Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Cardiovascular Short Stay Unit

As a part of Duke Health's outpatient clinic network, you will enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits plans, convenient work hours, and many opportunities for career advancement. Become a part of a team that values and invests in you.

Duke Advanced Practice Highlights:

* The nation's first Physician Assistant Program was created at Duke in 1965 and is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country.

* The Duke School of Nursing is consistently ranked as one of the top nursing schools and their MSN and DNP programs offers eight advanced practice registered nurse majors and specialty certifications, as well as post master's certificates and certification alignment programs.

* Commitment to ongoing learning for APPs through annual CME funding and access to high-quality Duke CME offerings including APP Grand Rounds and a professional advancement program. APPs are leaders in multiple arenas within Duke.

* Duke offers APPs opportunities to practice within team based integrative care in a tremendous variety of specialties. APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke's missions which include clinical practice, education, and research.

* Practice locations can include Duke Health's three hospitals or over 140 primary care and specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina.

JOB LOCATION

Duke University Hospital

JOB SUMMARY

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) who provides direct patient care services and performs medical acts as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, under the supervision of the supervising physician, to patients on the cardiology service. This position will work with cardiology patients with a primary focus on patients in the Cardiac Catheterization pre-procedural and post-procedural area.

Areas of clinical work include all Duke University Hospital inpatient units, the Emergency Department, the Cardiovascular Short Stay Unit, and all Hospital-based Cardiology clinics. NP or PA performs admission, and physical exams, collects and documents data, conducts diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, orders and schedules laboratory studies and professional consultations, prescribes appropriate interventions and medications, coordinates the care and discharge of patients, and provides direct patient care services.

The Cardiology APP contributes to excellence in patient care, research, and teaching, and provides leadership to the organization

JOB DUTIES and RESPONSIBILTIES

* The NP/PA will evaluate new patients, consults, and established patients on the cardiovascular service as well as diagnose, treat, and manage common conditions in the cardiovascular patient population.

* Perform an appropriate history and physical exam on all assigned patients. The NP/PA will write progress notes; prepare patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings; and obtain a psychosocial history relevant to patient care. The NP/PA will assume responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.

* Facilitate and order diagnostic studies, including echocardiograms, cardio lite stress test, magnetic resonance imaging, and cardiac catheterization if indicated, review with attending MD.

* Order and schedule laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures. Explain the necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient and family.

* Work closely with the inpatient rounding teams, including attendings, Cath lab attending, APPs, residents, and Fellows to allocate workload based on daily census, clinical and operational needs.

* Assist in the training of new employees, students, and fellow trainees to the limits of competence, and actively participate in educational conferences.

* Participate in QI with the primary supervising physician weekly for the first month after initial hire, then monthly for the first six months of a new practice engagement, and a minimum of every six months thereafter. Any complications will be monitored on a monthly basis through routine quality assurance conferences.

* Discharge EP short stay and…