What are the responsibilities and job description for the Advanced Heart Failure Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant position at University of Maryland Medical System?
The Advanced Heart Failure Program is seeking a dedicated and experienced Advanced Practice Provider to support the care of patients with complex heart failure and those undergoing evaluation for advanced therapies. The APP will provide high‑quality care in the outpatient setting as part of a collaborative multidisciplinary team.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and monitor patients with advanced heart failure, including comprehensive assessments and medication adjustments (e.g., GDMT, diuretics).
- Order, interpret, and act on diagnostic studies including labs, echocardiograms, and other cardiac imaging.
- Educate patients and families on disease progression, treatment options, lifestyle modifications, and care plans.
- Participate in heart transplant evaluation, including gathering clinical data, coordinating testing, documenting findings, and presenting in multidisciplinary transplant selection meetings.
- Support optimization of heart failure patients being considered for transplant.
- Collaborate with physicians, nurses, transplant coordinators, and social work to ensure safe and efficient care.
- Contribute to quality improvement initiatives and program development.
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.
Qualifications
- Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) with active state licensure and national certification.
- BLS and ACLS required; DEA license as applicable.
- Preferred experience: cardiology, advanced heart failure, cardiac inpatient care, or transplant evaluation.
- Strong communication skills, clinical decision‑making ability, and comfort working in a fast‑paced, team‑based environment.
Schedule
- Will involve outpatient responsibilities.
Pay Range: $54.34 - $77.08
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Salary : $54 - $77