Cardiology Nurse Practitioner

Patients with heart failure, coronary disease, and arrhythmia need a clinician who closes the loop—not another handoff. In this role you own the visit, the plan, and the follow-through so therapy starts on time, risk is caught early, and people leave knowing exactly what to do next. Your work is how a cardiology service stays accessible, safe, and trusted.

Performance Objectives

• Manage a defined cardiology panel so guideline-directed therapy is initiated, titrated, or clearly contraindicated within the visit window you set with the team.
• Complete new and return evaluations—history, exam, ECG and result interpretation, and a written plan—so referring clinicians receive an actionable consult without delay.
• Cut avoidable decompensation by flagging high-risk patients and closing gaps in medications, monitoring, and follow-up before the next crisis.
• Reconcile medications and secure a timed follow-up at every hospital-to-clinic transition you touch, so no patient leaves without a next step.
• Deliver procedure-level care only within granted privileges, with documentation and complication review that meet service standards.
• Use teach-back until patients and families can state the diagnosis, warning signs, and the plan they will follow.
• Move at least one service metric each quarter—access time, GDMT rates, or preventable returns—with a specific change you own.

Environment & Resources

You practice with board-certified cardiologists, nurses, and medical assistants in outpatient cardiology, with inpatient consult support when the schedule requires it. You have a dedicated assistant, cardiology-ready EHR workflows, timely diagnostics, and a collaborating physician for complex decisions. Panel size and visit mix are set with leadership so access targets stay realistic. You report to the cardiology medical director or APP lead.

Essential Qualifications

• Active nurse practitioner license and national certification (AGACNP, AGPCNP, or FNP) with authority to practice in the state of hire.
• Cardiology experience in heart failure, coronary disease, arrhythmia, or post-procedure care sufficient to manage a panel with limited direct supervision after orientation.
• Proven ability to turn ECGs, labs, and imaging reports into same-day treatment changes.
• Prescriptive authority and sound judgment with anticoagulants, heart-failure regimens, and multi-drug titration.
• Charting and consult notes that a referring clinician and a patient can both act on.
• Current BLS; ACLS where hospital or rapid-response coverage is in scope.

Why This Role

Clinical ownership: your plan changes therapy, not just the note. APP practice designed as decision-making, not throughput. Panel and schedule built around access and quality, not volume alone. Success measured in stable patients, clean transitions, and GDMT—not busywork. If you want your days judged by patients who stay stable and colleagues who trust your judgment, apply with a resume that shows the panels you have managed and the outcomes you moved.