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Job Summary:

Works under the direction of department leadership and in direct collaboration with the Medical Director. Coordinates and performs exercise and pharmacological stress test according to set protocols. Skills to perform accurate assessment of patient's response to pharmacological stress testing including appropriate follow-up to physician. Duties and responsibilities are performed according to standards outlined in the competency based/evaluation tool. This position must demonstrate a commitment of quality services to our patients, the public and our co-workers.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with physician, demonstrates ability to consult patients and family members about diagnosis, testing, and risk of procedures.
• Performs comprehensive health assessments for the purpose of diagnosing and treating individuals.
• Formulates appropriate treatment plan to include appropriate diagnostics; identifies non-pharmacological interventions, appropriate pharmacological agents and education. The plan is based on mutually established priorities to maximize the heath potential of the patient.
• Provides relevant patient and family education; makes appropriate referrals to other professional and community agencies.
• Orders and provides preliminary interpretation of diagnostic studies.
• Prescribes non-pharmacological therapies and pharmacological agents within the defined scope of service and according to guidelines established by the supervising physician.
• Demonstrates the ability to use effective organizational/prioritization problem-solving and decision-making abilities in practice.
• Provides emergency treatments and initiates emergency life saving measures per ACLS guidelines.
• Meets all the requirements of the practice agreement with the supervising physician under the regulations and requirements of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Delineation of Privileges:

• Obtain, record and dictate medical histories
• Perform, record and dictate physical examinations
• Make daily rounds, record progress notes, write comfort and diet orders, order laboratory tests and non-invasive examinations, write approved orders, and change dressings

Clinical procedures:

• Apply and change dressings
• Remove sutures and staples
• Perform venipunctures
• Catheterize urinary bladder
• Pass nasogastric tubes
• Place and remove chest tubes and monitoring lines
• Irrigate chest tubes and catheters
• Assess I &O; remove drainage catheters as indicated
• Perform thyroid biopsies and fine needle aspirations
• Perform thoracentesis and paracentesis
• Assess IR surgical site
• Assess pulses pre/post IR procedure

Communication:

• Educate patient/family regarding disease, procedures, medication, nutrition, healthcare, and post-discharge care
• Dictate letters to physicians, patients
• Act as liaison between patients and physicians
• Act as liaison between nursing and physicians
• Request consults from health agencies and act as liaison
• Make and receive phone calls to/from patients, physicians and nurses for information, advise, triage

Other

• Maintain statistics
• Complete insurance forms and home health forms
• Maintain written material; teach devices and special equipment for use of personnel and patients.

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse licensed to practice in Virginia or eligible, required
• MSN, required
• Current Virginia state certification as an Adult Nurse Practitioner, required
• AHA BLS Provider CPR required (?ACLS)
• Recent adult medical-surgical experience (3 years of experience), required (prior IR/Cardiology/Critical Care experience preferred)
• Ability to work effectively in emergency situations and under stress
• Proficient leadership skills
• Ability to work cooperatively/collaboratively as part of a team, developing productive working relationships with diverse groups of people.

As an EOE/AA employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.