Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Duke EP Clinic

As a part of Duke Health's outpatient clinic network, you will enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits plans, convenient work hours, and many opportunities for career advancement. Become a part of a team that values and invests in you.

Duke Advanced Practice Highlights:

• The nation's first Physician Assistant Program was created at Duke in 1965 and is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country.
• The Duke School of Nursing is consistently ranked as one of the top nursing schools and their MSN and DNP programs offers eight advanced practice registered nurse majors and specialty certifications, as well as post master's certificates and certification alignment programs.
• Commitment to ongoing learning for APPs through annual CME funding and access to high-quality Duke CME offerings including APP Grand Rounds and a professional advancement program. APPs are leaders in multiple arenas within Duke.
• Duke offers APPs opportunities to practice within team based integrative care in a tremendous variety of specialties. APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke's missions which include clinical practice, education, and research.
• Practice locations can include Duke Health's three hospitals or over 140 primary care and specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina.

Job Location

Duke Health Center Arringdon, 5601 Arringdon Park Drive, Morrisville NC

Job Summary

The Duke Division of Cardiology, Section of Electrophysiology is recruiting a Full Time Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) to join a growing faculty and staff in the care and management of adult patients with cardiac arrhythmias in the outpatient setting at our Arringdon location. The APP will work in collaboration with physicians and advanced practice providers, collect and document data, conduct diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, order and schedule laboratory studies and professional consultations, and provide direct patient care services.

Primary hours will be Monday through Friday, day shift, with hours flexible to meet the needs of the patients.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and treat: Take patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and record data in patient's record; write progress notes; prepare patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings; obtain psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assume responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients. Prescribe medications within scope of practice.
• Order and schedule laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explain necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient
• Review laboratory data and diagnostic testing, communicate and interpret results to patients
• Perform medical decision-making- create a plan of care for the patient
• Collaborate with Heart Center Communications or Duke Raleigh Cardiology to triage urgent calls
• Collaborate with other NP/PAs to ensure clinic and telephone coverage
• Pacemaker and defibrillator interrogation, evaluation and appropriate programming with appropriate documentation.
• Antiarrhythmic drug monitoring
• Pre and post procedure in office education and care
• Bill for services rendered.
• Develop and follow a collaborative practice agreement with assigned Supervising Physician.

Job Eligibility Requirements

Education

• Nurse Practitioners: Work requires completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, with a Master's degree in Nursing.
• Physician Assistants: Work requires completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program. A Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred.

Certification

• ACLS prior to or within 3 months of employment.

• BLS required.

License

• Nurse Practitioners: Must have current or compact RN licensure & NP approval to practice in the state of North Carolina. BLS required. National certification as a NP required.
• Physician Assistants: Must be licensed in the state of NC, and be certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. BLS required.
• DEA license required.

Experience

• 1+ years of Cardiology APP experience strongly preferred
• Experience caring for patients with patients with complex cardiac arrhythmias including management of pacemakers and defibrillators.

Job Hours

Monday-Friday, day shift, with flexibility to meet clinic needs

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