CV APP - Cardiac Care Unit

About the role

The Advanced Practice Provider is an advanced practice registered nurse or physician’s assistant with education, training, certification, and licensure to provide care for a specified patient population. This individual will deliver care for patients who are technologically dependent, highly vulnerable for complications, requiring frequent or complex monitoring and/or ongoing inpatient management with acute, complex, critical and/or chronic illnesses. The components of the role include clinical practice, consultation, professional development, education, and scholarship. In addition to managing patient care, the APP may be required to utilize invasive interventions and procedures to promote physiologic stability. This individual works in collaboration with the collaborating physician, Division Medical Director, staff physicians, Lead APP, Director of Advanced Practice Providers, Department Director, staff nurses and other team members.

Education

• MSN, DNP or Post-Graduate Certificate with specialization as an acute care pediatric nurse practitioner
• Graduate of master’s or doctoral level physician assistant program

Experience

• At least 1 year of nursing or medical experience required
• Experience in the subspecialty area preferred

Licensures, Certifications, And/or Registries

• Must be eligible to practice as a nurse practitioner as determined by the Alabama Board of Nursing or as a physician assistant as determined by the Alabama Board of Medicine
• Current RN Licensure in the State of Alabama for nurse practitioners
• Current BLS certification
• Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification
• Valid Acute Care PNP certification from appropriate certifying board or certification as PA-C from NCCPA

Credentials with Equivalent Qualifications

• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
• ABON Basic Life Support
• Registered Nurse AL Single State or any of the following equivalent qualifications:
  • Registered Nurse AL NLC Multi State
  • Registered Nurse Non-AL NLC Multi State
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support
• Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care PNCB
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner ANCC

Education with Equivalent Qualifications

• Masters of Science Nursing in Nursing

Experience with Equivalent Qualifications

• 1 year job experience as Staff Level with specialization in the field of Nursing

Schedule

Full-time on the Rotating Shift, Rotating Shifts, 12-Hour Shifts