NP or PA - Electrophysiology (EP) (Inpatient) - Day Shift

Job Summary

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a key member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team, collaborating closely with physicians and other care providers to manage a distinct patient population in the inpatient acute care setting. Working with hospitalized patients, the APP provides specialized care and supports the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based medical services. This role requires a strong foundation in evidence-based practice and clinical education, with the APP responsible for adhering to established clinical pathways and protocols to ensure safe and effective patient care.

Requirements

• Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) / Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) or Physician Assistant (PA)
• Cardiology experience required
• EP APP experience strongly preferred
• NPs must be acute care

Key Responsibilities

• Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care.
• In collaboration, provides healthcare services for primary, acute and complex care of patients and manages patients’ overall care, identifying expected outcomes for diagnoses.
• Orders, performs, interprets and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• Forms differential diagnoses and treats acute and chronic conditions.
• Prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.
• Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care.
• Initiates appropriate referrals and consultations.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.

Technical Capabilities

• Health Systems and Policy Management (Advanced): Demonstrates sufficient fundamental proficiency in behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, an understanding and a responsible attitude toward their patients, their profession and society.
• Participates in professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice.

Patient and Family Centered Care (Advanced)

• Demonstrates care that is compassionate, appropriate and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease and care at the end of life.
• Manages health/illness status of patients and families over time and across the continuum.
• Provides patient/centered care recognizing the patient or designee as a full partner in decision making.
• Creates a climate of patient/centered care to include confidentiality privacy, comfort emotional support, mutual trust, and respect.
• Incorporates cultural and spiritual preferences, values and beliefs into health care.
• Preserves the patient’s control over decision making by negotiating a mutually acceptable plan of care.
• Integrates ethical principles into decision making.
• Uses electronic health record to capture data on variables for the evaluation and management of patient care.
• Clearly documents findings, assessment and plan of care.

Clinical Knowledge and Practice (Advanced)

• Demonstrates established and evolving biomedical, clinical and social sciences, and the application of their knowledge to patient care and the education of others.
• Demonstrates knowledge of population focus but also other sciences that support his/her field of practice.
• Demonstrates knowledge of common and important health issues affecting society and other societies around the globe.
• Demonstrates commitment in maintaining current evidence-based knowledge through continuous learning.
• Educates patients, families, students and other members of the healthcare team in clinical topics and application of clinical knowledge.

Practice-Based Scholarly Inquiry and Integration (Advanced)

• Demonstrates the use of scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate and improve patient care practices.
• Anticipates variations in practice and is proactive in implementing interventions to improve quality.
• Uses best available evidence to continuously improve quality of clinical practice.
• Generates knowledge from clinical practice to improve practice and patient outcomes.
• Reviews data and evidence to improve advanced practice.
• Integrates knowledge from the humanities and sciences within the context of nursing science.

Interpersonal and Communication Skills (Advanced)

• Demonstrates interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of health care teams.
• Communicates practice knowledge effectively both orally and in writing.

Professionalism (Advanced)

• Demonstrates behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and a responsible attitude toward their patients, their profession and society.
• Participates in medical center committees, professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice.

Core Accountabilities

• Organizational Impact: Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance.
• Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Has expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area.
• Team Interaction: Provides informal guidance and support to team members.

Position Qualifications

• Responsibilities: Certifications: LIC-Licensed Nurse Practitioner - Tennessee, LIC-Physician's Assistant Certified - Tennessee, LIC-Registered Nurse - Tennessee
• Work Experience: Relevant Work Experience Experience Level: Less than 1 year
• Education: Master's