Description

APRN Specialty Cardiology AdventHealth Orlando

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Benefits from Day One
• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Career Development
• Whole Person Wellbeing Resources
• Mental Health Resources and Support
• Pet Insurance*
• Debt-free Education* (Certifications and Degrees without out-of-pocket tuition expense)

Schedule: Full-Time Days 3 12 hour shifts per week and every 4th weekend (Exempt position)

Location: 601 East Rollins St Orlando, FL

The community you’ll be caring for:

• Located on a lush tropical campus, our flagship hospital, 1,368-bed AdventHealth Orlando
• serves as the major tertiary facility for much of the Southeast, the Caribbean and South America
• AdventHealth Orlando houses one of the largest Emergency Departments and largest cardiac catheterization labs in the country
• We are already one of the busiest hospitals in the nation, providing service excellence to more than 32,000 inpatients and 125,000 outpatients each year

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Assess patient health status through physical exam reviews patient history, diagnostic tests and

procedures and review labs and other critical data.

• Diagnose acute and chronic conditions affecting all organs systems.
• Initiate orders for medications, laboratory, and other diagnostic testing and medical treatments on

appropriate forms.

• Prescribe interventions and performs therapeutic measures to ensure the appropriate individualized

plan of care is implemented. Apply knowledge of age-specific needs i.e.: pediatric adolescents,
adult and geriatric patients related to plan of care interventions and patient responses to care.

• Perform interventions in accordance with the patient’s care plan to include, but not limited to

pulling chest tubes, pulling pacing wires, insertion of intravenous lines according to scope of
practice and draining fluid from lung spaces and tissue as needed and according to credentials.

• Attend medical rounds with surgeon, and pharmacist. Coordinate treatment plan with other

caregivers.

• Lead efforts to reduce waste and promote efficient processes within the inpatient hospital

environment particularly cardiothoracic and cardiovascular care. This includes leading, developing
and enthusiastically engaging in performance improvement projects such as length of stay, reducing
in complications including infections and stroke as well as renal injury post procedure/surgery. All
midlevel providers must lead one performance improvement project per year relating to their
specialty.

• Write and/or dictate progress notes, procedure notes, history and physical examination,

transfers/discharge summaries in accordance with medical policies.

• Evaluate the processes and outcomes to enhance the delivery of excellent, cost-effective health care

Qualifications

What You Will Need:



Strong interpersonal skills, excellent conflict resolution and communication skills required
 Skilled in use of specialized equipment used in respective area of practice
 Good organizational skills in planning/implementing daily activities
 Leadership/mentorship/clinical resource skills
 Effective time management skills in a fast paced environment
 Ability to multi-task on a variety of tasks and projects
 Competent with electronic order entry and documentation within the Electronic Health Records

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS PREFERRED:
 Cardiothoracic Surgery
 Cardiovascular Surgery
 Thoracic Surgery
 Advanced Heart Failure Patient Population
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
 Experience in cardiothoracic or vascular acute care; examples of this include, but are not limited to:
Cardiac/Vascular Surgery ICU, Cardiac Cath Lab, Cardiac/Vascular Surgery Operating Room and
Heart and Lung Transplant
 Successfully completed undergraduate and Master’s level nursing programs, passed state boards,
valid certification as an APRN.
 Individuals who completed their training prior to January 1, 2001, shall not be required to hold a
Master’s degree

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE PREFERRED:
 Management of patients both pre- and post-implantation for Ventricular Assist Devices and
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
 Management of patients undergoing Trans catheter Valve procedures
 Management of patients undergoing Vascular surgical procedures
 Public speaking experience
 Teaching/Preceptor experience
 Published in peer reviewed journals
 Research involving Acute Coronary disease states/Vascular disease states

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:
 Prescriptive authority for the State of Florida
 Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
 Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
 Current, valid State of Florida Board of Nursing license as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
 National Nurse Practitioner certification by either:
 the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or
 the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

Job Summary:

Under administrative and physician guidance the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) will
provide comprehensive primary care services, acute care services, and extended care services in medicine
for individuals and their families. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, physical exams,
diagnose and treat diseases and injuries, order and interpret tests, counsel on preventive health, and write
prescriptions. Will have prescriptive authority in the state of Florida under a practice agreement with a
supervising physician. Supports the quality of care, coordination of care and throughput of patients who
have acute coronary and/or vascular disease, have undergone surgical or interventional procedures in the
hospital with primary focus on clinical services. Responsible for coordinating delivery of patient care in
collaboration with the Cardiothoracic and/or Cardiovascular Surgeons and Cardiologists. Actively
participates in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility in maintaining relationships that
are equally respectful to all.

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.