APC - Rapid Treatment

Job Summary

The NP/PA is an Advanced Practice Clinician who will manage patients in an innovative outpatient clinic at Kelsey Seybold. Candidate will evaluate and treat higher acuity patients in the clinic and infusion setting. This position provides opportunities to apply critical thinking and direct care to patients that would otherwise seek medical care in the ER.

Kelsey Seybold Clinic accepts H1B Visas.

Responsibilities

• Triage, assess, document, and treat referred patients.
• Utilize evidence based medical practices in the delivery of all patient care.
• Maintains an attitude of inquiry towards medical practices and patient care outcomes
• Adapts behavior to the specific patient population, including but not limited to: respect for privacy, method of introduction to the patient, adapting explanation of services or procedures to be performed, requesting permissions and communication style.
• Infusion center coverage for reactions or urgent medical needs
• Other related duties as required i.e., telephonic follow-up with patients, review ordered labs after discharge from clinic.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work only. They are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties, and skills. Other duties may be added, or this description amended at any time. Remains knowledgeable on current federal, state and local laws, accreditation standards or regulatory agency requirements that apply to the assigned area of responsibility and ensures compliance with all such laws, regulations and standards.

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice in state of Texas.
• Required – Masters’ Degree in Nursing – Family Nurse Practitioner or Adult/Geriatric Nurse Practitioner ANCC or AANPCP Certified for Family Nurse Practitioner.
• Physician Assistant: NCCPA-Certified.
• Current prescriptive authority.
• DEA license
• BCLS, ACLS certified
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to present information clearly and professionally.
• 1 - 3 years’ related working experience preferred
• Knowledge and ability to start vascular access and administration of medications preferred
• Advanced vascular access certification preferred
• Must be able to work Monday-Friday 9a-6p. No call.

About Kelsey-Seybold Clinic

• Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is Houston's premier multispecialty group practice, founded in 1949 by Dr.
• Mavis Kelsey in Houston's renowned Texas Medical Center.
• More than 850 physicians and allied health professionals practice at over 40 locations in the Greater Houston area.
• Kelsey-Seybold offers quality medical care in more than 65 medical specialties.
• The organization operates the largest freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center in the state of Texas and offers state-of-the-art Varian TrueBeam and Varian Edge radiation therapy technology at a nationally accredited Cancer Center.
• An accredited Sleep Center, comprehensive laboratory services, advanced imaging, and diagnostics, 18 onsite Kelsey pharmacies and one specialty pharmacy, and MyKelseyOnline, a secure patient portal, are part of its comprehensive offerings.
• Kelsey-Seybold partners with major insurers to offer value-based commercial health plans and is in-network with major insurance plans.
• KelseyCare Advantage, a Medicare Advantage plan offered to Houston-area beneficiaries and affiliated with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, has achieved an overall rating of 5-out-of-5-stars as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid CMS annual assessment for eight consecutive years, including 2024.

Kelsey-Seybold has been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as the nation’s first accredited Accountable Care Organization and a Level 3 (highest) Patient-Centered Medical Home. Kelsey-Seybold has many physicians in the Greater Houston area certified for excellence in diabetes and heart and stroke care by the NCQA. In addition to these recognitions, Kelsey-Seybold is home to a nationally accredited Breast Diagnostic Center, and Endoscopy Center.

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by organizational policy or by federal, state, or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. Kelsey-Seybold is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and desires priority referrals of protected veterans.