General Cardiology Nurse Practitioner Needed in Boston

The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) practices as an autonomous and interdependent member of the health care team caring for adults with a variety of cardiovascular illnesses.  The APN for the Cardiology Clinic will be expected to practice in the outpatient setting.  As a member of this health care team, the APN provides specialized cardiac care to a population of adult patients at Tufts Medical Center through direct nursing care, consultation, collaboration, coordination, and referral. The APN in the Division of Cardiology practices within a collaborative practice model comprised of a physician/nurse practitioner team. The APN works with collaborative physicians and will work with a patient population with a variety of common cardiac conditions and problems, with appropriate cross coverage by all members of APN team as needed.

The APN Practice includes:

• Performs a health history and medical history.

• Performs and records pertinent health appraisal including physical assessment, laboratory, and diagnostic studies.

• Differentiates between normal findings and those requiring treatment, consultation and/or referral.

• Assesses the patient’s/family’s psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, and physiologic and environmental needs and priorities.

• Diagnoses adults with common acute cardiac conditions, providing treatment and education.

• Diagnoses, monitors, and treats patients with chronic cardiac conditions.

• Formulates a health plan emphasizing responsibility and participation of patient, family, and other health team members.

• Develops collaborative practice model with physician partner(s).

• Determines those cases which require appropriate consultation and/or referral to physician or other health care team member.

• Provides health maintenance and promotion services through teaching, counseling, and treatment.

• Provides symptom management for patients/families along entire disease trajectory.

• Identifies resources and coordinates referrals for patients and families requiring further evaluation or services.

• Interacts with appropriate community agencies to facilitate implementation of health care team plan.

• Collaborates with all members of the health care team.

• Prescribes medications for treatment of common adult health and cardiac conditions.

• APN will conduct the necessary education to the patient and family for their procedures, testing, medications, and surgery. 

• Participate in continuing education, quality improvement initiatives, clinical outcome evaluation and monitoring.

Requirements:

• Master's degree required

• Current MA Registered Nurse license required. BLS required

• 2-3 years NP experience required

• Cardiology NP experience preferred

• Current Massachusetts NP licensure

• Ability to work collaboratively with nurses, physicians, and administrative colleagues

• Excellent communication skills

• Ability to navigate complex electronic clinical and administrative information systems and applications knowledge of growth and development

• Epic experience preferred

• Ability to interpret age specific data and response to care