Advanced Practice Provider - Heart Failure ICU

Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services; Pasadena (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services in Pasadena, TX, seeks an ICU-focused clinician to provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management, and follow-up for critically ill heart failure patients under attending physician supervision.

You will work with an interdisciplinary team to develop individualized plans, coordinate care for patients requiring advanced cardiovascular support, and assist with transplant/LVAD care and post-operative needs, ensuring seamless

Qualifications

• Strong clinical expertise in critical care and advanced heart failure management.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-based ICU environment.
• Sound clinical judgment in collaboration with attending physicians.
• Experience or proficiency in caring for patients with advanced cardiac support therapies.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and manage complex heart failure patients in critical care settings.
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans, including ongoing follow-up.
• Coordinate care for patients requiring advanced cardiovascular support.
• Support management of patients on ECMO and other mechanical circulatory support systems.
• Contribute to care planning for transplant and LVAD patients.
• Manage post-operative needs following cardiac surgery.
• Ensure continuity of care through interdisciplinary communication and documentation.

Skills

Critical care expertise

Team-based ICU work

Clinical judgment

Advanced cardiac support familiarity

Job description

Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management, and follow-up for critically ill heart failure patients in the ICU. Work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team under attending physician supervision.

Key duties

• Evaluate and manage complex heart failure patients in critical care settings
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans, including ongoing follow-up
• Coordinate care for patients requiring advanced cardiovascular support
• Support management of patients on ECMO and other mechanical circulatory support systems
• Contribute to care planning for transplant and LVAD patients
• Manage post-operative needs following cardiac surgery
• Ensure continuity of care through interdisciplinary communication and documentation

Required Qualifications/skills

• Strong clinical expertise in critical care and advanced heart failure management
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-based ICU environment
• Sound clinical judgment in collaboration with attending physicians
• Experience or proficiency in caring for patients with advanced cardiac support therapies