Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Heart Rhythm Services
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine work within care teams comprised of both physicians and NP / PAs working collaboratively.
In a care team model, NP / PAs are partnered with physician, nursing, and administrative colleagues to support patient care needs of the team.
In addition to supporting team based care, the NP / PA also maintains their own clinic with individual patients. Together, the teams provide care for a wide range of cardiac patients across subspecialities including general cardiology, valve clinic, heart rhythm clinic, advanced heart failure / cardiac transplant clinic, adult congenital heart disease clinic, vascular clinic, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy clinic.
Additionally, the NP / PA will collaborate with other subspecialities and primary care both within and outside of Mayo Clinic.
The NP / PA role in Heart Rhythm Clinic requires only outpatient clinic work and no call, hospital rounding, or weekend coverage.
Typically sees between 8-10 patient per day. Visit types are inclusive post-hospital follow ups, symptom assessment, longitudinal care, diagnostic review and development of treatment plan.
The NP / PA will be expected to see and treat a variety of cardiac diagnoses with an emphasis on electrophysiology. This includes, but is not limited to, atrial and ventricular arrythmias, antiarrhythmic therapies, pacemaker / ICD function and indications.
Professional development opportunities include participation in weekly and monthly educational conferences, ongoing process improvement, clinical research and educational activities with rotation of NP / PA students and the department's Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure NP / PA fellowship programs.