Pediatric Heart Center APP Fellowship - Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

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About Duke University Hospital

 

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, which is consistently ranked among the best in the United States and is the number one hospital in North Carolina, according to U.S. News and World Report for 2023-2024. Duke University Hospital is the largest of Duke Health's three hospitals and features 1048 patient beds, 65 operating rooms, as well as comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center, an endo-surgery center, and more.

 

 

 

This opportunity will not start until July 1, 2025.  Seeking PA or PNP-AC recent graduates or those that will graduate by May 2025.

 

Job Location – Duke University Hospital

 

Job Summary

The Duke Pediatric Heart Center Advanced Practice Provider (NP or PA-C) Fellowship rotates through clinical settings in the pediatric heart center, which includes inpatient and outpatient locations.  There will be heavy emphasis in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (PCICU), PICU, and pediatric cardiac stepdown.  The APP Heart Center fellow will work alongside APPs and MDs to provide direct patient care services for newborn congenital heart, surgical, and medically ill pediatric heart center patients from birth to young adults at Duke University Hospital or in the clinics in collaboration with APPs, cardiologists, and surgical physicians.  The APP Fellow performs physical exams, collects and documents data, conducts diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, orders and schedules laboratory studies and professional consultations, prescribes appropriate interventions and medications, coordinates the care and discharge of patients, and provides direct patient care services.  The APP Fellow contributes to excellence in patient care, research, teaching, and learns to provide leadership in the organization. 

 

Goals of Pediatric Heart Center fellowship:

• Acquire a deep and broad knowledge base of the common congenital heart anomalies and disease

• processes for which patients are hospitalized, understanding the pathophysiology, various presenting
• clinical presentations and disease prognosis
• Develop a diverse differential diagnosis and respective diagnostic and treatment plan based upon the
• patient's presenting symptoms along with evidence-based and cost-effective medical care
• Manage patients effectively throughout the whole hospital stay, including admission, daily rounds and
• continuing evaluation, and dismissal, while remaining cognizant of the patient's or families emotional,
• physical and spiritual needs
• Learn practice management, including strategies in training APPs and APP students
• Develop keen verbal skills to effectively communicate with colleagues, physicians, patients and
• ancillary staff to ultimately become a key part of the inpatient health care delivery team

 

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical Expert:

• In collaboration with cardiology attendings, PCICU attendings, surgeon(s) and/or APPs, round daily on patients to assess, diagnose, plan treatment, set priorities and realistic outcomes, and evaluate the effectiveness and cost efficiency of patient care.
• Provide and coordinate clinical  care for service specific patients through established protocols and under the hospitalist supervising physician or back up physician who is either on site or available by pager.