Cardiac Specialty Outpatient - Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Piedmont Mountainside

Piedmont-Healthcare; Jasper (GA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive compensation package

401k package

CME allowance

Quality, Service and Reputation

Job summary

Piedmont Heart Institute Physicians in Jasper, Georgia seeks a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join the Cardiac Acute Care Outpatient team. This full-time, day-shift role supports Piedmont Mountainside Hospital and offers a collaborative cardiology environment.

Responsibilities include ambulatory patient care, diagnostic procedures, and coordinating with physicians. Minimum requirements include GA PA license or NP with master's in nursing and current GA license; experience in

Qualifications

• PA: Graduate of a Physician Assistant program with current license for the Georgia State Composite Board.
• NP: Graduate from a school of nursing with current Georgia license for Advanced Practice Nursing and a Master’s degree in Nursing.
• Experience in cardiology or ambulatory care is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to assist physicians.
• Take histories, conduct exams, write progress notes and develop therapeutic plans.
• Order and schedule labs and diagnostic procedures; explain procedures to patients.
• Monitor patient progress and coordinate with supervising physicians.
• Collaborate in Women’s Heart screening and lipid management as part of the team.

Skills

Cardiology care

Ambulatory care

Patient assessment

Team collaboration

Education

PA licensure (GA)

NP with GA APRN license

Job description

Overview

Advanced Practice Provider – Cardiac Acute Care Outpatient – Jasper, Georgia

Piedmont Heart Institute (PHI) is recruiting for a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join the team at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital located in Jasper, Georgia. This is a full-time position working day shift Monday-Friday.

This is a great opportunity to be employed by one of the nation’s leading cardiology programs. You will work alongside some of the most respected and highly trained physicians. Piedmont Heart Institute provides the full line of cardiovascular services with dedicated electrophysiology, transplant, advanced heart failure, critical care, interventional, surgical and research services.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Ambulatory responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Management of patients across the spectrum of cardiology including assessing patient and performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, not limited to but including stress testing, to assist physician in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribes necessary treatment and services for quality patient care.
• Takes patient histories, conducts physical examinations, writes progress notes, prepares patient workups and summaries, history and physicals, consultation notes noting pertinent positive and negative findings, obtains psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assumes responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.
• Orders and schedules laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures. Explains necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedure(s) to the patient, patient’s family, and staff.
• Monitors progress of patients, reports progress to supervising physician, and maintains record of each patient’s progress, consulting with supervising physician when patient’s progress does not meet anticipated and/or predetermined criteria.
• Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to, participating in the Women’s Heart screening program, managing advanced lipid patients, and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary Team.

Piedmont Benefits include:

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package
• 401k package
• CME allowance
• Quality, Service and Reputation

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

PA: Graduate of a Physician Assistants program with current license for the Georgia State Composite Board

or

NP: Graduate from a school of nursing with current Georgia license for Advanced Practice Nursing and a Master’s degree in Nursing

Business Unit : Company Name

Piedmont Heart Institute Physicians