Structural Heart Team - Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant
About The Position
The University of Rochester is seeking a full-time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join its multidisciplinary structural heart team. The role serves an adult population undergoing evaluation and intervention for structural heart disease, including aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valvular disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The APP manages and coordinates complex patient care in inpatient consult and outpatient settings, and contributes to research, quality assurance, and the coordination of new initiatives. The position also offers opportunities to precept students from various programs and participate in the education of students and new employees through clinical learning experiences, knowledge sharing, and skills training. The successful candidate will demonstrate clinical competence, strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal effectiveness, customer relations skills, computer competence, and an active desire to learn. The department is a fast-evolving field, so flexibility and innovation are important. Cardiology experience is required, and experience with heart failure patients is highly desired. Nurse Practitioner applicants must hold a master's degree as a Nurse Practitioner, an active New York State Registered Nurse license and Nurse Practitioner license in good standing, and current national certification. Physician Assistant applicants must have completed an ARC-PA-approved program, hold an active New York State Physician Assistant license in good standing, and have current NCCPA national certification. The role is based at 601 Elmwood Avenue in Rochester, New York. It is full-time, 40 hours per week, primarily day shift, with no weekends. Compensation is listed as $98,508 to $132,995 annually, with the individual offer determined by factors including market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise, and internal equity.
Requirements
- Applicants must have 2–5 years of recent relevant experience.
- Cardiology experience is required.
- Demonstrated clinical competence.
- Superior verbal and written communication skills.
- Interpersonal effectiveness and customer relations skills.
- Computer competence and an active desire to learn.
- Flexibility and innovation in a fast-evolving field.
- Nurse Practitioner: Master's degree as a Nurse Practitioner; active New York State Registered Nurse license and Nurse Practitioner licensure in good standing; current national Nurse Practitioner certification.
- Physician Assistant: Completion of an ARC-PA-approved Physician Assistant program; active New York State Physician Assistant licensure in good standing; current NCCPA national certification.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with the heart failure population is highly desired.
Responsibilities
- Manage and coordinate complex patient care for adults with structural heart disease.
- Provide care in inpatient consult and outpatient settings.
- Participate in research and quality assurance.
- Lead or coordinate new initiatives.
- Precept students from various programs.
- Participate in educating students and new employees through clinical learning experiences, knowledge sharing, and skills training.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
