Adult Congenital Heart Disease APP - Levine Children's Hospital- Charlotte, NC

Atrium Health • Charlotte, NC

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About The Position

Levine Children’s Congenital Heart Center is seeking a full-time advanced practice provider (APP) to join our growing team. This APP will function independently in the inpatient hospital and outpatient clinic-based setting in collaboration with a supervising physician and other members of a multidisciplinary team for our Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program.

Requirements

• Looking for post fellow graduates, experience in Adult Cardiology and ACHD medicine preferred.
• 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 AHA required with expiration date greater than 90 days from date of beginning practice.
• Demonstrates appropriate critical thinking, interpersonal skills, and the ability to prioritize and concentrate.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree or Doctorate of Nursing Practice required for Nurse Practitioners.
• License to practice as a Registered Nurse required.
• Certification in practice from a nationally recognized certifying body required.
• ACNP, AGACNP certification preferred based on population served.
• Acute care trained and certified for Nurse Practitioners.
• Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program required; Master’s Degree preferred.
• Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants preferred.

Responsibilities

• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate, disease specific history and physical examination of complex acute, critical, and chronic advanced heart failure patients.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s specific needs, including laboratory and radiologic testing.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
• Determines treatment plan for patient.
• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
• Documents all patient encounters, records observations, interventions, and actions in a medically appropriate manner in the patient’s electronic medical record.
• Acts as a patient advocate for the Adult Congenital Heart Population.
• Collaborates with members of the multidisciplinary team including, but not limited to: physicians, nurses, medical assistants, social workers, pharmacists, dieticians, and financial coordinators.
• Helps with ongoing ACHD accreditation by national standards.
• Participate in clinical research projects.
• Attends, participates, and contributes to group/practice meetings, readmission reduction efforts, and development of policies and procedures when requested.
• Sees independent clinics with ACHD patients (may need to travel for some clinics).
• Participate in a Discharge clinic for all ACHD patients recently discharged from the hospital.
• Collaborates with ACHD program from pediatric cardiologists at transition stage age 17-25 years.
• Work alongside our Adult Sanger EP and Cardiology colleagues to be readily available for consultation services on any ACHD patient.

Benefits

• Opportunities for annual performance bonus available up to 5% of base salary.
• 1.0 FTE- 40 hour work weeks- will work alongside other ACHD APP for inpt/outpt coverage model.
• No call currently required- may have need in future.
• 40 hours and $2,500 annual allowance for continuing medical education (CME).
• Competitive benefits package.
• Access to labs, x-ray and other pertinent facilities based on specialty.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees