PA or ACNP, Staff or Senior - HVI Central PA

About the role

The Structural Heart Advanced Practice Provider (APP) plays a critical role in the delivery of comprehensive care to patients with complex structural heart disease. Working collaboratively with cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, nursing staff, and multidisciplinary team members, the APP provides high-quality, evidence-based clinical care across the continuum, including inpatient and outpatient settings.

Department Details

We are a highly regarded full-service hospital with a high-volume structural heart program with robust participation in clinical research. Our APP team has a wide scope of autonomy and is responsible for caring for complex patients.

Responsibilities

• Applies basic professional practice knowledge and skills appropriate for practice setting.
• Communicates effectively, both verbally and in documentation.
• Demonstrates critical thinking in all areas of professional practice.
• Learns to incorporate acceptable standards of professional practice as well as business unit and health system’s goals to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.
• Formulates a plan of care that considers individual patient needs.
• Demonstrates initiative and seeks formal and informal opportunities to improve clinical practice.
• Sets the standards for the level and quality of care.
• Manages and provides patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication, and collaboration with all team members.
• Establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care.
• Provides patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication, and collaboration with all team members.
• Begins to demonstrate a commitment to the community and to their healthcare profession.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and/or interact appropriately with the patients served as specified below.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to their age-specific needs.
• Provide the care needs as described in the department policy and procedures.

Special Skills and Abilities Required

• Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families.
• Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment.
• Handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment.
• Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving abilities required as related to various aspects of patient care.
• Good clinical judgment.
• Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and lead others in application of acceptable standards of practice.
• Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
• Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.

Certification and Clearances

• For CRNP: Successful completion of an approved nurse practitioner program, BSN, MSN preferred, current state RN license and CRNP certification, National certification, Act 33, Act 73, Act 34 clearances.
• For PA: Graduate of a physician assistant program accredited by the ARC-PA, BS or MS preferred, current state PA license certified by NCCPA, current CPR certification, Act 33, Act 73, Act 34 clearances.

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