Nurse practitioner - congestive heart failure

Additional Information About the Role

Are you looking for a career as a Congestive Heart Failure Program Nurse Practitioner? Look no further! Join Christian Hospital's growing cardiology team where you'll play a critical role in launching the hospital's first Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Program and helping develop innovative care pathways that improve outcomes for heart failure patients.

Position Details:

Schedule: Monday-Friday, daytime hours; no routine weekends or holidays. On-call support may be required as needed for heart failure patient questions and consultation.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Interview and assess newly diagnosed CHF patients
• Evaluate functional health and educational needs
• Provide patient and family education
• Coordinate discharge planning and transitions of care
• Reconcile medications
• Identify patients at risk for readmission
• Collaborate with attending physicians and cardiology providers on guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT)

Position Highlights:

Unique opportunity to help build Christian Hospital's first dedicated CHF service line, develop clinical pathways, and work closely with the Medical Director of Cardiology.

Strongly Preferred:

Cardiology experience, heart failure management knowledge, care coordination experience, familiarity with GDMT and transitional care planning.

Preferred:

Candidates must have adult-focused clinical experience; cardiology experience may be from either RN or APP practice.

Great opportunity to make a significant impact on patient outcomes while helping establish a new program!

For questions about the position, please contact Michael.Moscketti@bjc.org.

Overview

Christian Hospital has been serving St. Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903. U.S. News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No. 5 in St. Louis for overall clinical excellence and No. 9 in Missouri, which puts us in the top 6% of all hospitals in the state!

The U.S. News adult methodology ranks clinical specialties and rates common care procedures and conditions. Christian was nationally ranked as “high performing” in the clinical specialty of geriatrics and in the following seven of 21 common procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia and stroke. High performing in a specialty means we were in the top 10% nationally of all evaluated hospitals for that specialty or procedure and condition.

Northwest HealthCare, six miles west of Christian, offers 24-hour emergency care, the Sleep Disorders Center and a variety of outpatient diagnostic and imaging services.

The Nursing Administration oversees the various Nursing departments and provides clerical support.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

The Nurse Practitioner is an advanced practice nurse who utilizes a high degree of knowledge, skill and competence in a specialized patient care area. This position assesses, diagnose, prescribes, initiates plan of care and evaluates outcomes within the scope of a formal collaborative practice agreement with physician(s).

Responsibilities

• Participates in professional development
• Manages the health care of patient populations with compassion through advanced health assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation in a collaborative practice agreement with a physician. Prescriptive responsibilities are reviewed by collaborative physician.
• Coordinates the care of patient populations, in a collaborative practice agreement with a physician, to ensure promotion of health and wellness through education of patients and families, coordination of services and placing referrals.
• Assesses development needs of staff and develops and delivers appropriate educational programs to meet staff needs.
• Develops treatment plans, treats patients with acute problems including illnesses and minor injuries following a predetermined protocol in a collaborative practice agreement with a physician.

Minimum Requirements

Education

Master's Degree - Nursing (Accredited NP Program)

Experience

<2 years

Supervisor Experience

No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

Nurse Practitioner, RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

Doctorate - Nursing

Experience

2-5 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer