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Job Title

Family Nurse Practitioner

Agency

Texas A&M University Health Science Center

Department

College Of Nursing

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

Bryan, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

Our Commitment

Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment by promoting a culture that respects all perspectives, talents & lived experiences. Embracing varying opinions and perspectives strengthens our corevalues which are: Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service.

Who we are

As one of the fastest-growing academic health centers in the nation, Texas A&M Health (https://health.tamu.edu/index.html) encompasses five colleges and numerous centers and institutes working together to improve health through transformative education, innovative research and team-based health care delivery.

What we want

Join the College of Nursing in an innovative partnership with Bluebonnet Trails Community Services to deliver primary care in an integrated behavioral health setting. As a Family Nurse Practitioner, you’ll provide direct care to patients with psychiatric, substance use, and mental/behavioral health conditions, working collaboratively with mental health professionals to improve outcomes in Central Texas.

What you need to know

Salary: W ill be commensurate based on the selected hire’s education and experience .

Schedule: Full-Time

Please note: This position is grant funded; future employment may be contingent upon future funding .

Apply! Submitting a cover letter, resume/CV to assist us with the review process. You may upload these documents to the application under CV/Resume .

Required Education and Experience

+ Master’s degree in nursing or equivalent combination of education and experience.

+ One year directly related experience serving as a family nurse practitioner

Required Licenses and Certifications

+ Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP), licensed Registered Nurse (RN), and CPR certified.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Prior experience in MAT

+ Bilingual

Responsibilities

Patient Care and Management

+ Performs history, psychosocial, and physical examinations, diagnosis acute and chronic primary care conditions, formulates therapeutic plans of care, ordering and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic tests, primary care medication management and provides education to patients and their families.

+ Coordinates the care of patients in order to provide safe, effective, efficient and timely patient-centered care.

+ Liaises between clinical staff and consult services.

+ Care plans and execution of those plans should encompass the entire service to tie the service together.

+ Consults with physicians and other members of the healthcare team regarding the care of patients with complex diagnosis.

+ Works in a collaborative relationship with other health professionals to determine health needs of patients and families.

+ Demonstrates and role models an interdisciplinary collaborate approach to patient care.

+ Coordinate the patient care plan and communicate with the integrated behavioral healthcare team.

Documentation and Record Keeping

+ Documents patient care.

+ Documents clinical encounters clearly, precisely, and in a timely manner.

+ Maintains and monitors patient records, assesses healthcare needs, and provides patient education.

Clinical Consultation and Education

+ Serves as a clinical resource for staff through consultation formal and informal education, review of literature and participation in seminars, conferences and simulation.

+ Collaborates with both family practice and psychiatry physicians

+ Promotes costs savings and optimal patient experience in primary care

+ Applies, models and teaches evidence-based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral for Treatment SBIRT in clinical setting.

Professional Development and Improvement

+ Participates in rapid cycle continuous process improvement.

+ Participates in scholarly projects as appropriate.

+ Serves on committees, providing presentations and participating in divisional staff development.

+ Participates in grant data reporting

+ Pursues Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) waiver within 12 months of employment.

Why Texas A&M University?

We are a prestigious university with strong traditions, Core Values, and a community of caring and collaboration.   Amenities associated with a major university, such as sporting and cultural events, state-of-the-art recreation facilities, the Bush Library and Museum, and much more await you.   Experience all that a big city has to offer but with a reasonable cost-of-living and no long commutes.

+ Medical, (https://www.tamus.edu/benefits/medical/) prescription drug, dental, (https://www.tamus.edu/benefits/dental/) vision, life and AD&D, (https://www.tamus.edu/benefits/life-add/) flexible spending accounts , and long-term disability insurance (https://www.tamus.edu/benefits/long-term-disability/) with Texas A&M contributing to employee health and basic life premiums

+ 12-15 days (https://employees.tamu.edu/employee-relations/leave/index.html) of annual paid holidays

+ Up to eight hours of paid sick leave (https://employees.tamu.edu/employee-relations/leave/paid/sick.html)   and at least   eight hours of paid vacation (https://employees.tamu.edu/employee-relations/leave/paid/vacation.html)   each month

+ Automatic enrollment in the   Teacher Retirement System of Texas  (https://www.trs.texas.gov/Pages/Homepage.aspx)

+ Health and Wellness: Free exercise programs and release time (https://flourish.tamu.edu/wellness-release-time/)

+ Professional Development: All employees have access to free   LinkedIn Learning (https://linkedinlearning.tamu.edu/)   training, webinars, and limited financial support to attend conferences, workshops, and more

+ Educational release time and tuition assistance (https://livingwell.tamu.edu/employee-tuition-assistance)   for completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee

+ Living Well, (https://livingwell.tamu.edu/) a program at Texas A&M that has been built by employees, for employees

Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered, or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to prepopulate the online application.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.