Advanced Practice Provider (ARNP/PA-C) Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Acute Care Services

Clinical Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with an inter-professional team including APPs, cardiologists, fellows and residents to provide high quality, safe, patient- and family-centered care in a premier institution
• Provide a full spectrum of independent as well as collaborative direct patient care to adult Cardiology patients in the inpatient setting (including critical care, advanced heart failure and heart transplant, structural and interventional post-procedural care, electrophysiology post-procedural, and general cardiology patients)
• Lead cardiac arrest management teams in the role of Cardiac Code Team Leader
• Manage both temporary and durable cardiac assist devices
• Perform procedures such as central line placement, arterial line placement and others
• Collaborate with inpatient consultants
• Participate in quality improvement projects and process improvement activities
• Participate in and support the Division’s education, research and quality initiatives
• Provide education and mentorship to fellow team members, staff, residents, fellows, nurses and students alike
• Attend weekly Cardiology Grand Rounds and clinical case conferences and quarterly faculty meetings

Qualifications

• Graduate Degree from and accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Program, or foreign equivalent
• Current and valid state Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure for ARNP or Physician Assistant licensure for PA-C
• Nationally certified ARNP/PA with DEA
• Highly reliable, flexible provider with proven excellence working in an interdisciplinary collaborative team environment
• Effective interpersonal skills, leadership skills, and clinical expertise in the care of cardiology patients
• Basic computer knowledge and command of basic personal computer skills
• Advanced Practice Provider training and experience in inpatient cardiology and/or critical care management
• ACLS Certification