NURSE Practitioner Cardiology

Position: NURSE PRACTITIONER for Cardiology (58718)
## Overview Position Type Part Time Job Shift Days Category CARDIOLOGY## Description Patient Care
- * Obtain a relevant and complete health and medical history and performs appropriate physical examination.
* Perform or order appropriate preventive and/or diagnostic tests or procedures based on the patient’s age and history.
* Ability to identify and discuss pathophysiology of disease processes
* Formulate appropriate diagnosis based on the history, physical examination and diagnostic test results
* Order diagnostic tests.  Review results and report to patient.
* Prescribe appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies, according to privileges.
* Manage general medical conditions to include understanding the indications, contraindications, side effects, interactions, and adverse reactions of pharmacologic agents and other relevant treatment modalities.
* Identify, respect, and show compassion regarding patients’ differences, values, preferences and expressed needs during interaction.
* Plan and provide care, within the framework of policies, procedures, privileges and available resources.  Involves the patient and family in planning care.
* Provide patient/family education using active listening.
* Evaluate effectiveness of plan of care and intervenes by response to planned outcome
* Initiate appropriate referrals
* Document in an accurate and timely manner.
* Advocate disease prevention, wellness and promotion of healthy lifestyle choices.

Other Duties
- * Report to Practice Manager or Administrator on-call significant incidents such as:  + Unusual patient or family problems or concerns  + Physician concerns  + Major damage or utility outages  + Security problems  + Safety issues  + Matters of legal importance  + Calls received from any regulatory body  + Report incidents in Quality Calendar
* Participate in Medical Staff functions and activities to include review of policy and procedure.
* Other duties related to hospital business and patients as assigned (i.e. participate in community activities to promote clinic services and provide in patient education).## Qualifications
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* QUALIFICATIONS:

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* ** Licensure / Certification / Registration:
** Current license from Commonwealth of Kentucky as Nurse Practitioner.  Evidence of continuing education credits as required by license.
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* Education:

(be specific):
** Completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.
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* Experience:

** A minimum of one year experience in cardiology is preferred.