Structural Heart Disease Team, NPPA

ChristianaCare is currently recruiting for a highly motivated and skilled Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Structural Heart Disease Program within the Heart & Vascular Service Line.

The Advanced Practice Clinician in this role will provide comprehensive medical management and care coordination for patients with structural heart disease across both the inpatient and ambulatory settings. This position offers a unique opportunity to partner with a highly specialized multidisciplinary team including interventional cardiologists cardiac surgeons imaging specialists and nurses to guide patients through evaluation advanced cardiac procedures and ongoing follow-up care.

Responsibilities include the medical management of patients undergoing structural heart evaluation and intervention such as TAVR Mitral TEER tricuspid valve therapies Left Atrial Appendage Occlusions and PFO/ASD closures. The APC will coordinate care across hospital clinic and procedural settings to ensure seamless transitions while also engaging patients and families in education and shared addition to direct patient care the APC will contribute to program growth quality initiatives and advancing the teams efforts to remain at the forefront of innovation in structural heart disease therapies

This position offers an exceptional opportunity to join a pioneering program in Delaware advancing the field in structural heart disease therapies and to help deliver life-changing care to patients and families across our community.

Work Schedule

• Full time 80 hours Day Shift Monday through Friday no holidays no weekends no on-call.
• Shift Start Time: Flexible shift times: 7:00 am 4:00 pm
• Office location is on site at ChristianaCare Newark Campus

Why ChristianaCare

Generous Continuing Education Time and Allowance

Substantial PTO plus 12-Week Fully Paid Parental Leave

Opportunities for Career Growth

403(b) and Defined Contribution Plan Retirement Options with Employer Match

Annual Quality Incentive Bonus

Requirements / Qualifications:

• Completion of a masters degree as an Acute Care Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner or completion of a Physician Assistant program and board certification as a physician assistant.
• License or license eligible in the State of Delaware
• ACLS required
• DEA & Prescriptive authority required
• Prefer at least 2-3 years of experience working in an acute care setting; previous experience in cardiology and structural heart disease highly desired.

FTE Requirement:

1.0 FTE (clinical 0.8 admin 0.2)

Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination whose staff is reflective of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race color sex religion national origin sexual orientation genetic information gender identity or expression age veteran status disability pregnancy citizenship status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.

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