Advanced Practice, Cardiology – Your Life’s Work in Braselton, Georgia

Your Life’s Work—we’re here to support it all! Georgia Heart Institute, a subsidiary of Northeast Georgia Health System, is seeking the nation's brightest and most innovative Non-Invasive Advanced Practitioners to help us deliver the highest level of heart care to our patients. Come and be a part of one of the largest and most experienced multidisciplinary teams in the nation! The primary locations are Braselton and Buford, Georgia.

Benefits of Working at Georgia Heart Institute:

• Investing in Innovative Technologies
• Striving for the Highest Quality Outcomes
• Teaching the Physician Leaders of Tomorrow
• Discovering New Treatments through Clinical Trials
• Expanding your Skills through Developmental Opportunities
• Changing the Face of Medicine through Venture Partnerships
• Thriving in Vibrant Communities Perfect for You & Your Family
• Partnering with Non-Profits to Impact Social Determinants of Health
• Diversifying the Workforce by a Purposeful Focus on Equity & Inclusion
• Excellent Compensation, including sign-on bonus, relocation, & malpractice coverage
• Living Healthy through Provided Wellness Services & Emphasizing Work-Life Balance

Practice Overview:

• EMR Platform – EPIC
• Outpatient only
• No nights, weekends, or call
• More than a dozen locations throughout Northeast Georgia
• Dominant cardiovascular market share leader in our 19+ county service area
• Performing more than 5,000 cardiac procedures and 30,000 consults each year
• Team of more than 100 Cardiologists and Advanced Practice Providers
• First hospital in Georgia to receive Emergency Cardiac Care Center (ECCC) designation
• Opportunities to participate in research and teaching residents and cardiac fellows

Do you have what it takes?

• BC/BE as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• Prior Cardiology experience preferred
• Passion for quality and patient care
• Functions well in a team environment, contributing to and supporting organizational goals and initiatives  

Georgia Heart Institute (GHI) is the comprehensive, multidisciplinary heart and vascular program of Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS).  As the state’s most forward-thinking heart and vascular program, Georgia Heart Institute has been leading the way in heart and vascular care throughout the region for decades, treating thousands of patients annually. Our comprehensive program offers patients convenient access to diagnostics and high-quality routine and preventative care wherever they live throughout the region. Enriched by cutting-edge research and state-of-the-art facilities in Gainesville and Braselton, GA, we offer some of the most advanced heart and vascular treatments in the region for even the most complicated conditions.

Northeast Georgia Community Northeast Georgia offers the best quality of life in the Southeast. For more than two centuries, Hall County has been the focal point for the arts, education, government, and business in Northeast Georgia. Lake Lanier and the rolling foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains provide a beautiful backdrop for Hall County's varied mix of agricultural, industrial, healthcare, and retail industries.

Your next career move is only a heartbeat away: contact April Knowles, Physician Recruiter, with GHI at April.Knowles@nghs.com or 770-656-7526.

The Heart Center of NGMC is routinely first-in-market for breakthrough treatments, thanks to our team’s participation in national clinical trials – often as the only practice participating in a community hospital setting.  We’re also an integral part of the Northeast Georgia Regional STEMI System, which has been nationally-recognized for achieving door-to-reperfusion times well below national standards.

Practice leadership partners with hospital leadership to form a Joint Operating Committee that serves as a governing body to ensure program success.  Plus, as an employed physician, you would be further supported by Northeast Georgia Physicians Group – an employed multi-specialty team of 400+ providers spanning 30+ specialties at 50+ locations.

• More than 40 cardiologists and 40 advanced practitioners within The Heart Center
• 13 total outpatient locations
• Dominant cardiovascular market share leader in our 19+ county service area
• Team performs more than 5,000 cardiac procedures and 30,000 consults each year
• Primary services span non-invasive cardiology, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, heart failure treatment, cardiac imaging and more
• Advanced structural heart procedures and specialty programs include:
  • First practice in Georgia to implant bioabsorbable stents (July 2016)
  • Watchman
  • MitraClip
  • LARIAT
  • Alcohol Septal Ablation
  • TAVR
  • ECMO
  • Cardio-Oncology
  • Sports Cardiology
  • ASD and PFO closure
  • CardioMEMS
  • LVADs