Advanced Practice Provider - Advanced Heart Failure- Inpatient/Outpatient 148891
Description
Company Description
The Queen’s Health System is a non-profit healthcare organization with four hospitals, over 70 specialty health care locations, and labs throughout the Pacific region, including Hawai'i. With a rich history of serving the people of Hawai'i, Queen's is the state's largest employer, with over 10,000 caregivers, medical staff and leadership. Queen's is accredited by The Joint Commission and is the only hospital in Hawai'i to achieve Magnet status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Our state-of-the-art facilities serve as the major referral center for cancer, cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine, behavioral health medicine, and is a major teaching hospital.
The Queen’s Advanced Heart Failure Clinic offers the only heart failure disease management program in the state of Hawaii. Our team-based approach brings together a range of clinical specialists to provide comprehensive, personalized care in both the hospital and clinic setting.
We provide easy-to-understand symptom management education for patients, their families and loved ones – because we know that education is critical for the successful management of serious medical issues such as heart failure. Our job is to help our patients be more successful in their disease management for improved outcomes.
Each patient’s condition is unique and requires a reliable team that can tailor a personalized plan of care to match each individual patient’s specific needs.
Queen’s Advanced Heart Failure Clinic collaborates with other clinical specialists throughout The Queen’s Health System such as internal medicine, cardiac rehabilitation, home health, social work, palliative care and nutrition services, to ensure our patients’ needs are met effectively and efficiently.
Job Description
• An Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a medical provider who treats, diagnoses, prescribes, and/or performs or assists in surgical procedures. APPs are licensed healthcare professionals, credentialed and privileged through the Medical Staff Office. APPs work collaboratively with physicians and the care team in all areas of the hospital and clinics to create a seamless environment of care. APPs are highly knowledgeable and serve as an essential part of the development and implementation of patients' care. The APP develops protocols for care, as appropriate, serves as a health care researcher, interdisciplinary consultant, and patient advocate.
The APRN functions as an expert practitioner with educator consultant, researcher and leadership role components and functions autonomously and in collaboration with other healthcare professionals to enhance the quality of nursing practice and patient care.
- Provides health care that includes services to individuals and families, emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention, and diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases. Direct care services may include, but are not limited to, obtaining a patient history, providing a complete or focused physical examination, ordering, conducting and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests, performing procedures, patient and family education, and managing social, economic and ethical issues within the scope of a health care provider. Indirect patient care services may include, but are limited to setting standards for nursing practice and facilitating the professional practice of nursing care at the bedside.
A PA is an individual who has been certified by the board to practice medicine with physician supervision. A PA may perform those duties and responsibilities delegated by the supervising physician.
- Under the supervision of a Physician, the PA functions as an expert practitioner. The PA provides health care that includes services to individuals and families, which includes health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis and management of acute and chronic disease. Direct care services may include, but is not limited to, obtaining patient histories, providing a complete or focused physical examination, ordering, conducting, and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests, various diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures; and performing procedures, etc., within scope of practice and licensure. The PA also provides patient and family education, and management of social, economic, and ethical issues within the scope of the health care provider.
IV. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A. EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:
• Current Hawaii State license as an APRN or Physician Assistant in good standing
• If licensed as an APRN, current board certification in one (1) of the following:
o Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
o Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (AGNP)
o Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP)
o Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP)
• Prescriptive authority for non-controlled substances.
• Credentialing and privileging required.
• Current BLS certification.
• Current ACLS certification.
B. EXPERIENCE:
• If licensed as an APRN, two (2) years nursing experience or successful completion of an APRN Fellowship Program for any APRN position.
• One (1) year of clinical experience working as an APRN or Physician Assistant preferred.
Salary starts at: $144,352.00
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Vet