Nurse Pract Cardiology

CHI St. Vincent Heart Clinic Arkansas in Hot Springs is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Nurse Practitioner to join our dynamic cardiology team. This full-time position offers a unique opportunity to provide comprehensive cardiovascular care in an outpatient clinic setting, with integrated responsibilities for inpatient diagnostics. The NP will work collaboratively with cardiologists, advanced practice providers, and support staff to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care.

General Responsibilities:

• Patient-Centered Care: Provide direct patient care, including comprehensive assessments, diagnoses, treatment planning, and management of various cardiovascular conditions.
• Collaboration & Communication: Collaborate effectively with cardiologists, referring physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated and holistic patient care.
• Documentation & Records: Maintain accurate, timely, and thorough electronic medical records (EMR) for all patient encounters, including assessments, plans of care, medications, and orders.
• Patient Education: Educate patients and their families about their cardiac conditions, treatment plans, medication management, lifestyle modifications, and risk factors.
• Clinical Excellence: Adhere to evidence-based practice guidelines, established protocols, and professional standards of care.
• Quality Improvement: Participate in continuous quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and clinic efficiency.
• Professional Development: Maintain current licensure, certification, and continuing education requirements. Stay abreast of new developments in cardiovascular medicine.
• Teamwork: Contribute to a positive and supportive work environment, fostering teamwork and collegiality among all staff.
• Adherence to Policies: Comply with all CHI St. Vincent policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.

Specific Clinical Responsibilities within the Heart Clinic:

• Outpatient Clinic Management:
• Conduct comprehensive history and physical examinations for new and established cardiology patients.
• Formulate diagnoses and develop individualized treatment plans for a wide range of cardiovascular conditions, including but not limited to: coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, hypertension, dyslipidemia, valvular heart disease, and peripheral artery disease.
• Prescribe medications, order and interpret diagnostic tests, and manage patient care in collaboration with supervising physicians.
• Provide acute and chronic disease management, including medication adjustments, symptom management, and disease progression monitoring.
• Perform follow-up visits, medication reconciliations, and address patient concerns.
• Facilitate referrals to other specialists as needed.
• Diagnostic Testing Coordination & Oversight:
• Order Testing at Hospital: Independently order a variety of cardiovascular diagnostic tests to be performed at the hospital
• Complete Nuclear Studies at Hospital: Assist with and/or independently oversee the completion of nuclear stress tests conducted at the hospital, ensuring proper patient preparation, monitoring, and post-procedure care. This includes understanding and interpreting the results in collaboration with the supervising physician.
• Outpatient Stress Tests: Independently perform and/or supervise outpatient stress tests (treadmill, pharmacological), including patient preparation, monitoring, interpretation of results, and generation of reports.
• Inpatient Stress Tests: Independently perform and/or supervise inpatient stress tests for appropriate hospitalized patients, coordinating with hospital staff for smooth execution and timely reporting.

• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program (MSN or DNP required).
• Current, unencumbered Arkansas Registered Nurse (RN) license and advanced practice Nurse Practitioner (APRN) license.
• Previous experience in cardiac care is required. 
• Excellent clinical assessment, diagnostic, and treatment planning skills in cardiology.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport with patients and colleagues.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a collaborative team.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• BLS and ACLS certification required.

CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network serving Arkansas is part of CommonSpirit Health. We have served Arkansas since 1888 with a history of many firsts. Together with more than 4500 coworkers, 1000 medical staff and 500 volunteers we consistently receive praise for care advancements.  

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community. 

CHI St. Vincent provides you with the same level of care you provide to others. We care about our employee well-being and offer benefits that complement and support your work/life balance.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

• Free Premium Membership to our Care@Work program to help employees with child care pet care senior caregivers housekeepers & more. 
• Health/Dental/Vision InsuranceFlexible spending accounts
• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident Critical Illness and Identity Theft 
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
• Paid Time Off (PTO) 
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
• Matching 401(k) and 457(b) 
• Retirement Programs
• Wellness Programs