General Surgery Nurse Practitioner

apartment HCA Healthcare location_onTX 77429, US

Description

Specialization:
Acute Care

Job Summary:

HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress is seeking to recruit a General Surgery focused Nurse Practitioner (NP) for employment to a busy General Surgery group based in the north Houston suburb community of North Cypress.

Qualified Candidates:

Acute care APP training and experience with general surgery is strongly preferred.
Must be able to obtain or maintain an active Texas medical license.
Ability to communicate general surgery plans with primary team.
Maintenance of acute care certification.

Incentives/Benefits:

This is an employment opportunity with HCA Houston Healthcare - offering a competitive salary.
Comprehensive benefits include health, dental, vision, malpractice coverage, 401K and paid time off.
No nights or weekends required.

About the Opportunity/Hospital:

Hours are roughly 8 am - 5 pm, Monday - Friday, but some days may start earlier, or end later.
Duties include rounding on inpatient general surgery patients as a consult service, evaluating patients before and after procedures.
Two days of clinic per week.
Operating Room participation welcomed but not required.

About HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress:

HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress is the newest addition to a growing complement of hospitals in the Houston area – a 163-bed general acute care hospital, founded by local physicians who wanted to create a sophisticated, upscale, patient-friendly healthcare environment for their community
Services include the latest, state-of-the-art medical technology and equipment, well-respected area physicians, and an upscale 5-star hotel-like ambiance
Two (2) xi da Vinci robots
Designed with patients and physicians in mind, North Cypress aims to be the hospital of choice for the Northwest corridor
With 400 physicians on staff and 1,400 healthcare professionals employed, HCA Houston North Cypress has been providing high-quality healthcare for more than 10 years

The desirable suburb of Cypress sits just twenty miles NW of Houston, the nations fourth-largest city. The most diverse city in America has a lot to offer, including professional sports teams, the theater and museum districts, hundreds of clubs and live music venues. With its gigantic Galleria and more, Houston is a shoppers paradise. Houstons sunny climate makes it easy to enjoy the municipal parks, jogging paths, and bike trails. Piney woods, area lakes, Galveston Bay, and sunny Gulf Coast beaches are all less than an hour away. Families will appreciate the excellence of the areas public and private schools and availability of institutions of higher learning. Texas is a tort-reform state with no state income tax, making it an exceptional place to live and work.

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