Advanced Practice Practitioner- Outpatient Orthopedic

Job Title & Specialty Area: Advanced Practice Practitioner- Outpatient Orthopedics

Department: Andrews Institute-Children’s Medical Center Plano

Location: Children's Specialty Center Fairview

Work Schedule: Full-time 40 hours per week; four-10 hour shifts Tuesday- Friday

Clinic Information

Children’s Health Specialty Center Fairview is an affiliation with Children’s Health Medical Center Plano’s Andrews Institute. Andrews Institute will operate a pediatric orthopedic and sports medicine clinic within the specialty center. The specialty center is scheduled to open in October 2025 and will offer an inclusive range of orthopedic out-patient care with a focus on fracture care, sports medicine care, and concussion care.

Job Type: On-Site

Why Children’s Health?

At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.

Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.

Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.

Summary

The Advanced Practice Practitioner functions as a health care provider within a particular specialty service providing age-appropriate care to a culturally diverse patient population. The Advanced Practice Practitioner works interdependently and independently within the health care team providing care that is family-centered as well as efficient, respectful of time, and fiscally responsible. This role supports the organizational mission of making life better for children by improving access to care, providing continuity of care as well as ensuring the delivery of quality care.

Highlighted Responsibilities

• Enhances communication and collaborative relationships with multidisciplinary healthcare team members
• Assist families in identifying goals and priorities, and help with decision-making
• Provide emotional, social, educational and psychosocial support
• Help arrange supportive home care services
• Provides direct clinical care in an expanded role guided by education, certification, licensure, clinical expertise and Prescriptive Authority Agreement or Delegation Protocol that incorporates comprehensive assessment skills, diagnostic ability, critical thinking, independent decision-making, collaborative management of health and illness problems, leadership within complex systems, and the ability to critically analyze and translate research findings into practice.
• Evaluates patient response to interventions and modifies care plan as necessary to achieve desired outcomes.
  
  

Work Experience

How You’ll Be Successful:

• At least two years job related experience preferred
• At least two years experience in pediatrics nursing preferred
• Experience within pediatric orthopedics preferred
  
  

EDUCATION

• Graduate or professional work or advanced degree; or equivalent experience Advanced Professional Education to support required licensing required.
• A minimum of a master’s degree (Nursing or Physician Assistant Studies) is required.
  
  

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Current license in the state of Texas (RN and APRN for Nurse Practitioner, PA for Physician Assistant), required.
• Appropriate accompanying board certification to state license, required.
• Current CPR/BLS for the Healthcare Provider from the American Heart Association, upon hire required.
• APN: Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Texas (or current valid Compact RN license) upon hire required.
• APN: Current certification as a Nurse Practitioner by a national certifying body recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing in the appropriate population focus area upon hire required.
• PA: Current certificate issued by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants upon hire required.
• APN & PA: BLS Certification from the American Heart Association required upon hire
• APN & PA: Current NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) certification if practicing in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) upon hire required.
• APN & PA with hospital privileges: Current PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certification 180 days required.
  
  

JOB PROFILE

• Requires depth within a specialized, critical discipline and/or breadth of substantive professional knowledge that crosses disciplines within the professional field
• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services
• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and /or complexity
• Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions
• Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies
• Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations
• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view
  
  

A Place Where You Belong

We put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children’s Health a place where everyone can contribute.

Holistic Benefits – How We’ll Care For You

• Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.
• 4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure
• Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)
• Caregiver Leave
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
  
  

As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.