Advanced Practice Registered Nurses / Physician Assistants
Overview
The well renowned Gagnon Heart Institute at Morristown Medical Center is looking for a Full Time Physician Assistant who is comfortable working from 6:00pm - 6:00am - 3 nights per week.
Join our award winning, nationally top ranked Cardiology and Open Heart Cardiovascular Surgical team as a Physician Assistant! Our physician assistant team work in the critical care areas as well as assist in the high acuity and post operative cardiac surgery inpatient units. The advanced practice team works collegially with the surgeons, cardiologists and interventionalists.
Responsibilities
Essential Job Functions:
Candidate will demonstrate and embrace the PRIDE core values (Professionalism, Respect, Involvement, Dignity and Excellence) in every aspect of their job.
Services include but are not limited to ordering, conducting and interpreting appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests, prescription of pharmacologic agents and treatments and non-pharmacologic therapies in a cost - efficient manner.
Works autonomously as well as in collaboration with a variety of individuals to diagnose and manage patients and works as a patient advocate. Demonstrates commitment to a patient and family focused model of care. Performs patient histories and physical exams, Handles daily patient rounds, patient education and discharge summaries.
Performs invasive procedures, such as thoracenteses, chest tube insertions, placement of central venous, dialysis and Swan-Ganz catheters, arterial lines etc.
Uses knowledge of medical model to promote synergistic relationship between physician and advanced practice providers. Has extensive knowledge of the pharmacologic effects of vasoactive/ cardiotonic drugs, ventilator management and artificial cardiac devices.
Performs duties of a primary care provider.
Manages other disease entities frequently encountered in the cardiac population, namely hypertension, diabetes, COPD, asthma, hypothyroidism and others.
Qualifications
Minimum Education Required:
Masters degree
Minimum Experience Required:
2 years relevant Cardiothoracic or Cardiology experience as a Midlevel practitioner
Candidate must have excellent communication and computer skills
About Us
Atlantic Health System, headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey is a leading non profit healthcare delivery system in New Jersey. The New Jersey network includes: Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, Overlook Medical Center in Summit, Newton Medical Center in Newton, Chilton Medical center in Pompton Plains, Hackettstown Medical Center in Hackettstown, Goryeb Childrens Hospital in Morristown and Atlantic Rehabilitation and Atlantic Home Care and Hospice.
We are confident that you will find success within Atlantic Health System, which has been named for the 12th year in a row to Fortunes Top 100 Best U.S. Companies to Work For list. Here, you will find a collaborative culture and quality care that exemplifies the value we place on our patients, their families and our employees.
EEO Statement
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About Atlantic Health System
We strive for excellence with our patients and each other.We are Atlantic Health System. Atlantic Health System is one of the largest non-profit health care systems in New Jersey, providing a wide array of health care services to the residents of Northern and Central regions of the state as well as Pike County, PA, and southern Orange County, NY. Through our vision, we empower our communities to be the healthiest in the nation.We are comprised of Morristown Medical Center, Overlook Medical Center in Summit, Newton Medical Center, Chilton Medical Center and Goryeb Children’s Hospital – all of which are accredited by The Joint Commission and members of AllSpire Health Partners.Specialty service areas include advanced cardiovascular care, pediatric medical and surgical specialties, neurology, orthopedics and sports medicine. Each of these programs has earned top ratings and recognitions in their respective fields.Atlantic Health System is an affiliate of The Mount Sinai Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and is the official health care partner of the New York Jets and an official health care provider of the New Jersey Devils.The system has been chosen for the past s...ix consecutive years by FORTUNE® as one of the magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For®.” Our organization has also been recognized six times by AARP as one of the “Best Employers for Workers over 50” and was named for a fifth consecutive year as one of Health Care’s Most Wired organizations in the July 2014 issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the journal of the American Hospital Association.
