- Salary
- $47 – $71
- Location
- Charlotte, NC - 1237 Harding Pl, United States of America
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Healthcare
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Source
- Workday
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$47.50 - $71.25If it's possible, you will find it at Atrium Health—the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. We invite experienced APPs to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds and visionaries together.
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, a part of Atrium Health, is looking for a Cardiology Acute Care NP or PA to join our team. This role is an autonomous part of our team-based care model on our Inpatient General Cardiology Service at Atrium Health- Mercy, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center.
*Sign On Bonus Eligible*
The Mercy Cardiology Service is exclusively staffed by APPs, with remote cardiology physician supervision. The service is consult only.
Our ideal candidate is highly motivated with superb communication and organization skills with a commitment to provide quality care to the patients we serve in the Greater Charlotte community.
The APP will be part of a broader team of specialized cardiology MDs and APPs. The APP will perform daily rounding, new consults, order appropriate laboratory studies and other diagnostic studies, and formulate assessments and plans independently. The APP should be competent in taking medical histories, assessing medical conditions, and interpreting medical findings. The APP should be able to implement effective communication skills with both patients and colleagues that demonstrate a commitment to consistently provide an excellent patient experience for every patient. The APP must maintain quality assurance and quality control standards.
CARDIOLOGY AGACNP or PA:
- Responsible for daily rounding as well as triaging and completing new inpatient consults.
- Evaluate, diagnose, and treat common cardiac conditions to both new patients in the Emergency Department and established patients on the medical and surgical services.
- Order and facilitate diagnostic studies, including but not limited to echocardiograms, ECGs, and stress tests, as well as appropriate laboratory studies.
- Explain necessity, preparation, risks and benefits of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient and family.
- Document efficiently, thoroughly, and thoughtfully.
- Recognize emergency situations and respond appropriately.
- Coordinate appropriate transfers to facilitate higher level of care.
- Participate in evaluations with the primary supervising physician as directed by State laws.
- Maintain ACLS and BLS certification as well as all licenses and certifications as mandated by the Hospital Credentialing Committee.
- Exhibit respect for others by displaying a positive, courteous attitude at all times.
- Participate in staff meetings, in-services, and continuing education for job-related growth.
Shifts: DAY SHIFT; 7am-12pm, Mon-Fri. No holidays, nights, or weekends required.
Position Qualifications:
Graduation from an accredited NP or PA program. Current license to practice as a NP or PA in North Carolina. Current prescriptive privileges and DEA license required. BLS/ACLS Certified.
Nurse practitioners are required to have Acute Care Certification.
Physician Assistants with certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants required.
1+ years of experience as a provider required; experience in Cardiology preferred.
About Mercy Hospital:
Atrium Health Mercy, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center, has treated patients with a special combination of human compassion and leading-edge expertise for more than 100 years. As a full-service community hospital, it specializes in senior care, complex foot and ankle surgery, hip and knee surgery, bariatric surgery, and women's pelvic health.
The hospital is committed to delivering person-centered care, as demonstrated by its Planetree certification, which recognizes hospitals for their focus on compassionate, holistic treatment. The Mercy Partnership Council further reinforces this approach by fostering collaboration between family members and healthcare professionals to ensure that patients' unique needs and preferences are prioritized. This commitment to compassionate care and teamwork has made Atrium Health Mercy a trusted cornerstone of the community for over a century.
About SHVI:
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute is one of the Southeast's largest cardiac and vascular programs providing the highest quality care available to patients with cardiovascular disease throughout North and South Carolina. Sanger employs more than 110 physicians and 140 APPs in a network of more than 25 locations to provide the highest quality care available to patients with cardiovascular disease. Sanger has more than 50 years of experience in providing comprehensive acute and chronic cardiovascular services, including the region's only heart transplant center and pediatric heart surgery program.
When you join Atrium Health, you will be welcomed into a culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a team can make together. Practice where your voice is valued, your passion for advancing medicine is rewarded, and you get the resources and support you need to thrive personally and professionally. In our nationally-renowned integrated health system, you can work alongside the most advanced minds in medicine to improve medicine, and redefine care for all.
Our Commitment to You:
Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:
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Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
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About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.
