Cardiac Acute Care Services - Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Piedmont Athens Regional

Cardiac Acute Care Services - Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Piedmont Athens Regional

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:

• Conduct outpatient independent cardiology follow up and new patient clinics and reports progress to a supervising physician.
• Establish treatment plans for a wide range of cardiac problems and educates patients on diagnoses and treatment plans.
• Order and schedule 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.
• Assist in the evaluation and treatment of Cardiology patients in an inpatient setting
• Take patient history, conduct physical examinations, and record data in the patient record
• Develop treatment plans in collaboration with attending physicians and other APPs
• Order and schedule diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for patients
• Proctor nuclear stress tests
• 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.

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