Cardiology IP Heart Failure - Full-Time NP/PA

About the role

Advocate Health Group Practice: WFBMC Main - Cardiology is seeking a Physician Assistant to join our team. This position offers opportunities for professional growth, research participation, and teaching.

Responsibilities

• Using medical decision-making skills to determine appropriate patient care plan.
• Collaborates with medical team when needed for effective team-based care.
• Orders and interprets laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures.
• Explains the necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.
• Performs procedural skills per department or practice guidelines.
• Participates in basic science and clinical research projects.
• Potential to precept students and/or medical learners.
• Upholds AHWFB missions, values, and cultural commitment.
• Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant Program, Master's degree preferred.
• LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR REGISTRATION: Current applicable state Medical Board Medical License, Certified by NCCPA.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Ability to maintain composure and work efficiently under pressure.
• Ability to perform complex patient diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Exemplary organizational skills.
• Willingness to perform other related duties other than those described herein.

Skills

• Proper physical requirements for the role are to stand 35%, walk 65%, and sit 100% of the time.
• Includes activities such as standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching with arms, finger and hand dexterity, talking, hearing, seeing, lifting up to 20 lbs., carrying up to 50 lbs., and pushing/pulling up to 100 lbs.

Benefits

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards, including:

• Compensation: Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training.
• Premium pay: Shift, on-call, and other types of pay.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Annual increases based on performance.
• Benefits and well-being programs: Paid time off, health and welfare benefits, flexible spending accounts, family benefits, defined contribution retirement plans, and educational assistance programs.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is a third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. We provide care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. Advocate Health is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. We are nationally recognized for our expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics, and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments, and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.