Cardiology - Advance Practice Clinician (NP)

Responsibilities

• Performs complete history & physicals and documents in the medical record.
• Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• Serves as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.
• Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including: medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.
• Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
• Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
• Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions.
• Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs.
• Utilizes evidenced based practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.
• Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions.
• Makes advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.
• Documents/dictates key components of patient's progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary, and or clinic note where applicable.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• National Board Certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• BLS certification

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Entity

Aria Health Physician Services

Primary Location

Address 261 Old York Road, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Benefits

Comprehensive package of benefits including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits.