heart Failure ICU. In addition to more than 1,000 congenital heart operations annually, Texas Children's is home to an active heart failure program, a busy thoracic organ transplantation service, and one of the largest mechanical circulatory support and VAD programs in the world.

The CICU APP team plays an integral role in the multidisciplinary care of these complex patients. APPs work collaboratively with cardiac intensivists, cardiologists, congenital heart surgeons, physician fellows, and other members of the Heart Center team to provide comprehensive critical care across the CICU. The candidate will join an established CICU faculty including more than 30 attending physicians with specialty training in pediatric cardiology, pediatric critical care, anesthesia, neonatology, and internal medicine; physician instructors training in pediatric cardiac critical care; and a dedicated team of advanced practice providers.

Job Purpose

Provides advanced practice care to critically ill pediatric patients with congenital and acquired heart disease as a member of the Texas Children's Hospital CICU multidisciplinary team.

Job Duties

• Provide day-to-day management of critically ill infants and children with congenital and acquired heart disease in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.
• Collaborate with cardiac intensivists, cardiologists, congenital heart surgeons, fellows, and other multidisciplinary team members in the evaluation and management of CICU patients.
• Perform advanced assessment, diagnostic evaluation, clinical decision-making, and management of complex cardiac critical care patients within the APP scope of practice.
• Participate in all Critical Care Medicine Section and CICU educational activities, including case presentations, quality reviews, didactic teaching, and core lecture series.
• Participate in the education and mentorship of trainees, students, and other healthcare professionals.
• Participate in the CICU clinical coverage schedule, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary stakeholders across the CICU, PICU, neonatology, cardiology, congenital heart surgery, and other Heart Center services.
• Participate in quality improvement, research, education, and other professional development opportunities within the CICU and Section of Critical Care Medicine.

Minimum Qualifications

• Nurse Practitioner: Master's degree in Nursing.
• Physician Assistant: Master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies. NOTE: Bachelor's degree in Physician Assistant Studies accepted based on terminal degree requirements at time of graduation.

Certification/Licensure/Registration:

• • Nurse Practitioner: Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) by the Texas Board of Nursing; current Texas licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN-NP); and specialty certification as required by the department.
  • Physician Assistant: Current license as a Physician Assistant by the Texas Physician Assistant Board and specialty certification as required by the department.
  • Current Basic Life Support (BLS)