Job Details

Jefferson’s Structural heart program works to provide excellent care to patients affected by significant heart valve disease (aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis and/or mitral regurgitation) and patients with structural defects of the heart such as atrial septal defect and/or patent foreman ovale. Our interventional cardiology team offers procedures such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter edge to edge mitral valve repair (Mitraclip device), and trans catheter closure of ASD and PFOs. A team based model of decision making and delivery of care is used to determine eligibility for these novel procedures. The Structural Heart Program APP will work interdependently with other health care professionals to provide quality health care to this patient population. This position will be exclusively to assist with Jefferson Structural Heart Program’s multidisciplinary team. The APP will work closely with the Lead Structural Heart Nurse Practitioner and clinical administrative assistant as part of a team based model and delivery of care.

Job Description

• Independently evaluate and treat structural heart patients in follow up
• Assist with needs of JUP cardiology practice as directed by Lead NP and/or Cardiology physician partners
• Assist in all combined multidisciplinary team clinics for all structural heart patients
• Assist in seeing inpatient consults
• Provide independent follow up with structural heart patients via telehealth delivery model of care as deemed appropriate. 
• Receive and direct phone calls with appropriate intervention and/or  delegation to team members based on context/ acuity of call
• Answer patient questions regarding coordination of care. 
• Complete  frailty examination upon new patients visits  specific to structural heart program
• Establish and maintain longitudinal relationships with patients in structural heart program.
• Provide patient instructions for upcoming procedures and/or tests.
• Ensure patient satisfaction with follow up quality of care discussions with patients
• Assist in making hospital discharge follow up calls with appropriate intervention and/or delegation of concerns to appropriate team member. 
• Participate in multidisciplinary structural heart team meetings for patient care planning purposes
• Knowledge of policies/procedures applicable to assigned duties
• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the iSCORE values of Jefferson. 

Qualifications

• CRNP, ACNP or ACGNP certified, PA – C certified
• Prior cardiology experience preferred
• Enthusiastic individual with team based mindset
• Excellent interpersonal skills with focus on customer service and closed loop communication
• Must be detail oriented and highly organized
• Knowledge of patient care and examination procedures
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Jefferson University Physicians

Primary Location Address

100 S 9th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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