For medical professionals at St. David's HealthCare

We want to provide as much information as possible to healthcare professionals, including physicians, mid-level providers, nurses, and other medical professionals. We offer many different programs, fellowships and training.

Our network offers six programs that support your professional development, no matter your experience level. Our graduate nurse education program provides nursing students and registered nurses (RNs) with several options to develop their knowledge and build clinical skills.

As a nursing student, our nurse externship program offers you an excellent opportunity to learn at the bedside. You will sharpen your skills and work closely with hospital unit staff to impact patients' lives before your graduation. One of the benefits of this program is the flexibility of working around your school schedule.

Program overview and features

Our program is an excellent learning opportunity and a chance for you to get the skills you need to succeed. At our program you will:

• Build confidence in your nursing skills
• Complete a minimum of two, 12-hour shifts per month during the program
• Improve your overall nursing knowledge in a hospital setting
• Interview and secure RN residency positions early
• Network with hospital and nursing leaders before graduation
• Schedule your externship training around your current classes and clinicals

Program eligibility requirements

In order to be eligible, you must be currently enrolled, and in good standing at an accredited School of Nursing. You must have your current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

Apply to the nurse externship program

You can apply to the nurse externship program here. If you have any additional questions, you can email our nurse extern recruiter.

We have partnered with local nursing schools to offer the ASE program. It is a good option if you are in your final semester or quarter of nursing school. Additionally, after completing our ASE, you will seamlessly transition into our specialty training apprenticeship for registered nurses (StaRN) residency.

Program overview and features

As an ASE participant, you will complete additional hours working one-on-one with a clinical preceptor in your chosen specialty. You will also receive tailored support from leaders and educators in our network. After completing the program, you'll begin full-time employment in the unit where you completed training. The number of ASE positions available varies depending on our network's needs.

Some of the features of our program include:

• Increased competence and confidence in a specialty area
• Ongoing feedback to ensure progress
• Paid training bonuses
• Personal and professional support
• Position in the StaRN Residency program (after successful completion of ASE)
• Trained, individually assigned preceptors

Specialty areas of interest in the AES program include:

• Critical care
  • Cardiovascular intensive care unit (ICU)
  • Progressive care/intermediate care/trauma care unit
  • Surgical trauma ICU
• Emergency department services
• Medical and surgical services
  • Neurology
  • Oncology/blood cancer unit
  • Orthopedics
  • Rehabilitation
  • Telemetry
• Women’s services
  • High risk antepartum care
  • Labor and delivery assistance
  • Mother and baby care
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Newborn nursery care
• Pediatrics
  • Emergency department services
  • Medical and surgical care
• Surgical services
  • Operating room
  • Outpatient surgery
  • Post anesthesia care unit

Program eligibility requirements

Our program seeks highly motivated students who have demonstrated high clinical performance and leadership abilities. To qualify, you must meet the following requirements:

• Be a nursing student entering their final semester or quarter (see calendar)
• Complete a personal essay: “Why I Should be Accepted into ASE”
• Maintain a preferred minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (equivalent to a B average or higher)
• Submit a program application
• Submit two letters of recommendation from nursing instructors or faculty from the specialty area being applied for

Qualifying applicants will participate in a two-step interview process. The first step will be an interview with the hiring manager. The second step will be interviews with peers from your specialty areas of interest.

We base our program acceptance on the number of available positions in the specialty of interest, the strength of the application and feedback from the interview process. Applicants can expect the ASE program roadmap to follow this path:

• One semester prior to final semester or quarter, student applies for ASE program
• Student interviews with Nurse Manager and Peer Team
• Student shadow shifts, four hours required, an additional 32 hours optional
• Offer extended, Letter of Agreement signed
• Student begins hours in their unit of hire
• Student applies to open requisition; accepts offer; receives stipend
• Student graduates nursing school and ASE program
• Student passes NCLEX
• New graduate RN starts work in unit of hire; receives bonus

Contact our ASE program coordinators for questions

For questions, you can reach out and email our recruiter at any time.

Our StaRN Residency is a continuation of training that begins in our ASE program. It provides new RN graduates the opportunity to obtain acute care experience through an intensive 12-17-week paid internship.

Program overview and features

The program is composed of two parts:

• Part 1: Training
  • Instructor-led classroom training
  • State-of-the-art simulation, including comprehensive debriefs
  • Self-directed learning
  • Training schedule will be Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm
• Part 2: Clinical preceptorship
  • Training with a preceptor precisely matched to you and your area of interest who will help you acclimate to your role
  • Training conducted at the hospital on the unit of hire
  • Regular development meetings among you, your preceptor and their Director
  • Training schedule will be three, 12-hour shifts and rotating weekends at the hospital

StaRN Plus Program

Our StaRN Plus Program provides a pathway for RNs to transition into specialty areas. We base our curriculum on the AACN National Standards of Care.

Are you a high-performing nurse with two years of experience interested in a fellowship that promotes professionalism, leadership and engagement? Our peak fellowship is a new and unique program that provides an exciting avenue for continuing your journey to excellence and career advancement through numerous succession planning courses and experiences.

