MidFull TimeEN
Summary
The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant provides specialty and preventive cardiac health care services to an adult population. In collaboration with the attending physician, provides all aspects of acute care including patient admissions, consults, follow-up care and discharges. Coordinates specialty care and discharge management for acute care patients. Provides care to same population in the office setting as well.
Education
For Nurse Practitioners: Completion of Master's degree in Advanced Practice Nursing or 4 years of formal training or education beyond high school (e.g. Bachelor's Degree).
For Physician Assistants: Completion of an accredited Physicians Assistant Certification Program is required.
Certification, Registration & Licensure
Certification required: ACLS.
Licensure required: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse: New Hampshire license as Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and DEA license.
Physician Assistant: New Hampshire license as Physician Assistant. DEA license for both APRN and PAs
Experience
At least one year of cardiology provider experience.
Responsibilities
Obtains patient health history and performs physical examination.
Orders and interprets diagnostic tests.
Diagnoses acute and chronic medical problems.
Prescribes and manages medications.
Provides preventive care, secondary prevention and patient education according to practice standard.
Meets productivity standard of the practice/department.
Documents care provided in the medical record.
Performs, interprets and makes appropriate changes to cardiac devices. (Pacemakers, ICD's, Loop
recorders)
Safely performs and interprets stress tests, communicates findings and makes appropriate follow-up.
Maintains professional development.
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Physical and Work Requirements
The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to hear. The employee is frequently required to bend, do repetitive motion, perform activities that require fine motor skills, reach, sit, speak, stand, and walk. The employee is occasionally required to climb, kneel, smell, and squat.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, airborne pathogens, bloodborne pathogens, and bodily fluids, radioactive pharmaceuticals.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
