Advanced Heart Failure Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Inpatient

*** Advance Practice Nurse or Physician Assistant
- Tri Health Heart Institute
- Advanced Heart Failure Inpatient***

Tri Health Heart Institute is looking for an experienced Advance Practice Provider for our Inpatient department. It involves a variety of responsibilities, including assessment, diagnosis, and management of complex cardiac conditions. This position also includes being a member of the Shock team, managing various cardiac devices and assisting in the evaluation for LVAD/Transplant candidacy. The APP would work closely with the heart failure physician to manage patients with pulmonary hypertension, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and various forms of infiltrative cardiomyopathies.

The candidate will act as a patient advocate, helping to provide high quality care and education to heart failure patients and their families as part of a multidisciplinary team comprised of physicians, APPs, pharmacists, and nurses. If you are an APN you must have an Acute Care Specialty Certification.

Location:

Bethesda North Hospital: 10500 Montgomery Rd, Montgomery, OH 45242

Work Schedule:

• 6:00am-4:30pm

• Weekend and Holiday rotation

Incentives & Benefits:

In addition to a comprehensive benefits package—including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement plans, and tuition reimbursement—this role offers competitive pay based on education level and experience. Please view our benefits page

Job Requirements:
Master's Degree in Nursing
Graduate from NP, CNS or midwife program
Specialty certification in area of expertise- Must be Acute Care Certified
Registered Nurse with APRN Licensure
Demonstrated expertise in area of clinical specialization
Professional membership in specialty nursing organization required within one year of start date
3-4 years experience Clinical in Nursing Nursing practice in geriatric, occupational health, or other applicable setting.

Job Overview:
The APRN II is a nurse prepared with graduate level nursing education and authorized to practice and prescribe as a Clinical Nurse Specialist or Certified Nurse Practitioner in collaboration with one or more physicians or podiatrists. Advanced clinical practice in nursing includes the following components: assessment of patient health status, diagnostic testing, diagnoses, development of treatment plans, implementation of treatment plans, follow-up and evaluation of the patient’s response to treatment, accurate documentation of the patient’s status, and patient advocacy.

APRNs are clinical experts who design, implement and evaluate patient-specific and population-based programs of care and promote care through a variety of methods. APRNs function at all levels of the healthcare system within three sphere of influence: client, personnel, and organization. APRNs must have a collaborating physician(s) in an associated Standard Care Arrangement. The APRN II must spend 50% of hours worked utilizing prescriptive authority in their advanced clinical practice role.

Job Responsibilities:
Collaborates and consults with the interdisciplinary healthcare team, the patient and family when diagnosing, prioritizing problems, and implementing interventions. Provides consultation and initiates referrals to other healthcare team members and promotes collaboration among other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. Assists interdisciplinary team members, patients, and families in selecting therapies that integrate perspectives of cost and quality of benefits. Collaborates with other disciplines in teaching, consultation, management, and research activities to improve outcomes in nursing practice and enhance the healthcare environment.
Provides effective leadership. Integrates analysis of cost and benefits in care decisions. Designs/Develops innovative solutions for patient care problems that utilize resource efficiency while maintaining or improving quality and advancing best practices. Provides leadership in the development and application of consensus derived protocols or evidence-based practice (EBP) guidelines in the clinical setting. Participates, as opportunities arise, in healthcare-related decision-making at the system, local, state, and national…