Nurse Practitioner - Heart Group (Heart Failure & Pulmonary Hypertension)

Summary

Job Description

Penn Medicine - The Heart Group of Lancaster General Health is seeking a full-time Nurse Practitioner to join our Heart Failure and Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) team. As part of a highly productive cardiology group consisting of 28 Physicians and 27 Nurse Practitioners, our heart failure team offers sub-specialty clinics in the areas of pulmonary hypertension, adult congenital heart disease, cardio-oncology, maternal cardiology and VAD. With the capabilities to offer a full spectrum of mechanical circulatory support devices, we thrive on innovation and state of the art technology and are proud to serve some of the longest surviving destination therapy patients in the country. Our group is nationally recognized for the lowest heart failure readmission rates in the country. Established in 2005 as one of the earliest community hospitals to implant VADs, our program collaborates with three MCD cardio-thoracic surgeons offering all available BTT and DT platforms. As a forward thinking group, our team participates in over 20 clinical trials, encourages and supports research endeavors. We collaborate with Penn Medicine's Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology team regularly to improve quality of life and a better life expectancy for heart failure patients.

Our Nurse Practitioners enjoy a collaborative practice with a high degree of autonomy. Nurse Practitioners round on inpatients, participate in consults, and coordinate discharges. Nurse Practitioners see patients in the outpatient heart failure clinic and same day access clinic. Our specialty cardiology teams assist with general cardiology patients care as needed.

Hours: This position is full time, usual hours 0730-1730. 10 hour shifts - 8 shifts in a 2 week period. Occasional weekends and holidays/ off shifts.

Job Requirements

• Valid Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner license and Certificate of Prescriptive Authority in Pennsylvania

• Valid Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Nurse

• Certification by ANCC or other qualifying agency in area of specialty required - this positions requires Adult/ Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certification.

• Minimum one-year experience as a Nurse Practitioner is preferred

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Disclaimer: This job description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be a reflection of those principal job elements essential for recruitment and selection, for making fair job evaluations, and for establishing performance standards. The percentages of time spent performing job duties are estimates, and should not be considered absolute. The incumbent shall perform all other functions and/or be cross-trained as shall be determined at the sole discretion of management, who has the right to amend, modify, or terminate this job in part or in whole. Incumbent must be able to perform all job functions safely.

Benefits At A Glance:

PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH offers the following benefits to employees

• 100% Tuition Assistance at The Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

• Shift, Weekend and On-Call Differentials

• Health, Dental and Vision Coverage

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

• Retirement Savings Account with Company Matching

• Child Care Subsidies

• Onsite Gym and Fitness Classes

Disclaimer

PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

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PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH, a member of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine), is a not-for-profit health system with a comprehensive network of care encompassing Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), Women & Babies Hospital and the Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital (a partnership with Kindred Healthcare). We are an Accredited Trauma Center-Level I through the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation with 805 Licensed beds. Our membership in Penn Medicine brings together the strengths of a world-renowned, not-for-profit academic medical center and a nationally recognized, not-for-profit community healthcare system.

Outpatient services are provided at the Downtown Outpatient and Suburban Outpatient Pavilions, along with additional outpatient centers and Express and Urgent Care locations throughout the region. Lancaster General Health Physicians is a network of more than 300 primary-care and specialty physicians, at more than 40 offices throughout the region.