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Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant – Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure
Duke Careers. Provide direct patient care to adult patients with advanced heart failure in an outpatient setting .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in providing direct patient care for advanced heart failure, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and coordination of care. Proficient in utilizing evidence-based practices and collaborating with healthcare teams to enhance patient outcomes.
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Advanced Heart Failure CarePatient Assessment and DiagnosisMedication Reconciliation and TitrationACLS CertificationDEA Licensure with Prescriptive Authority
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Hard Skills
Patient CareClinical Decision-MakingTreatment Plan DevelopmentEchocardiogram CoordinationCardiac MRI FacilitationStress Testing ManagementLaboratory Result InterpretationDocumentation of Patient EncountersQuality Improvement ParticipationEvidence-Based Practice Implementation
Soft Skills
Patient EducationCollaboration with Healthcare TeamsCommunication with Patients and FamiliesRole Modeling and TrainingProfessional Development Engagement
Tools & Technologies
MAESTRO In-Basket SystemElectronic Health Records
Certifications & Qualifications
National Certification as NP or NCCPA Certification as PACurrent DEAACLSBLS
Industry Keywords
CardiologyHeart FailureNorth Carolina LicensureOutpatient CareClinical Resource
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide direct patient care to adult patients with advanced heart failure in an outpatient setting
- Evaluate established cardiovascular/heart failure patients and patients requiring early post-discharge follow-up
- Assess and diagnose clinical conditions; develop treatment plans, priorities, and outcomes; and evaluate care effectiveness and cost efficiency
- Perform comprehensive histories, physical examinations, and medical decision-making
- Develop and implement plans of care, including medication reconciliation and titration
- Document patient encounters, findings, diagnostic results, treatment plans, responses, and communications with the supervising physician
- Order, review, interpret, and communicate laboratory and diagnostic study results
- Facilitate and coordinate echocardiograms, stress testing, cardiac MRI, cardiac catheterization, laboratory studies, and other evaluations
- Educate patients and families regarding diagnoses, medications, treatment plans, procedures, risks, benefits, and expected outcomes
- Coordinate care with referring and consulting providers and obtain outside records and test results
- Manage MAESTRO in-basket messages and complete clinical and administrative documentation
- Perform procedures and use prescriptive authority within approved scope, credentialing, practice agreements, and North Carolina regulations
- Collaborate with the Advanced Heart Failure Medicine team at Duke Raleigh Hospital and Duke University Health System
- Provide patient, family, and staff education; assist with orientation and training; and serve as a clinical resource and role model
- Incorporate evidence-based practice and current research into care
- Participate in quality improvement, research, professional development, and required supervisory/performance evaluation activities
- Work 40 hours per week across five shifts, including at least eight patient-facing sessions and eight hours of dedicated administrative time
Requirements
What you’ll need- Nurse Practitioners: completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program with a Master's degree in Nursing
- Physician Assistants: completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program
- Physician Assistants: Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred
- National certification as an NP or NCCPA certification as a PA required
- Current DEA required
- ACLS required
- BLS required
- Nurse Practitioners: current or compact RN licensure and NP approval to practice in North Carolina
- Physician Assistants: licensed in North Carolina and certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
- DEA licensure with full prescriptive authority required
- At least two years of experience as an NP/PA in cardiology is strongly preferred, including experience caring for heart failure patients
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits plans
- Convenient work hours
- Annual CME funding
- Access to high-quality Duke CME offerings, including APP Grand Rounds
- Professional advancement program
- Opportunities for career advancement
- Opportunities to practice within team-based integrative care
- Remote patient encounters / telehealth visits are permitted