Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Heart Failure & Palliative Care

Company: Hartford HealthCare
Location: Hartford
Posted on: April 16, 2024

Job Description:

Job Schedule: Full Time
Standard Hours: 40
Job Shift: Shift 1
Shift Details:
Advanced Practitioner Benefits:

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• Market-leading compensation and benefits and generous paid time off
  
• Paid CME time off plus CME budget, reimbursed professional licenses and dues
  
• Enhanced Tuition Assistance and Higher Education Partnerships
  
• Voluntary benefits include student loan programs, home, auto, renter's insurance, identity theft protection, legal services, low-interest loans, pet insurance and more!
  
• Employee discount programs and colleague assistance offering resources and information for personal and work-life issues
  
• Family care benefits through Care.com including emergency back-up care benefit for children, adults and even pets!
  
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  Position Details:
  Embrace a fulfilling career at Hartford Hospital in a role that bridges heart failure and palliative care. As a key member of the palliative care team, the Advanced Practitioner (APP) will manage a caseload of heart failure patients across inpatient and outpatient settings. The APP's impactful contributions include developing and monitoring personalized palliative care treatment plans and collaborating with the cardiology and heart failure teams. Explore this unique opportunity to mold the position to your own professional goals, contributing to our growing focus on research, all within a supportive team environment that prioritizes work-life balance and excellence and compassion in patient care.
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  Role: Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner
  Location: 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06102
  Setting: Inpatient and outpatient, heart failure, cardiology, palliative care
  Schedule: - Full-time weekday day shifts. Ask about our flexible schedule!
  Call schedule: No call
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  Hartford HealthCare supports Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in practice:
  - - - - - - - - - Dedicated support and voice for our Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants through the Office of Advanced Practice directed by Sarah Clark, MBA, MHS, PA-C, BSN, RN, System Director of Advanced Practice
  - - - - - - - - - Hartford HealthCare is one of the largest, non-profit, fully-integrated healthcare systems providing patient care in the state, allowing our providers to care for their patients no matter where they reside in Connecticut
  - - - - - - - - - With tools like EPIC, Hartford HealthCare's state of the art clinical and informatics technology promotes improved patient outcomes, streamlined continuity of care and superior provider satisfaction
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  About Hartford Hospital:
  Hartford Hospital is one of the largest and most respected teaching hospitals in New England. The Hospital is a Level 1 Trauma Center which provides -cutting edge treatment -to its patients. This is made possible by being home to the -largest robotic surgery center in the Northeast -and the Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), one of the -most-advanced medical simulation training centers in the world. When hospitals cannot provide the advanced care, expertise, and new treatment options their patients require, they turn to Hartford Hospital.
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  About Hartford HealthCare:
  - - - - - - - - - Honored as a "Best Organizations for Leadership Development" by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL)
  - - - - - - - - - Prestigiously named one of the "Best Hospitals to Work for in Connecticut" by the Becker's Hospital Review
  - - - - - - - - - Committed to continuous development through The Center for Education Stimulation & Innovation (CESI), our Provider Leadership Development Institute and a robust on demand learning platform including CME, special courses, learning series and tools and resources
  - - - - - - - - - Established Mentorship and Orientation programs specially designed for newly hired providers and providers new to practice
  Physician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners Role Scope:
  Under established guidelines and in collaboration and/or supervision with the practice physician(s), Physician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners perform routine physical examinations, and formulate medical, educational, and psychosocial plans to treat patients.
  In consultation with the physician(s) and care team members, Physician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners develop plans for further evaluation of health needs, e.g., referral to other health team members or specialists.
  Physician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners provide appropriate treatment for problems within the scope of the provider's practice as designated by protocols and identifies problems outside of their scope of practice and refers appropriately to physician. Qualifications Requirements:
  
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  • Licensure: Unrestricted State of Connecticut Medical License (or eligible)
    
  • Training: Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner
    
  • Experience: - New graduates welcome to apply. Experience in cardiology highly preferred.
    
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    Preferred Experience: 1+ years in a cardiology/heart failure setting. Palliative care experience a plus.
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