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Posted: 04-Jun-26
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Internal Number: 269107
As a part of Duke Health?s outpatient clinic network, you will enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits plans, convenient work hours, and many opportunities for career advancement. Become a part of a team that values and invests in you.
Duke Advanced Practice Highlights:
- The nation?s first Physician Assistant Program was created at Duke in 1965 and is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country.
- The Duke School of Nursing is consistently ranked as one of the top nursing schools and their MSN and DNP programs offers eight advanced practice registered nurse majors and specialty certifications, as well as post master?s certificates and certification alignment programs.
- Commitment to ongoing learning for APPs through annual CME funding and access to high-quality Duke CME offerings including APP Grand Rounds and a professional advancement program. APPs are leaders in multiple arenas within Duke.
- Duke offers APPs opportunities to practice within team based integrative care in a tremendous variety of specialties. APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke?s missions which include clinical practice, education, and research.
- Practice locations can include Duke Health?s three hospitals or over 140 primary care and specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina.
Job Location
Duke Triangle Heart Associates, 1821 Hillandale Rd. Suite 25-C, Durham, NC 27705
Job Summary
We are seeking an Advanced Practice Provider for Duke Triangle Heart Associates located in Durham, NC. This APP will work with attending physicians and other providers to collect and document data, conduct diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, order and schedule laboratory studies and professional consultations and provide direct patient care services to general cardiology patients.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Take patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and record data in patient?s record; write progress notes; prepare patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings; obtain psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assume responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.
- Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to assist physician in diagnosing medical problems and prescribing necessary treatment and services for quality patient care; record the normal and abnormal data for review by the physician.
- Order laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explain the necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.
- Carry out therapeutic procedures as necessary; monitor progress of patients, report progress to supervising physician, and maintain record of each patient's progress.
- May make work assignments for assigned nursing and technical personnel; review the work of other staff; train new personnel.
- Participate in teaching physician assistant students in techniques and procedures, which are unique to Cardiology.
Job Eligibility Requirements
Education
- Nurse Practitioners: Work requires completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, with a Master's degree in Nursing.
- Physician Assistants: Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program. A Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred.
Certification
- ACLS required.
- BLS required.
License
- Nurse Practitioners: Must have current or compact RN licensure in the state of North Carolina. National certification as a NP required prior to employment. Must be board certified from a national certifying board in the appropriate patient foci.
- Physician Assistants: Must be licensed in the state of NC and be certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
- Both: DEA licensure with prescriptive authority required.
Experience
- 1+ years of cardiology APP experience strongly preferred.
Job Hours
Primary out-patient clinic hours will be Monday through Friday, day shift, with hours flexible to meet the needs of the patients.
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