Advanced Practice Provider - Cardiology Inpatient​/Outpatient

Advanced Practice Provider - Cardiology Inpatient/Outpatient Company Description

The Queen’s Health System is a non‑profit healthcare organization with four hospitals, over 70 specialty health care locations, and labs throughout the Pacific region, including Hawai'i. With a rich history of serving the people of Hawai'i, Queen's is the state's largest employer, with over 9,000 caregivers, medical staff and leadership. Queen's is accredited by The Joint Commission and is the only hospital in Hawai'i to achieve Magnet status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Our state‑of‑the‑art facilities serve as the major referral center for cancer, cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine, behavioral health medicine, and is a major teaching hospital.

Queen’s Heart Institute brings together board‑certified, specialty‑trained physicians and nurse practitioners to offer the most comprehensive, cutting‑edge cardiac and vascular care in Hawaii.

As the largest cardiology group in the state, we value a patient‑centered, team‑based approach that holds to the highest standards of excellence in patient care. Our team is committed to delivering compassionate cardiac care, whether at one of our convenient office settings or while providing consultative services when patients are hospitalized at Queen’s.

We are leaders in research and education. This is highlighted by our participation in innovative clinical trials, and our physicians’ role as the primary teaching faculty for the University of Hawaii Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Fellowship Training Program.

Driven by the mission set forth by our founders, King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma, to provide quality health care to improve the well‑being of all of the people of Hawaii, the Queen’s Heart Institute is here to keep the heart health of Hawaii strong.

An Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a medical provider who treats, diagnoses, prescribes, and/or performs or assists in surgical procedures. APPs are licensed healthcare professionals, credentialed and privileged through the Medical Staff Office. APPs work collaboratively with physicians and the care team in all areas of the hospital and clinics to create a seamless environment of care. APPs are highly knowledgeable and serve as an essential part of the development and implementation of patients' care.

The APP develops protocols for care, as appropriate, serves as a health care researcher, interdisciplinary consultant, and patient advocate.

The APRN functions as an expert practitioner with educator consultant, researcher and leadership role components and functions autonomously and in collaboration with other healthcare professionals to enhance the quality of nursing practice and patient care.

• Provides health care that includes services to individuals and families, emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention, and diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases. Direct care services may include, but are not limited to, obtaining a patient history, providing a complete or focused physical examination, ordering, conducting and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests, performing procedures, patient and family education, and managing social, economic and ethical issues within the scope of a health care provider.
  
  Indirect patient care services may include, but are limited to setting standards for nursing practice and facilitating the professional practice of nursing care at the bedside.

A PA is an individual who has been certified by the board to practice medicine with physician supervision. A PA may perform those duties and responsibilities delegated by the supervising physician.

• Under the supervision of a Physician, the PA functions as an expert practitioner. The PA provides health care that includes services to individuals and families, which includes health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis and management of acute and chronic disease. Direct care services may include, but is not limited to, obtaining patient histories, providing a complete or focused physical examination, ordering, conducting, and interpreting…