Piedmont Heart Institute - Advanced Practice Provider - Outpatient - Atlanta

Piedmont Heart Institute (PHI) is currently recruiting for a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner to join the team in Atlanta, Georgia. This is a full-time, Monday through Friday, Advanced Practice Provider position.

Key Responsibilities:

Ambulatory responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

a.      Management of patients across the spectrum of cardiology including assesses patient and performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, not limited to but including stress testing, to assist physician in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribes necessary treatment and services for quality patient care.

b.      Takes patient histories, conducts physical examinations, writes progress notes, prepares patient workups and summaries, history and physicals, and consultation notes noting pertinent positive and negative findings, obtains psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assumes responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.

c.      Orders and schedules laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures. Explains necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedure(s) to the patient, patient’s family, and staff.

d.      Monitors progress of patients, reports progress to supervising physician, and maintains record of each patient’s progress, consulting with supervising physician when patient’s progress does not meet anticipated and/or predetermined criteria.

e.      Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to, participating in the Women’s Heart screening program, managing advanced lipid patients, and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary Team.

Piedmont Benefits include:

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package

• 401k package

• CME allowance

• Quality, Service and Reputation

Minimum Requirements:

PA:  Graduate of a Physician Assistants program with current license for the Georgia State Composite Board

or

NP:  Graduate from a school of nursing with current Georgia license for Advanced Practice Nursing and a Master’s degree in Nursing