Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA): Cardiology I

Cleveland Clinic; Florida; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic – Weston, FL is seeking a dedicated Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our Cardiology team. This full-time position offers Day shifts, Monday–Friday, with responsibilities spanning clinical assessments, care coordination and patient education.

The APRN/PA will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary cardiology group to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care for patients across the continuum of heart disease in a nationally recognized health system.

Qualifications

• Must be a nationally certified APRN or PA.
• Cardiology experience preferred.
• Ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Handle TAVR/TMVR and related structural heart procedures coordination.
• Participate in patient assessments, plan and education.
• Coordinate follow-up and registry data as needed.
• Engage with referring physicians and cardiology team to optimize care.

Skills

APRN/PA role

Cardiology teamwork

Education

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Job description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA): Cardiology I

Location

Weston

Facility

Florida Weston Hospital

Department

Cardiology-Weston Hospital

Job Code

001134

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

Job Details

Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner – Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic – Weston, FL
Full-Time | Monday–Friday

Cleveland Clinic Florida is seeking a dedicated and motivated Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our Cardiology team at Weston. This role offers the opportunity to work within a nationally recognized healthcare system that values clinical excellence, collaboration, and work-life balance.

APRN: Nationally certified licensed healthcare provider who provides primary and/or specialty nursing and/or medical care in a variety of healthcare settings. Functions in collaboration with a physician according to an APRN protocol and specialty certification. Practice emphasizes health promotion, disease prevention and the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic health problems.

PA : Nationally certified licensed healthcare provider who provides primary and/or specialty medical care (the practice of medicine) in a variety of healthcare settings. Functions within the collaboration agreement of a Physician, as per regulatory requirements. Performs complete histories and physicals on patients of all ages to establish and record patient’s current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan to provide continuing medical care, including daily examinations, writing orders, chart notes, discharging patients and completing discharge summaries. This medical care may be in a variety of clinical settings. PAs in the Hospital care role provide outpatient and/or hospital-based care to patients (more than 50% of their time) with complex, acute, and chronic health conditions. Outpatient/Hospital care PAs practice in a setting that requires the performance of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions to manage acute and chronic health problems.

Must have the ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities include TAVR, TMVR, MitraClip, TriClip, Evoque, WATCHMAN, Amulet, Lariat and all structural heart patient care coordination.

MAJOR AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Receive and review patient referrals for appropriateness, reviewing with an attending provider as needed
• Establish contact with patient/family. Explain process and work-up.
• Perform functional assessments and frailty testing
• Have all testing available for review by cardiologist and CTS at clinic visit
• Participate in development of treatment plan
• Patient and family education
• Facilitate direct contact between cardiologist and referring physician regarding treatment plan
• Order any additional testing i.e. cath, TEE, CT
• Upload required data to appropriate vendor and maintain communication with device representatives
• Participates in follow-up visits and coordinates further follow-up per registry requirement.
• Attends weekly valve conference
• Be available to patients and families through all stages of care.
• Establish strong working relationship with surgeons, interventionalist, advanced practice providers, and device representatives
• Flexibility to adapt to new technologies and procedures as they evolve: TAVR, TMVR, MitraClip, TriClip, Evoque, WATCHMAN, Amulet, Lariat etc.

Backup responsibilities:

• Obtain all outside imaging, scheduling screening procedures and structural heart clinic visit
• Assist patient/family with navigation of testing schedule
• Facilitate scheduling and authorization of structural heart procedures
• Contact the patient 48-72 hours post discharge and then as needed until stable.
• Coordinates concerns among multiple departments including but not limited to OR, cath lab, anesthesia, CT, echo, vascular, hospital units.
• Initiates and coordinates outreach programs.
• Initiates and coordinates education for hospital staff.
• Tracks required registry data to be sure requirements are being met.

Additional Responsibilities:

• • Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical examinations (where indicated), initiates appropriate lab, radiology tests or other special tests required for evaluation of illness, and scrutinizes lab data on new and former clinic patients and hospital admissions to establish a record of the patient’s current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan.
  • Must be able to work with collaborating physician.
  • Performs and interprets, at least to the point of recognizing deviations from normal, common laboratory, radiologic, cardiographic and other routine diagnostic procedures used