Program overview and features

This fellowship offers four professional development tracks, plus examples of potential positions you'll be able to pursue after completing your fellowship, including:

• Advanced bedside roles — Fellow will be trained to cover navigator, case manager, quality improvement, inpatient care and palliative care roles
• Education — Prepares fellows for specialty Educator, generalist and residency coordinator positions
• Informatics — Prepares fellows for nursing analytics and clinical analyst positions
• Leadership — Develops fellows for dedicated education units (DEUs), clinical nurse consultant (CNC), manager and director positions

Applicants must meet the following qualifications:

• Be a current St. David's HealthCare employee in good standing
• Be a full-time employee
• Be a hospital or unit committee member
• Be preceptor-certified
• Be a St. David's HealthCare employee for at least six months
• Have at least two years of nursing experience before the start of the fellowship
• Have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree
• Have director-approved participation
• Not currently be in a CNC position

Whether you’re a new RN or an experienced nurse looking for ongoing development, HCA Healthcare’s majority ownership in Galen College of Nursing means it’s easier for you to afford and gain certifications, degrees and job skills with no tuition cap.

Educational support and resources

We are committed to your professional development. Our network offers resources that help you advance your career. Some of these resources include:

• Educational benefits — tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, clinical certification support, HCA Healthcare Scholars Program, Dependent Scholarship Program and education advisors
• Preceptor development — specialized classes and ongoing support to preceptors to enhance their skills and competencies; receive specialized training to support future nurses.

As one of the area's leading providers, we understand the increasing costs of delivering high-quality healthcare. We work to keep costs down yet provide the very best support services. To that end, we draw on the resources of our network's expertise, shared strengths, and best practices for quality outcomes.

Health information technology

St. David's HealthCare stays on the leading edge of technology innovations not just clinically but also concerning documentation and information. Our goals are to increase knowledge, access and share data efficiently with other medical specialists and, ultimately, improve the quality of our care.

Meditech

Meditech is an integrated healthcare information system. As healthcare providers, you'll have direct access to the latest accurate patient information, including:

• Abnormal test results
• Adverse events
• Drug interactions
• Lab results
• Medications
• Possible reactions
• Radiology reports
• Vital statistics

You can also electronically sign your dictated reports without visiting our hospitals' medical records departments.

Picture archive communication system (PACS)

PACS is progressive technology that digitally stores and transmits a patient's medical image to any hospital connected to our market's system. You'll have access to patient information at your home or office with a secure website and high-speed internet. These digital images are cleaner and sharper; you can enlarge images with greater clarity.

Benefits experienced with the market-based implementation of PACS include:

• Direct availability of critical prior and comparison studies
• Faster clinical decision making
• Improved response time for reporting studies
• Increased physician satisfaction via the easy availability of images
• Instant image accessibility in hospitals, physicians' offices and homes permits specialists and radiologists to collaborate on patient cases

Muse

Muse is an online critical care monitoring system that permits physicians to observe electrocardiograms (EKGs) and submit electronic signatures.

You'll have access to our physicians relations team as a member of our physicians' network. This support team collects and provides the information needed to streamline referrals and support physician-to-physician communication.

Your physicians relations contacts are:

• St. David’s Georgetown Hospital – (737) 215-0000
• St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center – (270) 227-0779
• St. David’s North Austin Medical Center/SDSH – (512) 915-0113
• St. David’s Medical Center – (512) 806-3173
• St. David’s South Austin Medical Center – (512) 423-8243

Centralized credentialing

Delivering exceptional care to patients of every age with a spirit of compassion, friendliness and personal focus on our mission at St. David’s HealthCare. So we collaborate with physicians and other medical professionals ("Providers") who have the necessary qualifications and credentials to deliver quality, safe and compassionate medical care to our community.

Credentialing and privileging

We follow federal and state regulatory requirements in our demanding credentialing process. Our accreditation standards includes validating the education, training, licensure and current competence to ensure that privileges are only granted to qualified Providers.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding physician credentialing, please contact our medical staff team or visit the credentialing portal.

• St. David’s HealthCare CME Program - (512) 544-4472
• St. David’s South Austin Medical Center - (512) 816-7102
  • 901 W. Ben White Blvd., Austin, TX 78704
• St. David’s Medical Center and Heart Hospital of Austin - (512) 544-8933
  • 919 East 32nd Street, Austin, TX 78705
• St. David’s North Austin Medical Center - (512) 901-1550
  • 12221 N. Mopac Expwy., Austin, TX 78758
• St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center - (512) 341-5173
  • 2400 Round Rock Ave, Round Rock, TX 78681
• St. David’s Georgetown Hospital - (512) 942-4130
  • 2000 Scenic Drive, Georgetown, Texas 78626

You can get reliable technical support any time, any day with our 24/7 technical help and physician support. We also allow remote access to our platforms on any windows, Mac or mobile devices.

If you forget your password, password reset is an application that helps you unlock or reset your Windows network or Meditech account password without calling the Help Desk. To use it, first create a profile and then remember "passwordreset" if you ever need to unlock your account.

PatientKeeper

PatientKeeper helps HCA Healthcare to house patient data from multiple providers and departments in one secure area. This makes it easier for you to find the data you're looking for so you can make informed decisions, ultimately ensuring the communities we serve receive the best possible care.

MModal voice recognition and single sign on

MModal is the speech recognition software used within our hospitals. You can download the mobile application at any time.

We also use Single Sign On, a one-time toolbar that saves your password and gives you access to all of your frequently used applications. It allows you to use your badge to log in to computers to make it easier to go from one device to another.

Physician learning center

Our physician learning center is our online gateway committed to non-employed HCA Healthcare physicians. Online access means convenience, whether you need to complete required training or catch up on CME credits.

UptoDate app

UptoDate is a paid offering from HCA Healthcare giving you access to continuing education classes and CEUs. You can view UptoDate instructions here.

If you need additional information and resources, here are some helpful links to our other hospitals.

• Heart Hospital of Austin
• St. David's Georgetown Hospital
• St. David's Medical Center
• St. David's North Austin Medical Center
• St. David's South Austin Medical Center