Advanced Practice Provider​/Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant: Electrophysiology

Benefits

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Paid Short-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program for Mental and Physical well-being
• Paid Vacation upon eligibility
• Paid Sick Leave
• CME allowance
• Annual Merit-Based increases
• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Employee Discount Programs
• Quarterly Employee Appreciation:
  Events to include therapy dogs, raffles, and other fun events.

Alexandria, VA

At Virginia Heart, we are looking for an experienced Electrophysiology Advanced Practice Provider (EP APP). In collaboration with, and under the supervision of, the physicians of Virginia Heart, the APP will provide patient care on both an inpatient and outpatient basis as dictated by clinical needs. The APP will participate in clinical assessment, planning of care, and treatment of cardiac patients, as well as research and quality assurance activities, to improve continuity of care and promote the practice of Virginia Heart.

• Obtain medical history and perform physical examinations
• Perform clinical assessments and develop treatment plans
• Initiate, monitor, and adjust medications in accordance with the EP APP/APP Practice Agreement
• Manage patients with complex cardiovascular diseases
• Order and evaluate laboratory, diagnostic, and radiographic tests
• Complete medical records and billing at the end of each day
• Perform interrogation and appropriate reprogramming of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices (CIED)
• Coordinate care with rounding EP physician or office-based EP physician
• Provide education to patients and their family members
• Provide pre‑ and postprocedural education for patients scheduled for electrophysiologic procedures
• Coordinate care between other physicians, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary providers
• Make appropriate referrals to other interdisciplinary providers
• Refer to appropriate Virginia Heart Programs:
  Heart Failure Program, Research Program, Sleep Program
• Act as liaison for the physician in communicating with patients and family members
• May need to see general cardiology patients in the office and assist with weekend hospital rounding responsibilities as per practice needs
• Hospital Specific:
  Perform daily hospital rounds; coordinate daily rounding with EP physicians between scheduled procedures; serve as the point of contact for in‑hospital EP issues; maintain communication with in‑hospital EP physicians; maintain hospital list, billing, and send follow‑up requests; coordinate scheduling of inpatient EP procedures, AAD initiation and titration with EP scheduling and EP physician team; provide discharge education and outpatient follow‑up orders
• Office Specific:
  Maintain own schedule of approximately 15 patients per day; an EP Physician is available on site for consultation and collaboration as needed; types of patient visits include pre‑ and post‑procedure visits, antiarrhythmic drug monitoring visits, urgent patient symptom calls, interrogation of CIEDs, interpretation of remote CIED transmissions, urgent add‑ons/walk‑ins, subcutaneous monitor consults, and all other routine electrophysiology follow‑ups; office EP APP does not see new patients outside of subcutaneous monitor consults

• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program or Physician Associate Program (Master’s level of preparation preferred)
• NP credentialed by the ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center). PA must be certified by the NCCPA (National Commission on Certification of Physician Associates)
• BLS/CPR and ACLS certified
• Licensed in the State of Virginia

• Experience in Electrophysiology preferred; experience in Cardiology recommended—preferably as an APP
• International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE) Certified Cardiac Device Specialist (CCDS) – recommended
• IBHRE Certified Electrophysiology Specialist (CEPS) – recommended
• Attend CME in accordance with EP APP/APP manual

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