Pediatric CVICU- Full Time NPPA

The APP will function independently in the inpatient hospitalincollaboration with a supervising physician and other members of a multidisciplinary teamforcardiac surgical and non-surgical patients in the CVICU.These patients include but are not limited to complex neonatal repairs VADECMOand transplant patients.

Essential Functions:

• Functions independently to perform age-appropriatedisease-specifichistory and physicalexamination ofcomplex acute critical and chronicadvanced heart failure patients.

• Rounds dailywith interdisciplinary team

• Manages careand treatment planas thefront-lineproviderforpatients

• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic testsincluding laboratory and radiologic

• Prescribesappropriate pharmacologicand non-pharmacologic treatment modalities

• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions

• Documents all patient encounters records observations interventions and actions in a medicallyappropriate mannerin the patients electronic medical record

• Collaborates with members of the multidisciplinary team including but not limitedto:physicians nurses medical assistants social workers pharmacistsdieticians

• Performs chest tube removals pacer wire removalsand pediatric ICU proceduresincludingchest tube insertion central and arterial line access and intubations

• Attendsparticipates and contributes to group/practice meetingsquality improvement and policy and procedure development efforts whenrequested.

• Min Work standards-1880 hoursper year- shifts are varied with days nights and weekends split amongst group excludingnocturnistAPPs.

Must be approved to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the state of North and South Carolina. Eligible for prescriptive authority application through the Board of Nursing or Medical Board in North and South Carolina. Must have or be eligible for a DEA license. BLS for Healthcare Provider from AHAwithexpirationdate greater than90 daysfrom date of beginning practice. Demonstratesappropriate criticalthinking interpersonal skills and the ability to prioritize and concentrate.2 years of experience as an APP in a relevant field preferred.

Atrium Health Levine Childrens Congenital Heart Centerestablishedin 2010 is currently ranked #7in the country for Best Childrens Hospital for Cardiology & Heart Surgery by U.S. News and World Report. Our comprehensive services include cardiac imaging diagnostic and interventional catheterization invasive electrophysiology dedicated cardiovascular intensive care staff and regional referral programs in heart failure/transplantation adult congenital heart disease and fetal echocardiography. Ourstate-of-the-arttwo lab cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology suite and new outpatient office complex is filled with dedicated staffing and is designed to treat all patients from fetal cardiology to ACHD. Our comprehensive Cardiac Neurodevelopment program provides a multitude of specialty services to our congenital heart patients in the same office suite. Participation in investigatorinitiatedand multi-center industry sponsored studies is ongoing within the Heart Center with the support of an active clinical research department