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+ **Specialty:** Cardiology

+ **Subspecialty Interest:** Heart Failure

+ **Schedule:** 4 - 10 hour day shift

+ **Call Schedule:** Rotating weekend coverage, with additional pay for weekends

+ **Practice Detail:** In patient service

+ **EMR System:** Cerner

+ **Facility:** Ascension Saint Thomas West

+ **Location:** Nashville, Tennessee

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

_Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer._

Responsibilities

Ascension Saint Thomas Heart is seeking to add an Advanced Heart Failure APP to our team at our Heart - West Clinic in Nashville, TN.

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to partner with Ascension Saint Thomas to provide medical services to patients.

Position Highlights:

In patient service

5 heart failure specialists

6 APP's

Manages care of LVAD, Heart Transplant and Advanced Heart Failure patients

Rounds daily with MD's in ICU's and Specialty Step Down Unit

Responsibilities:

+ In collaboration with a physician, provide for the expansion of individualized primary healthcare services by diagnosing and treating certain acute or chronic health conditions.

+ Obtain patient history and perform assessment via observation, interview and examination. Order, perform and interpret diagnostic studies. Perform preventative health assessments, screening, immunizations and patient care.

+ Provide direct treatment and management of health conditions via referral to other healthcare providers or community resources.

+ Counsel and educate patients and their families/caregivers concerning preventative health, treatment options and community resources.

+ Document delivery of health care and nursing processes in accordance with specific specialty area standards and network nursing policy.

Requirements

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

+ BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.

+ Nurse Practitioner credentialed from the Tennessee Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.

+ Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Tennessee Board of Nursing or current home state license for multi-state license recognition "Compact State" obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.

Education:

+ Master's degree of Nursing required.

Additional Preferences

No additional preferences

Why Join Our Team

Ascension Saint Thomas is a leading health care system with a 125-year history of providing care to the community, and is the only faith-based, non profit health system in Middle Tennessee. Today, the health system offers a highly comprehensive system of care, consisting of a network of hospitals, affiliated joint ventures, medical practices, clinics and specialty facilities.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of thousands of associates delivering compassionate, personalized care across hospitals, clinics and senior living communities.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

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As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

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