Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Medicine Advanced Practice Provider (FT) Lebanon

Overview

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Medicine Advanced Practice Provider

The Heart and Vascular Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock is seeking a motivated Advanced Practicing Provider (APRN or PA), with a strong interest and background in general cardiology. The candidate would be joining a diverse Section comprised of both physicians and APPs, with the opportunity to collaborate with innovative cardiology subspecialties such as the Electrophysiology team, Heart Failure and Pulmonary HTN team, and the Interventional and Structural Heart teams.

The APP would be dedicated to primarily ambulatory but also inpatient settings, helping to provide and coordinate high quality care and education to adult congenital heart patients and their families as part of a multidisciplinary team, and with the support of a staff cardiologist and in collaboration with our partners at the Boston Adult Congenital Heart program. This position allows a variety of responsibilities, including the assessment, diagnosis, and management of complex and acute cardiac conditions, triaging of cardiac patients at community hospitals for transfer to our tertiary care center, as well as management of chronic cardiac conditions. The individual selected will act as a patient advocate, assuring that all aspects of the patients' and families' needs are met and fragmentation of care is prevented.

In addition to clinical responsibilities, the scope of practice includes a teaching role and participation in quality improvement activities. As the home to the Dartmouth Institute and Geisel School of Medicine, opportunities for academic appointment and advancement are rich for motivated providers.

This position hosts hours primarily between 7a-5:30p, with travel to DHMC and outreach sites to support the Adult Congenital Program.

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience.  This beautiful area combines history, industry and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. The system includes the NCI-designated Norris Cotton Cancer Center, the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and the acclaimed Dartmouth Institute, with four affiliated hospitals and multiple Dartmouth-Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. With destinations like Boston, New York, the seacoast and ski country within driving distance, the opportunities - both career and personal - truly make New Hampshire the ideal place to work and play. 

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited APRN or PA academic program
• National specialty certification as FNP, PNP, Acute or Primary Care A-GNP, WHNP or certification through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

Required Licensure/Certifications

• Eligible for RN licensure in the State of NH (APRN only)
• Eligible for APRN or PA licensure in the State of NH
• Eligible for Federal DEA Registration
• BLS certification