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Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Triangle Heart Associates

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. Duke Advanced Practice Highlights: 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.

Job Summary: We are seeking an Advanced Practice Provider for Duke Triangle Heart Associates, with the primary practice location based in Durham, NC. The APP will primarily provide care at the Hillandale Road clinic and may rotate to other Duke Cardiology practice locations, including Riverview and Cary Waverly, based on patient care and operational needs. This APP will work with attending physicians and other providers to collect and document data, conduct diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, order and schedule laboratory studies and professional consultations and provide direct patient care services to general cardiology patients.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Take patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and record data in 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.
• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to assist physician in diagnosing medical problems and prescribing necessary treatment and services for quality patient care; record the normal and abnormal data for review by the physician.
• Order laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explain the necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.
• Carry out therapeutic procedures as necessary; monitor progress of patients, report progress to supervising physician, and maintain record of each patient's progress.
• May make work assignments for assigned nursing and technical personnel; review the work of other staff; train new personnel.
• Participate in teaching physician assistant students in techniques and procedures, which are unique to Cardiology.

Job Eligibility Requirements:

• 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.
• Certification: ACLS required. BLS required.
• License: Nurse Practitioners: Must have current or compact RN licensure in the state of North Carolina. National certification as a NP required prior to employment. Must be board certified from a national certifying board in the appropriate patient foci. 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.
• Both: DEA licensure with prescriptive authority required.
• Experience: 1+ years of cardiology APP experience strongly preferred.

Job Hours: Primary outpatient clinic hours are Monday through Friday, day shift, with flexibility to meet patient care needs. Inpatient hours are day shift, with a total of 3-4 shifts during weekdays, and weekend rotation approximately every 4–5 weekends, with adjusted weekdays off. No call coverage is required.

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation, or military status. Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of our community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.