Advanced Practice Provider - Cardiology Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Position Summary

The role of the Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is to contribute to the clinical, educational, and research missions of the organization. May provide clinical care in the inpatient or outpatient setting, telehealth, and triage. Provides regular health assessments, diagnosis, and management of acute and chronic conditions and formulate plans that include treatment, psychosocial support, health education, and counseling. In addition, the role will collaborate with other health professionals in assessing and managing health problems, maintaining continuity of care, and coordinating community services. Contributes to the development, maintenance, evaluation, and change of the health care delivery system.

Position Specifics

• Full time ambulatory position, Clinic Hours of Operation M-F 8am -5pm
• Clinic responsibilities at National Jewish Health Main Campus
• Patient population in adult General Cardiology, and Cardiovascular Primary Prevention
• Scope of practice includes evaluation and management of new and existing patients

Essential Duties

• Provides quality care for patients and families, manages chronic and acute conditions, and manages health maintenance and promotion.
• Performs and documents the history and physical exam, gathers data from the medical record, reviews outside medical records, communicates with referring providers, and develops and implements the plan of care.
• Monitors and documents the progress of each patient, revises plan of care as needed, interprets and monitors test results. Identifies and appropriately intervenes with problems that require specialty referral or escalation to a higher level of care.
• Acts as a consultant and presents current educational programs to requesting community groups, organizations, or individuals.
• Contributes to the education and research mission of the organization through participation in research or quality improvement projects, presentations, professional organizations, precepting, and other scholarly activities.
• Functions as a role model and encourages professional behaviors in dealing with patients, families, significant others, and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Represents advanced practice, Department, or Division on appropriate organizational committees.
• Abides by applicable National Jewish policies, and complies with all laws, rules, and regulations concerning advanced practice, including but not limited to Colorado Medical Board, Joint Commission Medicare and Medicaid rules and regulations.
• Maintains current license, board certification, BLS and/or ACLS or PALS certification appropriate to clinical responsibilities and stays up to date with changes in regulations.

Competencies

• Accountability: Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member; displays honesty and truthfulness; confronts problems quickly; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires others to commit to goals; demonstrates a commitment to National Jewish Health.
• Collaboration/Teamwork: Cooperates with others to accomplish common goals; works with employees and across his/her department to achieve shared goals; treat others with dignity and respect and maintains a friendly demeanor; values the contributions of others.
• Ethics: Practices ethically; demonstrates compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth and unique attributes of all people; advocates for healthcare consumer’s rights to informed decision-making and self-determination; maintains therapeutic relationships and professional boundaries; safeguards privacy and confidentiality of healthcare consumers, and their data and information.
• Evidence-based Practice and Research: Integrates evidence and research findings into practice; Articulates the values of research and its application relative to the healthcare setting; identifies questions in the healthcare setting and practice; uses current evidence-based knowledge, including research findings, to guide practice; incorporates evidence when initiating change in practice.
• Informing and Communicating: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
• Professional Development: Actively identifies learning opportunities to support APP competencies; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill to enhance contribution to the organization.
• Quality of Practice: Contributes to quality clinical practice: Ensures practice is safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, and patient centered; identifies barriers and opportunities to improve safety, effectiveness, efficiency, equitability, timeliness, and patient centeredness; recommends strategies to improve quality and safety.

Supervisory or Managerial Responsibility

None

Travel

Travel between NJH sites of practice for APPs as needed.

Core Values

• Be available to work as scheduled and report to work on time.
• Be willing to accept supervision and work well with others.
• Be well groomed, appropriate for your role and wear ID Badge visibly.
• Comply with all departmental and institutional policies, the Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct and completes NetLearning by due date annually.
• Foster an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the institution.
• Adhere to safe working practices and follows all institutional and departmental safety policies and procedures.
• Wear appropriate PPE as outlined by the infection control policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate compliance with all state, federal and all other regulatory agency requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Graduate degree from an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program required.
• Work Experience: 1 year of recent and related experience as an Advanced Practice Provider in General Cardio preferred.
• Special Training, Certification or Licensure: Colorado PA license or APRN license and prescriptive authority. DEA Registration. PA or NP certification by a national certifying body. Current CPR/BLS certification is required. ACLS or PALS certification if applicable for specific practice area.

