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Elevance Health Regional Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) – Paragon Healthcare in KATY, Texas

Regional Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)– Paragon Infusion Centers

A proud member of the Elevance Health family of companies, Paragon Healthcare brings over 20 years in providing life-saving and life-giving infusible and injectable drug therapies through our specialty pharmacies, our infusion centers, and the home setting.

Location : Katy, TX

This position will be based at our Katy, TX Infusion Center with the expectation to travel to our Houston area centers for coverage as needed. This is a full time, float position.

Schedule: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm or 7am – 7pm depending on location.

The Regional Family Nurse Practitioner – Paragon Infusion Centers is responsible for patient care within his/her scope of practice in the clinical setting.

How You Will Make an Impact

Primary duties may include, but are not limited to:

  • Prepare (including mixing medications) and administer ordered therapies according to prescriber order, facility protocols, INS standards and company policy and procedures.

  • Completes admission process as directed by Center Director.

  • Performs physical assessment on each patient as warranted and for new consults as warranted by the patient diagnosis.

  • Documents all pertinent data in the patient’s medical record.

  • Reports all significant changes or observations to the Center Director and is responsible for the follow up on any problem which is identified.

  • Reports all significant changes or observations to the referring provider, and Medical Director as warranted, and is responsible for communicating effectively with other members of the IV team on patient status and observations.

  • Maintains patient confidentiality at all times by abiding by HIPAA laws and regulations.

  • Evaluates the patient’s response to therapy and documents this finding in the medical record.

  • Educates patients and/or family members regarding therapy plan.

  • Participates in the Quality Improvement program.

  • Ensures that all medication orders are complete, appropriate, accurate and up to date prior to treatment.

  • Provides clinical coverage for nurse practitioners on PTO/LOA and may also support new market launches. May require extensive travel to worksite and other locations as necessary.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Requires an MS in Nursing and minimum of 2 years of related experience with clinical emphasis for nurse practitioner; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

  • Experience with IV's required.

  • Current, active, valid, and unrestricted NP license to practice as a healthcare professional within the scope of license in applicable state required in applicable state required.

  • Requires active, current, and valid Family Nurse Practitioner Certification.

  • Multi-state licensure is required if this individual is providing services in multiple states.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • BLS certification highly preferred.

  • Minimum of 1 year infusion experience preferred.

  • Minimum of 1 year IV insertion experience preferred.

  • Minimum of 1 year experience in a specialty area, such as family medicine, internal medicine, rheumatology, or endocrinology preferred.

  • Satisfactory completion of a Tuberculosis test is a requirement for this position and Hepatitis B vaccine or signed waiver.

  • Availability to travel to our Houston area locations.

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