NURSE PRACT 2

UCSF Health; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

UCSF Health is seeking a full-time Advanced Practice Provider to manage patients in the Advanced Heart Failure & MCS programs, including MCS devices, heart transplant and complex heart failure cases. You will work with cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery and ICU teams to provide comprehensive care across inpatient units.

The role emphasizes collaboration with nursing, case management, social workers and research staff in a nationally recognized program offering both outpatient and inpatient

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years as a Nurse Practitioner in MCS, or Advanced Heart Failure.
• Minimum of one 2 years managing mechanical circulatory support patients.
• 3 years critical care nursing experience managing all MCS devices (Impella, ECMO, LVAD).

Skills

Nurse Practitioner

Advanced Heart Failure

MCS

Job description

Job Description

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Heart & Vascular Center’s Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center seeks a full-time Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to treat mechanical circulatory support (MCS), heart transplant, and advanced heart failure patients, among others. The UCSF team consists of highly experienced physicians, surgeons, APPs, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and researchers, caring for patients with advanced heart failure across the continuum of care. Our Advanced Heart Failure & MCS programs are nationally known for cutting edge advanced heart failure care and support in both the outpatient and inpatient setting and offers a variety of support systems (long-term and short-term).

The APP serves as primary provider in the hospital setting for these patients and will work closely with the Advanced Heart Failure Cardiologist, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Intensive Care teams along with nursing, case management, social workers and other multidisciplinary teams to evaluate, treat and manage this highly complex patient population in the Intensive Care and Acute Care Units.

Qualifications

Minimum of 4 years as a Nurse Practitioner in MCS, or Advanced Heart Failure

• Minimum of one 2 years managing mechanical circulatory support patients
• 3 years critical care nursing experience managing all MCS devices as a : impella, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), left ventricular assist device (LVAD)