Piedmont Heart Institute is currently recruiting for a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner to join the team in North Georgia. This is a full-time position located in our Canton office. The Advanced Practice Provider in this role will also be available to provide coverage for our offices in Jasper and Ellijay as needed. While the role is an outpatient position. The APP will occasionally be required to round at Piedmont Mountainside the need arises.

Key Responsibilities:
Ambulatory and inpatient care responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
a. Assesses patient and performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, not limited to but including stress testing, to assist physician in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribes necessary treatment and services for quality patient care.
b. Takes patient histories, conducts physical examinations, writes progress notes, prepares patient workups and summaries, history and physicals, and consultation notes noting pertinent positive and negative findings, obtains psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assumes responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.
c. Orders and schedules laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures. Explains necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedure(s) to the patient, patient’s family, and staff.
d. Monitors progress of patients, reports progress to supervising physician, and maintains record of each patient’s progress, consulting with supervising physician when patient’s progress does not meet anticipated and/or predetermined criteria.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

PA: Graduate of a Physician Assistants program with current license for the Georgia State Composite Board
or
NP: Graduate from a school of nursing with current Georgia license for Advanced Practice Nursing and a Master’s degree in Nursing

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