Details

• Specialty: Cardiology Advanced Heart Failure
• Schedule: 4/10 hr. days 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - day off will get established one you are onboarded
• Call Schedule: Every 4th weekend and 1 holiday a year
• Practice Detail: Come join our inpatient heart failure team
• EMR System: Sunrise/Athena
• Facility: Outpatient Advanced Heart Failure clinic - Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis
• Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
• Visa Eligibility: none

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

*Please note, benefits and benefits eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply for some roles (for example: Travel, PRN, Short-Term Option, etc.). Actual compensation offer will vary based upon role, education, experience, location, and qualifications. Connect with your Talent Advisor for additional specifics.


Responsibilities

Ascension St. Vincent is looking for an energetic NP/PA to join our dynamic Advanced Heart Failure team to provide comprehensive inpatient care to critically and chronically ill patient populations that include advanced heart failure, ventricular assist device (VAD), transplant and pulmonary hypertension. We work in a multidisciplinary, collaborative way to provide world class patient centered care.

• In this role, the APP will utilize comprehensive assessment skills and knowledge of clinical therapeutics to evaluate, diagnose, manage and treat patients in the inpatient setting.
• Must be able to make modifications to the plan of care as necessary while also identifying psychosocial and educational needs of the patient and family.
• The APP will be responsible for admissions, consults and discharges and must be able to perform detailed histories and physicals.
• The clinician must be able to interpret multiple sources of data to make clinical judgments and develop a plan of care for the patient under the direction of the Advanced Heart Failure Physicians and determine the effectiveness of the plan of care.
• Be able to prescribe appropriate guideline directed medical therapy.
• Participates in multidisciplinary morning rounds and transplant/VAD selection meetings.
• Provide education to patients and families.

Position Highlights:

• Status: 1.0 FTE status
• Shifts 4- 10 hour shifts 7a-5pm
• Holiday commitment: 1 holiday rotated /year
• Weekend commitment: Every 4th

Responsibilities:

In collaboration with a physician, provide for the expansion of individualized primary healthcare services by diagnosing and treating certain acute or chronic health conditions.

• Obtain patient history and perform assessment via observation, interview and examination. Order, perform and interpret diagnostic studies. Perform preventative health assessments, screening, immunization and patient care.
• Provide direct treatment and management of health conditions via referral to other healthcare providers or community resources.
• Counsel and educate patients and their families/caregivers concerning preventative health, treatment options and community resources.
• Document delivery of health care and nursing processes in accordance with specific specialty area standards and network nursing policy.

Requirements

Licensure/Certification/Registration:

Required Credential(s):

• BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.

One or more of the following:

• Physician Assistant credentialed from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.

• Physician Assistant credentialed from the Indiana Physician Assistant Committee obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.

Preferred Credential(s):

• Advanced Life Support. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.

• Orthopedic Physician Assistant.

Education:

• Graduate of accredited Physician Assistant program.

• Master's degree preferred.

Work Experience:

• 1 year of experience preferred.


Additional Preferences

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Why Join Our Team

Ascension St. Vincent in Indiana has been providing rewarding careers in healthcare for over 148 years. With 24 hospitals throughout the greater Indianapolis and Evansville areas, Ascension St. Vincent offers careers in a wide range of services including acute and long-term care, bariatrics, cancer care, cardiovascular services, emergency services, neuroscience, orthopedics, pediatric services, primary and urgent care, women's health services and more.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.


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Responsibilities

Ascension St. Vincent is looking for an energetic NP/PA to join our dynamic Advanced Heart Failure team to provide comprehensive inpatient care to critically and chronically ill patient populations that include advanced heart failure, ventricular assist device (VAD), transplant and pulmonary hypertension. We work in a multidisciplinary, collaborative way to provide world class patient centered care.

• In this role, the APP will utilize comprehensive assessment skills and knowledge of clinical therapeutics to evaluate, diagnose, manage and treat patients in the inpatient setting.
• Must be able to make modifications to the plan of care as necessary while also identifying psychosocial and educational needs of the patient and family.
• The APP will be responsible for admissions, consults and discharges and must be able to perform detailed histories and physicals.
• The clinician must be able to interpret multiple sources of data to make clinical judgments and develop a plan of care for the patient under the direction of the Advanced Heart Failure Physicians and determine the effectiveness of the plan of care.
• Be able to prescribe appropriate guideline directed medical therapy.
• Participates in multidisciplinary morning rounds and transplant/VAD selection meetings.
• Provide education to patients and families.

Position Highlights:

• Status: 1.0 FTE status
• Shifts 4- 10 hour shifts 7a-5pm
• Holiday commitment: 1 holiday rotated /year
• Weekend commitment: Every 4th

Responsibilities:

In collaboration with a physician, provide for the expansion of individualized primary healthcare services by diagnosing and treating certain acute or chronic health conditions.

• Obtain patient history and perform assessment via observation, interview and examination. Order, perform and interpret diagnostic studies. Perform preventative health assessments, screening, immunization and patient care.
• Provide direct treatment and management of health conditions via referral to other healthcare providers or community resources.
• Counsel and educate patients and their families/caregivers concerning preventative health, treatment options and community resources.
• Document delivery of health care and nursing processes in accordance with specific specialty area standards and network nursing policy.

Qualifications

Licensure/Certification/Registration:

Required Credential(s):

• BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.

One or more of the following:

• Physician Assistant credentialed from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.

• Physician Assistant credentialed from the Indiana Physician Assistant Committee obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.

Preferred Credential(s):

• Advanced Life Support. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.

• Orthopedic Physician Assistant.

Education:

• Graduate of accredited Physician Assistant program.

• Master's degree preferred.

Work Experience:

• 1 year of experience preferred.

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