Advanced Practice Provider

Maine Medical Partners Cardiology - PAH-Complex Dyspnea Program 

Scarborough, ME 

Schedule: Part-Time 20 hours per week

Req#: 181709

Maine Medical Partners – MaineHealth Cardiology is seeking a patient centered, respectful, flexible, and detail-oriented Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Complex Dyspnea Program (PAH-Complex Dyspnea Program), a joint collaboration between Chest Medicine Associates and MaineHealth Cardiology designed to enhance the quality of care for patients with undifferentiated dyspnea and pulmonary hypertension. 

 
As valued partners in patient care, we expect this multidisciplinary clinic to offer several key benefits:

• Comprehensive Care: Our program combines the expertise of Chest Medicine Associates’ pulmonologists, MaineHealth’s cardiologists, interventionalists, and imaging specialists working together to streamline the referral and evaluation of patients with pulmonary hypertension and undifferentiated dyspnea.
• Collaborative Decision-Making: The Complex Dyspnea Clinic provides a multidisciplinary evaluation of patients with dyspnea of an unclear etiology despite an initial evaluation by the referring provider. This diagnostic clinic improves time to diagnoses for patients to return to their referring providers. Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension can be managed in the longitudinal PAH clinic.
• Continuity of Care: The program utilizes the benefits of the MaineHealth Cardiovascular Service Line to capture both the inpatient and outpatient care continuum. Patients who require inpatient services will receive consultation from, or be under the care of, the program care team.
• Research and Innovation: This multidisciplinary approach will bring opportunities to participate in clinical trials to advance research. Future accreditation as a Pulmonary Hypertension Comprehensive Care Center is being pursued to maintain high quality of care standards.  

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• • Current nursing license issued by the State of Maine or eligible for licensure.
  • Successful completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program.
  • BSN required; MSN preferred.
  • Minimum three years of professional nursing experience.
  • Two years of Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant experience preferred but not required.
  • Current BLS certification.
  • Knowledge of advanced practice of nursing, professional nursing theory, practices and regulations related to evaluating and providing patient care, and professional ethics related to the delivery of nursing care.
  • Knowledge of patient assessment techniques including taking medical histories, performing physicals, evaluating health status, including state of wellness and compliance with care recommendations.
  • Skill in case management, time management, problem solving, crisis intervention, multitasking and other organizational matters.
  • Ability to make responsible decisions within scope of NP Practice.
  • Ability to educate patients, families, and staff in user-friendly manner.
  • Strong computer skills with skill in using computerized health information management system.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal and customer service skills with the ability to establish/maintain effective working relationships with patients, clinical staff and the public.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Additional Information 

MaineHealth is a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, “Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America.”  MaineHealth consists of nine local health systems, a comprehensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and 1,700 employed clinicians working together through the MaineHealth Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire. Learn more about our system at mainehealth.org

At MaineHealth, we offer benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow. Our packages include health and dental insurances, paid parental leave, retirement program, generous paid time off, and much more! Our comprehensive array of benefits are competitive, affordable, and include choices that meet specific, but ever changing, needs.

With a career at any of the MaineHealth locations, you’ll be working with health care professionals that truly value the people around them – both within the walls of the organization and the neighborhoods that surround it. We are deeply invested in the well-being of our communities and care team members. We believe in fostering a work environment of strong commitment, compassionate caring and continuous improvement. Join us, and your abilities will be challenged and enhanced as you take your career to a new level.