Neurological Surgery

Nurse Practitioner, Neurosurgery - Ascension Medical Group - Full -Time - Ascension Seton Wiliamson - Round Rock, TX

Why Join Ascension:

When you join Ascension and Ascension Medical Group, you are entering a partnership where physician engagement and experience is recognized as a key driver of delivering excellent patient care.

Your practice will be supported by a robust practice management platform, proven administrative and revenue cycle management services and some of the most current and physician-friendly EHRs on the market.

Physicians benefit from significant professional opportunities, career advancement, training and competitive wages.

What You Will Do:

APP will be working with neurosurgery team at Seton Medical Center Williamson. Requirements include rounding on inpatients, seeing new consults and communicating with on-call physician, possibly assisting in surgery when needed, and possibly seeing patients in in clinic as needed. Good communication skills and ability to work/adapt in a busy neurosurgical practice. Neurosurgery or related experience strongly preferred. Surgical first assisting experience required. Acute Care Certification or Clinical Nurse Specialist with acute care training/educational component required. Main site of practice will be Seton Medical Center Williamson.  Currently this is a Mon-Fri position, no call but may require weekends, taking call, or holidays in the future.

Responsibilities:

• Obtains patient history and performs assessment via observation, interview and examination. Orders, performs and interprets diagnostic studies. Performs preventative health assessments, screening, immunizations and patient care.
• Provides direct treatment and management of health conditions via prescriptive authority or referral to other healthcare providers or community resources.
• Counsels and educates patients and their families/caregivers concerning preventative health, treatment options and community resources.
• Documents delivery of health care and nursing processes in accordance with specific specialty area standards and network nursing policy.

  Licenses/Certifications/Registration:

  • Required Credential(s):
    • Nurse Practitioner credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing
    • Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing
    • Acute Care Certification or Clinical Nurse Specialist with acute care training/educational component required
    • Preferred Credential(s):
      • BLS Provider credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) 
      • Drug Enforcement Admin credentialed from the Drug Enforcement Administration 

        Education:

        • Diploma 
          • Master's degree of Nursing required

            Work Experience:

            • Not accepting applications for new graduates
            • Surgical first assisting experience strongly preferred
            • Neurosurgery experience or related experience strongly preferred

              Seton Healthcare Family is an equal employment opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local equal employment regulations and laws.