Cardiac Acute Care Services - Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

Advanced Practice Provider – General Cardiology – Piedmont Athens Regional

Piedmont Athens Regional is currently recruiting for a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner to join the team. This is a full-time position and will include a night call, weekend, and holiday rotation.

This is a great opportunity to be employed by one of the nation’s leading cardiology programs. You will work alongside some of the most respected and highly-trained physicians. Piedmont Heart Institute provides the full line of cardiovascular services with dedicated electrophysiology, advanced heart failure, critical care, and interventional services.

Key Responsibilities:

Ambulatory care responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

a. Conduct outpatient independent cardiology follow up and new patient clinics and reports progress to a supervising physician.

b. Establish treatment plans for a wide range of cardiac problems and educates patients on diagnoses and treatment plans.

c. Orders and schedules laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures. Explains necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedure(s) to the patient, patient’s family, and staff.

Inpatient hospital responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

a. Assist in the evaluation and treatment of Cardiology patients in an inpatient setting

b. Take patient history, conduct physical examinations, and record data in the patient record

c. Develop treatment plans in collaboration with attending physicians and other APPs

d. Order and schedule diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for patients

e. Proctor nuclear stress tests

f. Work alongside physicians and APPs in a collaborative, team-based environment

Minimum Requirements:

PA: Graduate of a Physician Assistants program with current license for the Georgia State Composite Board

or

NP: Graduate from a school of nursing with current Georgia license for Advanced Practice Nursing and a Master’s degree in Nursing

Previous cardiology experience as an APP strongly preferred.