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VMG APP Cardiology Stepdown – VAD/Heart Transplant

VMG APP Cardiology Stepdown – VAD/Heart Transplant

CompanyVanderbilt Health
LocationNashville, TN, USA
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
DegreesMaster’s
Experience LevelJunior, Mid Level

Requirements

  • Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) / Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) or Physician Assistant (PA)
  • Must have 1 year of cardiology experience, preferably with VAD/Heart Transplants
  • BLS/ACLS.

Responsibilities

  • Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care
  • In collaboration, provides healthcare services for primary, acute and complex care of patients and manages patient’s overall care, identifying expected outcomes for diagnoses
  • Orders, performs, interprets and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated
  • Forms differential diagnoses and treats acute and chronic conditions.
  • Prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes
  • Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care
  • Initiates appropriate referrals and consultations
  • Provides specialty specific consultation services upon request and within specialty scope of practice
  • Facilitates the patient’s transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with VAD/Heart Transplants preferred

Benefits

    No information provided on Benefits.