Kelsey- Seybold Clinic

Nurse Practitioner Cardiology | Changing the way health cares

Spring, TX

full-time
Inpatient and outpatient

Job ID: 7433 Job Type: Full Time

Job Summary:

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic seeks a fulltime, energetic Physician's Assistant (PA) needed for a busy Cardiology Practice. The PA will be supporting a particular Cardiologist on the north side of town. Primary Focus is centered on responsibilities within the hospital & outpatient clinic setting. In addition, other duties assigned may and can include: clinic office evaluations, virtual visit assessments and office call reports.

Qualified candidates must be available Monday – Friday between the hours of 8a-5p; call may be required in special circumstances.

Key Functions

  • Uses critical thinking to manage care of cardiac patients as directed by the physician in both the hospital and clinic settings
  • Performs and documents physical exams and interviews as well as the plan of care as decided by the physician
  • Discusses relevant findings with the physician.
  • Ensures appropriate medications and follow-up are ordered and scheduled.
  • Educates patients and their family about cardiac and medical issues, outcomes, the role of the caregiver, and medication management.

Hospital Responsibilities

  • Serve as physician extender in the hospital & outpatient clinic setting
  • Participate in discharge planning as directed by the physician
  • Start & complete discharge process in hospital's medical record for KSC Cardiology inpatients as directed by the physician
  • Participate in daily physician rounds and follow up on KSC cardiology patients as directed by the physician
  • Assist in the completion of procedure documentation as needed for diagnostic and interventional procedures as directed by the physician
  • Actively participate and serve as the primary point of contact for department EPIC Optimization requests and implementations

Cardiology Clinic Responsibilities:

  • Serve as physician extender in the clinic setting
  • Evaluate patients in the clinic setting
  • Document evaluations in a timely manner
  • Order medications and tests as per guidelines and protocols
  • Follow-up on tests and consults
  • Schedule clinical studies as per guidelines and protocols
  • Coordinate referrals/consults
  • Handle MKO messages, results, CC charts, telephone encounters and surgical risk assessments as needed within scope of practice and as directed by the supervising physician
  • Actively participate and serve as the primary point of contact for department EPIC Optimization requests and implementations from the clinical provider perspective
  • Substitutes for other department extenders as needed, which will take priority to other duties, both inpatient and outpatient

Experience:

  • Required:
    • Minimum 3 years general PA experience.
  • Preferred:
    • Previous EPIC experience
    • Strong computer skills

Licenses and Certifications:

  • Required: All of the following:
  • Licensed by the Texas State Board of Examiners.
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certification (CPR), Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) have or obtain Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months of date of hire.
  • Eligible to be granted limited prescriptive authority by the State of Texas.

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic accepts H-1B Visas

Posted December 5, 2024