APP, Heart Failure Program, Temporary

Position Summary

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) for the Center of Comprehensive Heart Failure Care plans and implements all clinical and business efforts to promote heart health, assure excellent clinical care and reduce HF all‑cause 30‑day readmissions. The APP facilitates patient transitions within and between health care settings, coordinates education and outreach in collaboration with Home Care, Nursing Homes, Physicians, and other multidisciplinary teams, and performs inpatient and outpatient consultations based upon established Departmental Protocols.

The APP promotes patient independence by establishing care goals, teaching and counseling, and reinforcing understanding of disease processes, medications, and self‑care skills. The APP also participates in activities that contribute to the education of other healthcare professionals, including precepting, presenting, and publishing.

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program as determined by the Committee on Allied Health.
• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program / master’s in nursing.
• Current Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) or for Advanced Practice Nurses a current Board Certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

Minimum of 1‑3 years of clinical experience, primarily in the area of specialty.

• Hold a valid, current New Jersey license.
• Obtain a New Jersey CDS and federal DEA certificate upon employment if not already covered.
• Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills, effective communication skills, and creative problem solving.
• Participation in pertinent professional and/or specialty organizations preferred.
• BLS and ACLS certification.
• Serve on call and/or weekend rotation as required.

Minimum new‑grad base salary $143,200 K. Salary commensurate with years of experience as an NP/PA.

Paramus 140 E Ridgewood Ave Shift Day (United States of America)

• Medical/Prescription, Dental & Vision Discount Program (Full Time/Part Time Employees)
• Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D (Full Time Employees)
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter Benefit Plans
• Supplemental Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Short‑term and Long‑term Disability, Whole Life Insurance, Legal Support, etc.)
• 6 Paid Holidays, Paid Time Off (varies), Wellness Time Off, Extended Illness Retirement Plan
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Valley Health Life Styles Fitness Center Membership Discount

Valley Health System does not discriminate on the basis of ancestry, age, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, civil union status, color, creed, disability, domestic partnership, gender, gender identity or expression, familial status, genetic information, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, marital status, medical condition or illness, mental or physical handicap, national origin, nationality, perceived disability, pregnancy, race, refusal to submit to genetic testing or make available results of such tests, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran’s status or any other protected basis, in accordance with all applicable Federal, State and Local laws.

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