Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

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The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) delivers medical care to a wide variety of patients. The APRN also examines and treats patients independently and in autonomous collaboration with other health care professionals. Ensures proper illness and injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. May prescribe medications and order diagnostic tests. Advises patients about continuing care.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS                                                                                                          

• Performs and documents complete physical examinations and comprehensive health histories.
• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for patients.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
• Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability.
• Assists with the provision of care in accordance with facility, state, and federal regulations.
• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.
• Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

DEPARTMENT ADDENDUM

Department Specific Functions

• Direct communication with cardiology attendings
• Nurse practitioners work under the direct supervision of cardiologists
• Responsible for contacting all stress procedure patients the day before exam to assure proper medication management for stress procedure
• Responsible of all cardiology lab patients transfers to hospital for continued care
• Maintains direct contact/communication with other departments, including radiology for coordination of procedures, example, nuclear stress testing
• Maintains open communications with cardiology department’s manager and/or director
• Adheres to cardiology department’s stress testing policies and protocols
• Offers support to sonographers/cardiac ultrasound technologists for completion of stress testing and echocardiograms requiring IVs or medical management
• Supervision of all stress testing
• Patient medical management during stress testing, and/or contrast procedures
• Completion of all patient documentation related to all procedures completed at cardio lab
• responsible for performing all cardio lab procedures requiring provider supervision (including but not limited to all stress test procedures, tilt table testing).
• Peer to peer review for clinical and insurance purposes
• The APRN may be required to provide coverage in other outpatient cardiology laboratories as needed to support stress procedure demand and ensure adequate staffing through cross-coverage.
• Other responsibilities may be added to the department’s specific functions as needed.  

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS                                                                                             

Education:

• Master’s degree in relevant field

Certification and Licensing:

• Valid Florida Licensure in relevant field
• Board Certification
• BLS certification
• ACLS certification

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of Cardiovascular experience. Stress testing experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes:

• Advance cardiology experience/knowledge
• Experienced in cardiac arrythmias and medical management   
• Positive and professional attitude·      
• Strong communication skills 

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and primary responsibilities of this job classification. Specific duties and tasks may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned to the above consistent with the knowledge, skills & abilities required for a job. This a job profile description and not all duties may be assigned to a specific position each individual department.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff