Heart Transplant - Nurse Practitioner - Jefferson Hospital

Jefferson Health; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 49,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading health care provider as a Heart Transplant Nurse Practitioner at Jefferson Health, where you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver comprehensive care. This role requires a Master's degree and certification, offering competitive compensation and extensive benefits in a dynamic service environment.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Health and retirement benefits

Paid time off

Educational benefits

Financial and mental health resources

Qualifications

• Masters required for NP/PA roles.
• BLS certification necessary for all advanced practice clinicians.
• Competitive pay with various benefits.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care within the Heart Transplant program.
• Perform assessments and manage diagnostic tests.
• Document key patient progress and communicate with health care team.

Skills

Patient Assessment

Team Collaboration

Communication

Education

Master’s Degree

National Board Certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

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Responsibilities:

The advanced practice provider (Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant) within the ambulatory and inpatient setting works in collaboration with, and is an integral member of, a multidisciplinary health care team. The APP provides comprehensive care within the Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program as part of the Cardiovascular and Transplant Institutes

Job Details

Advance Practice Clinician

Job Description

Responsibilities:

The advanced practice provider (Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant) within the ambulatory and inpatient setting works in collaboration with, and is an integral member of, a multidisciplinary health care team. The APP provides comprehensive care within the Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program as part of the Cardiovascular and Transplant Institutes

Assessment & Management

• Performs complete history & physicals and documents in the medical record.
• Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• The APP may serve as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.
• Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including: medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures.
  
  

Diagnosis

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.
• Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
• Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
• Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions
  
  

Formulates Plan of Care

• Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs.
• Utilizes evidenced based practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.
• Implements and modifies plan of care.
• Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions.
• May perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.
  
  

Documentation

• Documents/dictates key components of patient's progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary, and or clinic note where applicable. (h&p, daily progress notes, plan of care, problem lists, procedure notes, acute event note, discharge summaries, in medical record per specific patient unit or service, death summary)
• Documentation is timely, meets acute care compliance standards and captures patient acuity.
  
  

Communication and Collaboration

• Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary health care team.
• Facilitates and communicates with patient, family and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.
  
  

Professional Practice

• Demonstrates Professional Practice behaviors including: preceptor/mentoring, education and instruction of graduate students.
• Seeks opportunities for active engagement in research and the analysis of evidenced based practice.
• Actively participates in Advance Practice Grand Rounds and specialty specific meetings.
• Maintains CEUs, and membership in a professional organization.
  
  

Other Job Duties Include

• Participation in 24/7/365 on-call schedule rotation.
• Coordination of evaluation of potential heart transplant or durable MCS recipients.
• Adherence to regulatory requirements of the United Network Organ Sharing (UNOS) bylaws, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Joint Commission (JC) regulatory bodies.
• Rounding in the inpatient setting.
• Providing pre/post operative teaching and continuous education.
• Provide clinical support in the outpatient ambulatory clinics.
  
  

Qualifications

Master’s Degree

National Board Certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

BLS certification

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Primary Location Address

833 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

At Jefferson, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support the health and well-being of our colleagues and their families. It includes a wide range of benefits including competitive pay, health and retirement benefits, life and disability insurance, paid time off, educational benefits, financial and mental health resources and much more. Our diverse benefits offerings ensure you have the coverage and access to services you need to thrive both personally and professionally.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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