Advanced Practice Provider - APRN or PA - Electrophysiology

Kettering Health Network; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kettering Health Network is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider in the Dayton area to deliver electrophysiology and advanced heart failure care. The APP collaborates with physicians, conducts comprehensive examinations, and participates in diagnostics, treatment, and care planning for complex patients.

Requirements include APRN or PA with applicable national certification, Ohio licenses, and BLS. The role includes on-call duties, a collaborative practice environment, and ongoing professional

Qualifications

• APRN: Master’s degree with Advanced Practice Nursing Focus and national board certification.
• PA: Master’s degree with appropriate national certification.
• Current Ohio nursing license (APRN) and PA prescriptive authority.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to provide electrophysiology/heart failure care.
• Perform comprehensive assessments, order entries, documentation, and care planning.
• Interpret diagnostic studies and manage treatment and referrals as needed.
• Participate in on-call and weekend rotations as assigned.

Skills

Communication with staff and providers

Patient confidentiality & autonomous工作

Clinical documentation of diagnoses &

Interpersonal relationships & critical

Multi-tasking & work under stress

Clinical reasoning & care planning

Interprofessional collaboration

Advocacy in health policy

Systemic healthcare delivery skills

Education

APRN Master’s degree & national certification

PA Master’s degree & NCCPA

Tools

BLS certification

Ohio prescriptive authority (50RX)

Job description

Job Details

Medical Group l Dayton l Full-Time l First Shift

Responsibilities & Requirements

Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a provider of Electrophysiology or Advanced Heart Failure health services who synthesizes and utilizes evidence-based practice, research, and current clinical knowledge. The APP demonstrates an advanced level of medical and/or nursing knowledge, clinical and technical competence, sound clinical judgment, professionalism as it relates to interpersonal and general communication skills, timely and complete documentation and takes responsibility for ongoing professional development and competency validation. The APP works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team and in partnership with supervising/collaborating physician(s) with responsibilities that include: history taking, clinical assessment, physical examination, order entry, clinical documentation, interpretation of diagnostic studies, clinical diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care for the given population. The APP may have On Call duties and/or weekend responsibilities as assigned by practice/department.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Essential Functions:

• Physician and APP completed Quality Assurance chart reviews (25 charts for new grad, 10 charts for an established provider) (Must be kept at practice location).
• Evaluates signs and symptoms, including age-appropriate changes, noting pertinent positives and negatives (patient care).
• Assesses the complex acute, critical, and chronically ill-patient and obtains relevant comprehensive and problem-focused health histories, prioritizing data collection and using collateral sources as necessary (medical knowledge and patient care).
• Demonstrates the ability to develop and reformulate as necessary, differential diagnoses by priority, identifies the presence of co-morbidities, and uses diagnostic strategies and technical skills to monitor and sustain physiological function and ensure patient safety.
• Participates in daily team transition huddles to facilitate effective coordinated patient care.
• Utilizes evidence-based practice, along with prescribing appropriate pharmacologic (includes medication reconciliation) and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities; implements treatment and referral orders; interprets and evaluates appropriate lab and diagnostic testing and reports to collaborating physician(s) and health care team members.
• Monitoring and ensuring the Quality of the Healthcare Practice - skill of ensuring quality of care through consultation, collaboration, continuing education, certification, and evaluation.
• The skill of improving one's own practice as well as engaging in interdisciplinary peer and colleague review.
• Adapts teaching and learning approaches based on physiological and psychological changes, age, developmental stage, cognitive status, readiness to learn, health literacy, the environment, and available resources (professionalism).
• Participates professionally and works collaboratively to identify processes, principles to meet quality core metrics and documentation standards and expectations (system based)

Minimum Education:

APRN: Master’s degree with an Advanced Practice Nursing Focus and National Board Certification required

PA: Master’s degree required with the appropriate National Certification.

Required Certifications:

• APRN - National Board Certification as a CNP, CNS, CNM, or CRNA(APRN certification to match scope of practice)
• PA- National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Required Licenses:

• Current Ohio Board of Nursing license for APRN
• Current Ohio License 50RX – License to practice as a physician assistant with prescriptive authority

Maintain collaborative/supervision agreement as required through the Ohio Medial Board/Ohio Board of Nursing. Includes yearly review/Quality Assurance and evaluations.

Required skills include but are not limited to the following:

• Ability to communicate and relate well with staff, provider(s), and the public
• Must have awareness of patient confidentiality and be able to follow directions well from physician and work autonomously with little direction
• Demonstrates the ability to effectively and efficiently document diagnoses, exam findings, and plan.
• Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships and critical analysis skills.
• Demonstrates ability to multi-task and work under stress
• Maintains competencies and skills of specialty area of practice.
• Demonstrates assessment skills, diagnosis with critical thinking and implementation of a plan of care.
• Professional Role- skill includes clinical reasoning and builds collaborative intra and interprofessional relationships to provide optimal care to patients with complex acute, critical, and chronic illness. Skill of advocating on the behalf of the patient population and the profession through active participation in the health policy process.
• Managing and Negotiating Healthcare Delivery Systems - skill in addressing the development and implementation of system policies affecting services.

Overview

Kettering Health is a not-for-profit system of 14 medical centers and more than 120 outpatient facilities serving southwest Ohio.Our mission is to live God’s love by promoting and restoring health. Our commitment to our patients is to help individuals be their best. With that context, safety is our top priority. We provide an integrated system of healthcare experts committed to providing exceptional care.