Nurse Practitioner

Brown-University-Health-1; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 128,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

The Miriam Hospital in Providence, RI is seeking a Physician Assistant or similar clinician to deliver high-quality cardiovascular care in an ambulatory setting. The role involves 4-10 hour shifts, with daily hours totaling around ten per day, and requires collaboration with a multidisciplinary care team.

Responsibilities include utilizing guideline-directed medical therapy, participating in education and quality initiatives, and handling billing/coding within the EHR (Lifechart).

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in PA or NP with active board certification (NCCPA/ANCC/AANP) and RI license.
• Current RI license and DEA license, BLS.
• Experience with cardiovascular care in ambulatory settings.
• Familiarity with billing and coding for medical services.

Responsibilities

• Delivers high-quality, guideline-directed care for chronic cardiac diseases.
• Care for patients in ambulatory setting with advanced cardiac knowledge.
• Participates in team-based care and interprofessional collaboration.
• Performs billing and coding, and uses EHR (Lifechart).
• Contributes to safety, infection control, and prescriptive practice standards.

Skills

Cardiac care

EHR Lifechart

Collaboration

Billing & coding

Education

Master’s degree in PA

NCCPA certification

RI license

DEA license

Tools

Lifechart

Job description

SUMMARY

This role is located on 950 Warren Ave, East Providence RI 4-10 hour shifts

• Delivers high-quality, cost-effective care incorporating guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) in a timely, efficient, and equitable manner to facilitate optimal care outcomes for a patient population with chronic cardiac diseases.
• Demonstrates advanced cardiac knowledge and skills to care for patients in the ambulatory care setting.
• Implements primary and secondary prevention interventions for cardiovascular disease, management of chronic stable cardiac diseases, and episodic care as needed.
• Able to perform routine history and physical examinations, integrating laboratory data, EKG, , CXR, stress testing, echocardiograms and other diagnostic tests when formulating a plan of care in partnership with other members of the care team, patients and families.
• Demonstrates interprofessional collaboration and participates in team-based care.
• Participates in procedures for billing and coding for medical services. Competent use of EHR and Lifechart.
• Participates in the continuous education and training, clinical research, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Participates in education, training and mentoring of APP students and new employees.
• Provides leadership in the development, validation, implementation, and evaluation of standards, policies, procedures, and critical paths to support the patient care delivery model. Annually completes mandatory safety, infection control, BLS, Prescriptive privileges per licensure.

BASIC KNOWLEDGE

Graduated for a Physician Assistant program with a master’s degree and has current board certification from the NCCPA or graduated from a master’s program for nurse practitioners and has current board certification from ANCC or AANP. Current RI License and DEA license BLS

EXPERIENCE

Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Daily caseload of 10-12 patients daily including routine follow-ups for management of chronic, stable disease as well as hospital follow-ups for patients assigned to their care tea/primary cardiologists

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None

Benefits

• Pay Range: $127,504.00-$161,782.40
• Location: The Miriam Hospital - 164 Summit Ave Providence, Rhode Island 02906
• Work Type: 4-10 hr shift
• Work Shift: Day
• Daily Hours: 10 hours
• Driving Required: No

EEO Statement

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.