Experienced Heart Failure Advanced Practice Provider

Overview: Are you looking to join a remarkable team where quality care meets quality service, in every dimension, every time?
Novant Health Medical Group is looking for a compassionate and experienced Heart Failure Advanced Practice Provider to join our growing Heart Failure clinic. Cape Fear Heart Associates is expanding their services to include a brand new LVAD clinic and requires an experienced LVAD APP to over-see day-to-day clinic operations under supervision of the Heart Failure Program Manager. This position will be instrumental in developing a new LVAD program aligned with regulatory requirements and Novant Health principles: human-centered, access for all, world class care and purposeful innovation. We are recruiting an experienced provider who is committed to advancing the health and vitality for all Heart Failure patients in our region with specific focus on the advanced Heart Failure population. We are a patient-centered, outcomes-driven, award-winning team who strives to exceed expectations of our patients, their families, and our peers. We value teamwork, professional development, integrity, and service above self.
The ideal candidate will develop personalized relationships with our Heart Failure patients, navigate patients through clinical course by managing medical care and collaborating in transitional care planning, and demonstrate leadership to conduct PI/QI projects to improve outcomes and maintain all regulatory requirements. The Ideal candidate with have a minimum of three years direct patient care (APP) with LVAD patients. Skills should include device interrogation, hemodynamic evaluation, LVAD equipment manipulation, driveline site assessments and dressing changes.
Wilmington, NC is located on the coast of Southeastern NC. Wilmington is a vibrant riverfront city, offering the most accessible coastal area in the southeastern United States, boasting of beautiful, pristine beaches, a sunny Riverwalk winding along the Cape Fear River, charming city shops, cafes, boutiques and nightlife with waterfront hotels, parks, and the Port City Marina. Home to the world-famous Azalea Festival, Wilmington offers endless outdoor activities, attractions and watersports. Balance lives here.
At Novant Health, one of our core values is diversity and inclusion. By engaging the strengths and talents of each team member, we ensure a strong organization capable of providing remarkable healthcare to our patients, families and communities. Therefore, we invite applicants from all group dynamics to apply to our exciting career opportunities. Let Novant Health be the destination for your professional growth.
Join our team!Our expert clinicians provide the latest heart and vascular tests, and surgical and non-surgical treatment options — from prevention and medication management to pacemaker implantation, minimally invasive repairs and open-heart surgery.
Novant Health benefits:

• NH Medical Group employed
• Medical and Retirement Benefits
• CME Allowance
• System wide EHR-Epic
• Malpractice
• Work-Life balance

Novant Health Medical Group:

• One of the largest medical groups in the nation.
• Offers resiliency training for providers and team members to prevent burnout.
• Established the ODYSSEY program to enhance the new physician and APP experience by empowering our providers to connect, explore and evolve within a culture of continuous learning and teamwork to build a high performing provider network.
• Instituted an APP Council that partners with leaders to improve APP clinical performance and consistency, create a community of practice that enhances experience, engagement and growth, fully integrate APPs into the care team, and set standards for APP practice.
• Is nationally recognized for advanced care and one of the largest community based, non-profit healthcare systems.
• Is well known for being physician-led and physician-driven. For example, our physicians are in every area of leadership across the organization. That means every strategic discussion has physicians at the table, and every market partners a physician leader with an administrator. The result is a focus on the details that are important to physicians.

What does it mean to be a part of Novant Health?

• A commitment to patient centered care and our model of spending more time with each patient, and creating a seamless system of care for our patients are the foundations of our success.
• Established an APP Business resource group (BRG). BRGs are a voluntary group of team members organized around a common identity to support each other, our business, diversity and inclusion strategies, and constituency needs.
• Sharing a philosophy of putting high value on the patient experience.
• Novant Health is a four-state integrated network of physician clinics, outpatient centers and hospitals that delivers a seamless and convenient healthcare experience to our communities. The Novant Health network consists of more than 2,400 physicians and over 37,000 employees that provide care at more than 800 locations, including 18 medical centers and hundreds of outpatient facilities and physician clinics.
• In 2019, Forbes ranked the organization first in North Carolina and 38th nationally on its 2019 Best Employers for Diversity list.

Qualifications:

• Education: Master's Degree required. Either a graduate of an NCCPA accredited physician assistant program, or NP or post Master’s NP program required.
• Experience: 3-5 years of APP experience with LVAD patients required. Experience with Device interrogation, hemodynamic evaluation, LVAD equipment manipulation (battery/controller changes), driveline site assessments and dressing changes preferred.
• Licensure/Certification/Registration: Current PA or NP license in appropriate state required. NCCPA or registry with state nursing board, ACLS, BLS, DEA registry required.
• Additional Skills Required: Ability to successfully complete generic and depart-specific skills validation and competency testing; Thorough knowledge of diagnosis, and pharmacology; Thorough skill in physical assessment and management of chronic illness; Communication skills, both verbal and written; general computer knowledge is preferred; ability to work independently, yet in collaboration when necessary. Ability to use problem-solving, decision making, creative and communication skills. Dedicated to patient rehabilitation and self-care.

Responsibilities: It is the responsibility of every Novant Health team member to deliver the most remarkable patient experience in every dimension, every time.

• Our team members are part of an environment that fosters team work, team member engagement and community involvement.

• The successful team member has a commitment to leveraging diversity and inclusion in support of quality care.
• All Novant Health team members are responsible for fostering a safe patient environment driven by the principles of "First Do No Harm".