PS Nurse Practitioner - Cardiology,Stansbury Community Clinic Job Salt Lake City area,Utah USA,Nursing

PS Nurse Practitioner - Cardiology, Stansbury Community Clinic

Job Summary

The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to work on our team with an emphasis ingeneral cardiology. The position is an outpatient clinic-focused role, primarily based out of our Stansbury communityclinic
. The position will involve both independent workand close collaboration with physician partner/s and other advanced practice clinicians.

As a patient-focused organization, the University of Utah Health Sciences exists to enhance the health and well-being of peoplethrough patient care, research, and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence,leadership, and respect. The Health Sciences Center seeks Advanced Practice Clinicians who are committed to the values of compassion,collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality, andtrust that are integral to our mission.

Responsibilities

Assesses the physical condition of a group of patients by performing physical examinations and obtaining medicalhistories.

Formulates the medical plan and prognosis based on the patient'scondition.

Collaborate with health care teams regarding patient care plansand treatment.

Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess the patient's clinical problems and health careneeds.

Initiates and/or recommends medical drug therapies or otherforms of related therapeutic treatment and procedures in accordance with approved protocols/policy.

Complies with medical records policies regarding the complete and accurate documentation of patient care. Initiates and maintains required records and legal documents.

Participates in quality improvement activities.

Counsel patients, families and significant others about healthand illness, and promotes health maintenance.

Evaluates, plans, implements, and re-evaluates the care of individuals requiring emergency measures.

Expectations

Ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlinedabove.
Demonstrate clinical competence and in-depth knowledge of specialtyarea.
Demonstrate leadership, teaching, research, and communication skills.
Ability to provide care appropriate to the population served.

Minimum Qualifications

Required:

Licensure to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in the State ofUtah.

Preferred:

Certification in ACLS/BLS/NRP/ATLS may be required by your department or by privileging criteria.
Utah State prescriptive privileges.
Licensure is obtained by completing a Master's degree in Nursing or equivalency (the only equivalency to the Master's degree is currentlicensure as a Nurse Practitioner) and a National Certificationwhich requires the successful completion of a nationally accreditedexamination.

UHPPM 1-56 requires that newly hired non-physician providers applyfor credentialing and privileging at the time of hire.

This position is patient-sensitive and must fulfill all associatedrequirements. We protect our patients, coworkers and community byrequiring all patient-sensitive employees to be immunized according to CDC standards and hospital policy. Limited exemptions may bemade for documented medical contraindications or religious beliefsthat object to vaccinations.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

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