Cardiology Nurse Practitioner Wenatchee, WA

Seeking an APP to join Cardiology team in Wenatchee, WA. Inpatient/outpatient mix. Busy, high-quality rural practice, mentoring program, collaborative and supportive team-based care environment. Position is four – 10-hour shifts per week.

• Notify on-call cardiologist of any change in patient condition.
• Evaluate and formulate treatment plan for new consults, in conjunction with on-call cardiologist.
• Generate discharge summaries, discharge orders, plus complete patient education and follow-up plans for NSTEMI/STEMI patients.
• Admit and perform History and Physical on Antiarrhythmic therapy patients.
• Monitor QTc interval on Antiarrhythmic patients, as directed by supervising physician.
• Perform medication reconciliation between hospital discharge and home medications, writing new prescriptions as appropriate.
• Complete daily patient education on cardiac conditions, treatment options, medications, and prognosis.
• Assist on-call cardiologist with triage of patient consults and needs.
• Communicate effectively with on-call cardiologist, hospital service, nursing staff, and other support staff.
• Order cardiovascular procedures (cardiac catheterizations, pacemaker implantations, etc.) as directed by attending cardiologist.
• Take weekend calls from nursing staff and from outpatient clinic cardiology line from Friday 1700 through Monday 0700.
• Assist in ACLS/BLS codes, as directed by supervising physician(s).
• Perform device interrogations, reprogramming and deactivation of ICDs in the setting of end-of-life care, per physician recommendations.
• Perform Pacemaker interrogations and interpretation of rhythm data, as directed by supervising physician(s).
• Assist in suturing pacemaker pockets and implanting loop recorders, as directed by supervising physician(s).

• Staff hospital services as assigned, 4–10-hour shift rotation, including weekends.
• Complete comprehensive health history and physical examination of patients with acute or chronic cardiac conditions.
• Order and/or perform pertinent diagnostic studies, including ECG, echocardiograms, treadmill stress tests, nuclear stress tests (pharmacologic and exercise), stress echocardiograms (pharmacologic and exercise), chest x-rays, etc.
• Perform cardiac patient’s medical history, physical exam findings, and evaluate diagnostic/ laboratory.
• Assist the on-call cardiologist with daily rounds, new consults, NSTEMI/STEMI triage in the ED.
• Generate daily progress notes to be used as shared-visits with on-call cardiologist.
• Notify on-call cardiologist of any change in patient condition.
• Evaluate and formulate treatment plan for new consults, in conjunction with on-call cardiologist.
• Generate discharge summaries, discharge orders, plus complete patient education and follow-up plans for NSTEMI/STEMI patients.
• Admit and perform History and Physical on Antiarrhythmic therapy patients.
• Monitor QTc interval on Antiarrhythmic patients, as directed by supervising physician.
• Perform medication reconciliation between hospital discharge and home medications, writing new prescriptions as appropriate.
• Complete daily patient education on cardiac conditions, treatment options, medications, and prognosis.
• Assist on-call cardiologist with triage of patient consults and needs.
• Communicate effectively with on-call cardiologist, hospital service, nursing staff, and other support staff.
• Order cardiovascular procedures (cardiac catheterizations, pacemaker implantations, etc.) as directed by attending cardiologist.
• Take weekend calls from nursing staff and from outpatient clinic cardiology line from Friday 1700 through Monday 0700.
• Assist in ACLS/BLS codes, as directed by supervising physician(s).
• Perform device interrogations, reprogramming and deactivation of ICDs in the setting of end-of-life care, per physician recommendations.
• Perform Pacemaker interrogations and interpretation of rhythm data, as directed by supervising physician(s).
• Assist in suturing pacemaker pockets and implanting loop recorders, as directed by supervising physician(s).

• Possess knowledge/competency of BLS/ACLS on an annual basis.
• Possess knowledge/competency of Cardiovascular and Exercise…