Cardiac Surgery Advanced Practice Clinician- Nocturnist

Philadelphia, PA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Details

The Cardiac Surgery Program at Einstein Jefferson Philadelphia is seeking an experienced full-time Cardiac Surgery Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) to join a highly collaborative and mission-driven team. This rewarding program delivers advanced cardiac surgical care to an underserved population and places a strong emphasis on the value autonomy and impact of its APCs.

Youll join a group of dedicated surgeons and APCs within a fully APC-run service offering meaningful responsibility professional respect and lifestyle flexibility. This position is primarily night shift with occasional day shift coverage as needed.

Job Description

Assessment & Management:

Performs complete history & physicals and documents in the medical record.
Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
The APP may serve as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes orders and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.
Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including: medication side effects immobility impaired nutrition fluid and electrolyte imbalance immunocompetence invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures.

Diagnosis:

Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.
Manages diagnostic tests through ordering interpretation performance and supervision.
Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions

Formulates Plan of Care:

Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs.
Utilizes evidenced based practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.
Implements and modifies plan of care.
Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions.
May perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.

Communication and Collaboration:

Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary health care team.
Facilitates and communicates with patient family and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.

Documentation:

Documents/dictates key components of patients progress via daily progress note transfer and discharge summary and or clinic note where applicable. (h&p daily progress notes plan of care problem lists procedure notes acute event note discharge summaries in medical record per specific patient unit or service death summary)
Documentation is timely meets acute care compliance standards and captures patient acuity.

Professional Practice:

Demonstrates Professional Practice behaviors including preceptor/mentoring education and instruction of graduate students.
Seeks opportunities for active engagement in research and the analysis of evidenced based practice.
Actively participates in Advance Practice Grand Rounds and specialty specific meetings.
Maintains CEUs and membership in a professional organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide comprehensive inpatient care for pre- and post-operative cardiac surgery patients in the CCU and Telemetry units under the guidance of surgical attendings
Perform and assist with diagnostic and therapeutic bedside procedures
Ensure clear timely and accurate communication among nurses physicians and interdisciplinary clinical teams
Support seamless care transitions through effective handoffs and ongoing collaboration with other clinical services

Qualifications:

Masters Degree
National Board Certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
BLS certification

Work Shift

Workday Night (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Albert Einstein Medical Center

Primary Location Address

5501 Old York Road Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States of America

Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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Job DetailsThe Cardiac Surgery Program at Einstein Jefferson Philadelphia is seeking an experienced full-time Cardiac Surgery Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) to join a highly collaborative and mission-driven team. This rewarding program delivers advanced cardiac surgical care to an underserved pop...