Salary Range: $110,000.00 - $150,000.00

Benefits

At National Jewish Health, we recognize that our outstanding faculty and staff are the essence of our organization. For every aspect of health care, our employees are our greatest asset. With that in mind, we have designed a valuable, comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and their families.

• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Multiple Cigna health plans for Colorado, regional office and remote employees. Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) available to pair with some plans.
• Paid Time Off: Generous PTO accruals to use for vacation and sick days, and six paid holidays, all compliant with Colorado state sick leave regulations.
• Dental & Vision Plans: Coverage effective the first of the month after hire.
• Retirement Savings: 403(b) plan with employer contributions after two years.
• Wellness Incentives: Earn up to $200 annually for preventive health activities.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $5,250 annually for full-time and part-time employees.
• Child Care Assistance: Childcare Flex Spending Account (FSA) with annual employer contribution.
• Loan Forgiveness: Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer.
• Disability & Life Insurance: Employer-paid plans and optional buy-up choices.
• Voluntary Benefits: Full suite of coverage options such as Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Plan
• Exclusive Discounts: Savings on local services, insurance, and RTD bus passes.

Position Summary

Provides patient care to Adult and/or Pediatric patients in accordance with National Jewish Health Policies and Procedures through regular health assessments, diagnosis, and management of common acute medical conditions. Evaluates the patient and formulates plans that include treatment, psychosocial support, health education, and counseling. The provider will collaborate with other health professionals in assessing and managing health care problems, to maintain continuity of care, and to coordinate community services.

Essential Duties

• Provides quality care for to Adult and/or Pediatric patients, families, and significant others.
• Performs and documents the physical exam, takes patient history, gathers data from the medical record, reviews outside medical records, and makes contact with referring providers. Develops and documents a plan of care in collaboration with patients, families, and other team members identifying actual and potential patient care needs. Updates the plan of care and documents in the approved format.
• Acts as a consultant to nursing staff, medical staff, and other support services in identification of and implementation related to specific patient problems or needs.
• Monitors progress of each patient and revises orders and care plans as needed, including making daily patient work rounds during hospitalization. Analyzes data to determine actual or potential problems and issues. Prioritizing a focus on wellness, health promotion, chronic disease management, and disease prevention.
• Writes progress notes and works with the attending physician to facilitate the review and approval of the clinical documentation for individual patient encounters. Keeps problem sheets up today. Maintains communication with referring physicians and other healthcare providers as necessary. Updates family members throughout admission as necessary.
• Performs competencies as identified through the departmental competency program.
• Contributes to the education of others by performing the following: (a) assists in the development and/or updating of approved teaching materials; (b) regularly participates in the Skills Review competency program as a reviewer; (c) participates in the presentation of one approved educational program, assuming a leadership role; (d) precepts undergraduate/graduate students or visiting professionals as requested; (e) participates in the development, data collection, and analysis of team-based quality improvement projects, utilizing results to improve patient care.
• Supports research or process improvement projects that will contribute to improved patient-care standards, staff development, and the mission of the institution.
• Actively seeks out and shares current research and/or clinical practice guidelines to direct current practice.
• Represents unit and/or department on appropriate committees and interacts with community, regional, and national organizations related to specialty practice.

Other Duties

None

• Ethics: Practices ethically; Integrates the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements to guide practice; demonstrates compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth and unique attributes of all people; advocates for healthcare consumer’s rights to informed decision-making and self-determination; maintains therapeutic relationships and professional boundaries; safeguards privacy and confidentiality of healthcare consumers, and their data and information [Standard of Professional Performance (SPP) 7].
• Informing and Communicating: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message [SPP 9].