Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant - Duke Cardiology South Durham 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.

• 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.

Duke Cardiology South Durham- 234 Crooked Creek Pkwy Suite 540 Durham, NC 27713

We are seeking an Advanced Practice Provider for our Duke Cardiology South Durham Clinic in Durham, NC to provide direct patient care services in collaboration with our general cardiology team. Patient population will include those with general cardiovascular disease/conditions, heart failure, and structural heart disease.

The APP will work in collaboration with physicians and advanced practice providers, collecting and documenting data, conducting diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, ordering and scheduling laboratory studies and professional consultations, and providing direct patient care services.

Primary hours will be Monday through Friday with hours flexible to meet the needs of the patients and the division.

• Take patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and record data in the 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.
• 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 to triage urgent calls.
• Collaborate with other NP/PAs to ensure clinic and telephone coverage.

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

• ACLS prior to or within 3 months of employment.
• BLS required.

• Nurse Practitioners:
  Must have current or compact RN licensure 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.

• 1+ years of Cardiology APP experience strongly preferred.

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

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