The Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant assume responsibility for the health assessment and/or primary care for a select population of patients.  

Essential job functions:
•    Provides comprehensive health assessments (initial and ongoing), screening, develops plan of care, and evaluates outcomes on patient population.
•    Initiates treatment for patients with commonly occurring health problems which lie within the nurse specialist’s scope of practice by using a systematic approach to history and physical appraisal of patients and/or families through clinical judgment of evaluated data.  Prescribes, coordinates, delegates and evaluates care.
•    Prescribes medications listed in the approved institutional formulary as a function delegated by the physician consultant(s) to the practice.
•    Monitors patients with stabilized long term or chronic illness and aids and supports individuals and their families during the dying process.
•    Plans appropriate care utilizing community resources and acts as a liaison by relaying information necessary for continuity of care to other health professionals and agencies.
•    Instructs individual and/or families or groups about health or defined health problems.

Nurse Practitioner
Current Texas Licensure as a Registered Nurse.
Current Texas Licensure as an APRN-NP.

Physician Assistant
Current Texas Licensure as a Physician Assistant
Current Physician Assistant certification issued by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants

At least two (2) years’ experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant preferred.
Bilingual (English and Spanish) preferred.