Piedmont HealthCare
Advanced Heart Failure Clinic - Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Covingt
Piedmont HealthCare, Covington, Georgia, United States, 30209
Description:Advanced Practice Provider
Heart Failure Clinic
Covington, GA
Piedmont Healthcare is currently recruiting for a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner to join the Heart Failure team at Piedmont Newton. This is a full-time position working 5 days per week in an outpatient clinic.
Key Responsibilities:
Ambulatory care responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
a. Assesses patient and performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to assist physician in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribes necessary treatment and services for quality patient care.
b. Takes patient histories, conducts physical examinations, writes progress notes, prepares patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings, obtains psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assumes responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.
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, patients family, and staff.
d. Monitors progress of patients, reports progress to supervising physician, and maintains record of each patients progress, consulting with supervising physician when patients progress does not meet anticipated and/or predetermined criteria.
Piedmont Benefits include:
Competitive compensation and benefits packageCME allowanceQuality, Service and Reputation
Qualifications: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 Masters degree in Nursing
Required Experience:
Previous general cardiology or heart failure experience required.
Heart Failure Clinic
Covington, GA
Piedmont Healthcare is currently recruiting for a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner to join the Heart Failure team at Piedmont Newton. This is a full-time position working 5 days per week in an outpatient clinic.
Key Responsibilities:
Ambulatory care responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
a. Assesses patient and performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to assist physician in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribes necessary treatment and services for quality patient care.
b. Takes patient histories, conducts physical examinations, writes progress notes, prepares patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings, obtains psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assumes responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.
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, patients family, and staff.
d. Monitors progress of patients, reports progress to supervising physician, and maintains record of each patients progress, consulting with supervising physician when patients progress does not meet anticipated and/or predetermined criteria.
Piedmont Benefits include:
Competitive compensation and benefits packageCME allowanceQuality, Service and Reputation
Qualifications: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 Masters degree in Nursing
Required Experience:
Previous general cardiology or heart failure experience required.