Structural Heart Team - Nurse Practitioner - Jefferson Center City (Job )

Company: Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: April 15, 2024

Job Description:

Primary Function: 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 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. Essential Functions

• 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
  • 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 Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds. Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science. Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet -designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership. Jefferson s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.
    • OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
    • OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
    • OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.

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