Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Advance Practice Clinician - Center City
About The Position
The advanced practice clinician (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) provides specialized outpatient and inpatient care to adults with congenital heart disease. The clinician works collaboratively with adult congenital cardiologists, congenital cardiac surgery, and multidisciplinary teams to coordinate comprehensive care. The outpatient practice is located at Jefferson’s Honickman Center, 1101 Chestnut Street. The schedule is Monday through Friday, eight-hour days. The role includes assessment and management of acute and complex chronic conditions; diagnostic evaluation and treatment planning; implementation and modification of individualized, evidence-based plans of care; and timely documentation. The clinician communicates with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team to support continuity of care across inpatient and outpatient settings. The position also involves professional development, education and mentoring, and engagement in research and evidence-based practice.
Requirements
- Master’s degree.
- National board certification as a Family or Acute Nurse Practitioner, or certification as a Physician Assistant.
- ACLS certification.
- BLS certification.
Responsibilities
- Perform complete histories and physical examinations and document them in the medical record.
- Order and collect clinical data using appropriate assessment techniques, diagnostic information, and procedures when indicated.
- Respond to patient status changes and situations requiring procedural or resuscitative interventions, as appropriate.
- Assess risks associated with care of acutely ill and complex chronically ill patients, including medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions, and diagnostic procedures.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care team to diagnose acute and complex chronic conditions.
- Manage diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
- Formulate prioritized differential diagnoses, identify complications, and order appropriate interventions.
- Identify expected outcomes and formulate and document plans of care for complex acute and chronic health care needs.
- Use evidence-based guidelines and protocols to develop individualized plans of care across the continuum, and implement or modify those plans as needed.
- Prescribe diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions; perform advanced procedures when consistent with privileges and competency validation.
- Document or dictate patient progress, plans, procedures, acute events, transfers, and discharges in a timely manner and in accordance with acute-care compliance standards.
- Communicate and collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care team, patients, families, and staff to promote continuity of care across inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Precept and mentor, and provide education and instruction to graduate students.
- Seek opportunities to participate in research and analysis of evidence-based practice.
- Participate in Advanced Practice Grand Rounds and specialty-specific meetings.
- Maintain continuing education units and membership in a professional organization.
Benefits
- Medical and prescription insurance
- Supplemental insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Retirement plans
- Tuition assistance
- Voluntary benefits, including access to group insurance rates and discounts
- Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full-time service or two years of part-time service
- Medical and prescription insurance access for all colleagues, including those working less than part-time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
