3001461| CVICU | Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner | Full-Time | Nights | Macon, GA

Piedmont Healthcare; Macon (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Piedmont Heart Institute, part of Piedmont Healthcare, is seeking a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner for the Cardiac Critical Care service in Macon, GA. The role focuses on high-acuity cardiac care with on-site 24-hour coverage and collaboration with physicians.

Responsibilities include direct patient care, order interpretation, procedures, and integration of clinical research into practice. Requires ICU/critical care experience and PA or NP credentials in Georgia.

Qualifications

• Master's or Bachelor's degree from an accredited PA program with national board certification.
• Licensed as a Nurse Practitioner in Georgia with national certification if pursuing NP path.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical services for critically ill adults within guidelines and under physician supervision.
• Formulate and implement acute illness treatment plans with supervising physician.
• Order and interpret diagnostic and laboratory tests.
• Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based on patient status.
• Inserting/managing arterial and central venous catheters, pulmonary artery catheters, temporary pacemakers, chest tubes, and IABP as credentialed.
• Perform CPR and administer life-support drugs per protocols; assist with ECPR/ECMO cannulations.
• Assess patient status changes and initiate necessary interventions.
• Incorporate clinical research findings into care standards.
• Support IRB-approved research and education activities.
• Serve as clinical education consultant to nursing and the healthcare team.

Skills

ICU/Critical Care experience

PA/NP clinical license

Education

Master's or Bachelor's in PA

Georgia NP licensure with national certification

Job description

3001461| CVICU | Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner | Full-Time | Nights | Macon, GA

Responsibilities

Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner - Cardiac Critical Care - Piedmont Heart Institute

PHI's critical care extenders provide 24-hour, on-site coverage to some of the highest acuity patients in the nation, treating and managing patients with coronary artery disease, advanced heart failure, structural heart disease, high risk percutaneous coronary interventions, arrhythmia, cardiogenic shock, percutaneous valve interventions, temporary mechanical circulatory support including ECMO, and cardiothoracic surgery including transplant and ventricular-assist device implantation.

Key Responsibilities of Physician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners on the Cardiac Critical Care Service include:

• Provides direct clinical services for critically ill adult patients within institutional guidelines and utilizing evidence-based clinical practice standards under the supervision of the patient's physician.
• Formulates and implements a treatment plan for acute illness management in collaboration with the designated primary supervising physician and/or attending back-up physician(s)
• Orders and interprets appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests
• Performs approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based upon patient's clinical status
• Within the credentialing standards of the Hospital, inserts and manages arterial catheters, central venous catheters, pulmonary artery catheters, temporary pacemakers, chest tubes, and intra-aortic balloon pump catheters.
• Performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation and administration of life supporting drugs according to established protocols. Assists with ECPR and ECMO cannulations.
• Assesses patients for changes in status and institutes appropriate interventions, including initiation of necessary emergency interventions to stabilize patient.
• Incorporates clinical research findings in the development and implementation of standards of care.
• Supports IRB approved clinical research/trials though a variety of activities.
• Serves as a clinical expert and education consultant to nursing, members of the healthcare team and to the larger community.

About Piedmont Heart Institute (PHI)

PHI is the first integrated cardiovascular healthcare delivery program affiliated with a community health system in greater Atlanta, and is headquartered on the campus of Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, a 643-bed quaternary care facility offering all major medical, surgical and diagnostic services. Piedmont Heart serves the community at Piedmont Healthcare's 11 hospitals as well as 25 outpatient locations throughout Georgia, combining over 100 affiliated cardiovascular specialists to propel new programs and excellence in cardiovascular research and education, disease prevention, arrhythmias, coronary and vascular intervention, stroke, cardiac imaging, and cardiothoracic surgery.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Masters, Bachelor's Degree from an Accredited PA program and National Board Certification
• --or--
• Licensed as a Nurse and approved to practice as a NP by State of Georgia with National Certification

Experience:

• ICU/Critical Care experience preferred

Business Unit : Company Name

Piedmont Heart Institute Physicians