Nurse Practitioner - Congestive Heart Failure

Nurse Practitioner - Congestive Heart Failure

Description

Nurse Practitioner Benefits:

• 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, renters 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!

Position Details:

Hartford HealthCare St. Vincents Medical Center is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join their Congestive Heart Failure team! The NP will provide care in an inpatient cardiology setting for heart failure patients and occasionally general cardiology patients and will collaborate with the Congestive Heart Failure Clinic and cardiologists. Responsibilities include monitoring heart failure of patients, educating patients about heart failure, performing consults for general cardiology and heart failure. Given the complexity of patient population, including advanced heart failure patients, this role requires critical thinking to best care for our patients.

St. Vincent's cardiology program is recognized regionally and nationally for innovation and outstanding clinical results.

Role: Nurse Practitioner

Location: 2800 Main Street, Bridgeport, 06606

Setting: Inpatient with outpatient coverage, cardiology

Schedule: Full-time (40 hours) 5x8s, Monday-Friday day shifts. No weekends, no holidays!

Call schedule: No call.

About the Hartford Healthcare Heart & Vascular Institute:

With 55 locations, seven acute care hospitals, and nearly 400 providers across Connecticut and Rhode Island, the Heart & Vascular Institute is nationally recognized for the care we provide in our communities. The Heart Failure Program has achieved Gold Plus and Target HF awardsfrom the American Heart Association for the Get With the Guidelines Program. The Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute is Connecticuts top choice for cardiovascular care and one of the top programs in the nation.

Hartford HealthCare supports Advanced Practitioners in practice:

Dedicated support and voice for our for 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 HealthCares state of the art clinical and informatics technology promotes improved patient outcomes, streamlined continuity of care and superior provider satisfaction

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

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Licensure: Unrestricted State of Connecticut Medical License (or eligible)
• Training: Nurse Practitioner
• Experience: 1+ years as a Nurse Practitioner

Preferred:

Experience: 2+ years in cardiology or ICU setting