Advanced Practice Registered Nurse- UHealth SoLé Mia Cardiovascular - Full Time

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The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) delivers medical care to a wide variety of patients. The APRN also examines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other health care professionals. Ensures proper illness and injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. May prescribe medications and order diagnostic tests. Advises patients about continuing care.

• Performs and documents complete physical examinations and comprehensive health histories.
• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for patients.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
• Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability.
• Assists with the provision of care in accordance with facility, state, and federal regulations.
• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.
• Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

• Direct communication with cardiology attendings
• Nurse practitioners work under the direct supervision of cardiologists
• Responsible for contacting all stress procedure patients the day before exam to assure proper medication management for stress procedure
• Responsible of all cardiology lab patients transfers to hospital for continued care
• Maintains direct contact/communication with other departments, including radiology for coordination of procedures, example, nuclear stress testing
• Maintains open communications with cardiology department’s manager and/or director
• Adheres to cardiology department’s stress testing policies and protocols
• Offers support to sonographers/cardiac ultrasound technologists for completion of stress testing and echocardiograms requiring IVs or medical management
• Supervision of all stress testing
• Patient medical management during stress testing, and/or contrast procedures
• Completion of all patient documentation related to all procedures completed at cardio lab
• responsible for performing all cardio lab procedures requiring provider supervision (including but not limited to all stress test procedures, tilt table testing).
• Peer to peer review for clinical and insurance purposes
• The APRN may be required to provide coverage in other outpatient cardiology laboratories as needed to support stress procedure demand and ensure adequate staffing through cross-coverage.
• Other responsibilities may be added to the department’s specific functions as needed.  

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

• Master’s degree in relevant field

• Valid Florida Licensure in relevant field
• Board Certification
• BLS certification
• ACLS certification

• Minimum 2 years of Cardiovascular experience. Stress testing experience preferred.

• Advance cardiology experience/knowledge
• Experienced in cardiac arrythmias and medical management   
• Positive and professional attitude·      
• Strong communication skills