Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Advance Practice Clinician - Center City
About The Position
The advanced practice clinician (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) delivers specialized outpatient and inpatient care to adults with congenital heart disease. The clinician works collaboratively with cardiologists and multidisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive, coordinated management. The outpatient practice is located at Jefferson's Honickman Center at 1101 Chestnut Street. The position works Monday through Friday, eight-hour days. The clinician assesses and manages patients, collaborates with the interdisciplinary team on diagnoses, develops and implements plans of care, and documents patient progress. The role includes communication across inpatient and outpatient care, professional development, mentoring and education, and engagement with 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 and document complete histories and physical examinations.
- Order and collect patient data using appropriate assessment techniques, supporting diagnostic information, and procedures when indicated.
- Serve as a potential first responder to nursing and house staff for changes in patient status and situations requiring orders, procedural interventions, or resuscitation.
- 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, including ordering, interpreting, performing, and supervising them.
- Formulate prioritized differential diagnoses, diagnose complications, and order appropriate interventions.
- Identify expected outcomes and formulate, document, implement, and modify plans of care for complex acute and chronic health care needs.
- Use evidence-based practice guidelines and protocols in individualized plans of care across the continuum.
- Prescribe diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions; perform advanced procedures when consistent with privileges and validated competency.
- Document or dictate patient progress, plans of care, problem lists, procedures, acute events, transfers, and discharges in the medical record in a timely manner and in compliance with acute care standards.
- Maintain communication and collaboration with the interdisciplinary health care team.
- Facilitate communication with patients, families, and staff to promote continuity across inpatient and outpatient care.
- Demonstrate professional practice, including precepting, mentoring, and educating 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
- 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
