The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (APRN/PA) for the Department of Hospital Medicine. This role involves promoting and maintaining the health of hospital medicine patients across the care continuum, supporting inpatient hospitalist programs in a fast-paced, 24/7 inpatient environment. The ideal candidate is a patient-centered, highly collaborative clinician with strong clinical judgment and autonomy, committed to service excellence and academic engagement.

Practice Info

• Department of Hospital Medicine operates 24/7/365
• Inpatient daytime role
• Support day, nocturnal, weekend, holiday, and surge coverage
• Collaborate with attending physicians and multidisciplinary teams
• Participate in clinical research
• Teach and mentor advanced practice students, house officers, medical students, and nursing staff

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments, including medical history, physical examinations, and psychosocial evaluations
• Evaluate patient outcomes in collaboration with attending physicians and adjust treatment plans accordingly
• Monitor and interpret laboratory, radiographic, and procedural data to support patient disposition decisions
• Communicate assessment findings, diagnostic results, and treatment updates effectively to physicians, multidisciplinary team members, patients, and family members
• Promote collaboration and open communication among healthcare team members, colleagues, and partner organizations
• Provide patient and family education regarding diagnoses, treatment options, side-effect management, and anticipatory guidance
• Participate in and support clinical research protocols by interviewing patients, reviewing eligibility criteria, and identifying potential candidates for studies
• Participate in the education and mentoring of advanced practice nursing students, house officers, and medical students

Compensation

• Salary range: Min-$115,500 - Midpoint - $146,500 - Maximum - $176,500 based on a 40 hour work week

Benefits

• Paid employee medical benefits (zero premium) starting on first day for employees who work 30 or more hours per week
• Group Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D and Disability coverage
• Paid time off (PTO) and Extended Illness Bank (EIB) paid leave accruals
• Paid institutional holidays, wellness leave, childcare leave, and other paid leave programs
• Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service
• Teachers Retirement System defined-benefit pension plan and two voluntary retirement plans
• Employer paid life, AD&D and an illness-related reduced salary pay program
• Extensive wellness, recognition, fitness, employee health programs and employee resource groups

Shift & Schedule

• Inpatient daytime role covering 6:30am-5:00pm
• Working 7on-7off shift (Tuesday-Mondays)
• Nocturnal shifts will also be supported by the hospitalist advanced practice providers for after-hours and weekend coverage, rotating holidays and COVID coverage

Requirements

• Master's Degree Nursing or Doctorate Nursing Practice
• Degree may be waived for applicants who obtained recognition as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse from the Texas State Board of Nursing prior to 1/1/2003
• Graduate education and related Texas Board of Nursing authorization must be consistent with clinical practice area and patient population
• Written authorization from the Texas Board of Nursing to function as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse upon hire
• APRN - Adv Practice Registered Nurse upon hire or ACNP - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner upon hire or ACNPC - Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - AACCNCC upon hire or ACAGNP - Acute Care Adult/Geron NP upon hire or AGACNP - Adult-Gerontology AcuteCare NP upon hire or ACNPC-AG - Cert AD GEY Acute Care NP upon hire or AGPCNP -Adult-Gero Primary Care NP upon hire or AGNP -Adult/Gerontology NP upon hire or ACPNP -Acute Care Pediatric Nurs Prac upon hire or ANP - Adult Nurse Practitioner upon hire or FNP - Family Nurse Practitioner upon hire or GNP - Gerontological Nurse Prac upon hire or PNP - Pediatric Nurse Practit upon hire or PMHNP - Psych/Mental Health NP upon hire or WHNP - Womans Health Nurse Pract. upon hire or APNPAdv Pract Nurse/Prescriptive upon hire
• Related authorization must be consistent with clinical practice area and patient population upon hire
• BLS - Basic Life Support upon hire
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support if working in Pediatric - Patient Care (113100) upon hire
• May be required: Authorization for limited prescriptive authority by the Texas Board of Nursing upon hire