Experienced APP Cardiology Faulkner

About the role

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

At Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, we believe that everyone should have the chance to live a healthy life. From creating breakthroughs that have paved the way for treatments around the globe to training the next generation of providers, our patients, and those we may never meet, are at the center of everything we do.

As a member of the BWFH Cardiology Division, the PA/NP collaborates closely with the cardiology inpatient attending physician to evaluate admissions and consults, participates in daily rounds, manages patient care, and provides weekday, holiday, and weekend coverage with no night coverage.

Responsibilities

• Closely collaborate with the cardiology inpatient attending physician to evaluate new and follow-up cardiology admissions and cardiology consults at BWFH
• Participate in daily patient cardiology rounds to monitor patient care and formulate treatment plans in collaboration with the inpatient cardiology attending
• Write initial consult and/or daily progress notes
• Follow through on team recommendations for patient management in partnership with nursing staff
• Occasionally assist the cardiology attending physician with supervising cardiology testing and procedures, including exercise and pharmacologic stress testing, cardioversion, and trans-esophageal echocardiograms
• Recommend and interpret appropriate laboratory testing and other special examinations as requested
• Serve as a resource to the BWFH care teams for patient care issues
• Prepare succinct and accurate sign-out to facilitate the smooth transition of patient care to another cardiology covering APP or physician
• Provide direct care, counseling, and teaching to a designated patient population in the ambulatory, inpatient, operative, and/or procedural setting
• Perform complete histories and physical examinations
• Recommend, interpret, and evaluate appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests
• Develop appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings
• Recommend medications and write prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures
• Consistently provide high quality and timely documentation including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, operative notes and discharge summaries
• Perform bedside