APRNPA-C Cardiology (Heart Failure)

Summary

The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistantprovides specialty and preventive cardiac health care services to our heart failure collaboration with the attending physician would see patients in the hospital and outpatient setting. Coordinates specialty care and discharge management for acute care patients. As well as working closely with the Heart Wellness nurses cardiology providers primary care providers and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology colleagues from tertiary centers.

Education

For Nurse Practitioners: Completion of Masters degree in Advanced Practice Nursing or 4 years of formal training or education beyond high school (e.g. Bachelors Degree).

For Physician Assistants: Completion of an accredited Physicians Assistant Certification Program is required.

Certification Registration & Licensure

Certification required: ACLS.

Licensure required: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse: New Hampshire license as Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and DEA license.

Physician Assistant: New Hampshire license as Physician Assistant. DEA license for both APRN and PAs

Experience

Provider experience in heart failure is required

Responsibilities

• Obtains patient health history and performs physical examination.

• Orders and interprets diagnostic tests.

• Diagnoses acute and chronic medical problems.

• Prescribes and manages medications.

• Provides preventive care secondary prevention and patient education according to practice standard.

• Meets productivity standard of the practice/department.

• Documents care provided in the medical record.

• Maintains professional development.

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Physical and Work Requirements

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job the employee is regularly required to hear. The employee is frequently required to bend do repetitive motion perform activities that require fine motor skills reach sit speak stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to climb kneel smell and squat.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision depth perception far vision near vision and peripheral vision.

The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants airborne pathogens bloodborne pathogens and bodily fluids radioactive pharmaceuticals.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.