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The Structural Heart team is looking for a Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant (APP) to join their team! Monday - Friday (4 ten hour day shift). No weekends or call. This role is a hybrid role with 75% Inpatient and 25% Outpatient coverage.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules.

Position Description

• APP will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive patient care in the inpatient and outpatient clinical setting.
• This position is occupied by board certified acute care nurse practitioners and/or physician assistants specifically trained and proficient in providing cardiac services for structural heart patients under the direct supervision of Interventional Cardiologists and co manages patient with the Cardiovascular Surgery Service line. The provider in this position will function at the top of their license in the inpatient setting in collaboration with a supervising physician and other members of a multidisciplinary team. They will be responsible for inpatient consultations, patient examinations, medication management, and laboratory/radiologic testing and interpretation. The APP will see and treat patients who have undergone structural heart procedures. The APP, working alongside the MD, will be responsible for evaluating, stabilizing, and treating patients.

Practice Highlights:

• Multidisciplinary team comprised of several physicians, APPs, nurses, and various other support staff
• The ISHV Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant program offers a full team of specialized heart failure providers and advanced heart failure services.

Requirements:

• Graduation for an accredited NP or PA program. Must be approved to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the state of Virginia. Current prescriptive privileges and DEA license required. BLS and ACLS for Healthcare Provider from AHA required with expiration date greater than 90 days from date of beginning practice.
  • Nurse Practitioner: Master's Degree or Doctorate of Nursing Practice required. License to practice as a Registered Nurse required. Certification in practice from a nationally recognized certifying body required. ACNP, AGACNP certification preferred based on population served.
  • Physician Assistant: Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program required; Master's Degree preferred.
  • Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants preferred.
• APP Inpatient and Cardiology experience preferred.
• Structural Heart experience (RN or APP) preferred.
• Demonstrate appropriate critical thinking and interpersonal skills when working in a fasted paced, high acuity work environment. Able to perform a thorough history and physical assessment.
• VA License