Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Cardiology Hypertension Program Director
Job at a glance
Job description
We are looking for a dynamic individual to lead the development and management of our new hypertension clinic. If you have excellent clinical skills, a strong background in cardiology, and a commitment to improving patient outcomes, we want to hear from you! you will play a crucial role in establishing and managing our hypertension clinic. You will collaborate with cardiologists, clinic staff, and other stakeholders to develop protocols, workflows, and patient care strategies. Your responsibilities will include providing comprehensive care to patients with hypertension, educating patients and their families, and participating in quality improvement and clinical research initiatives.
- Qualifications and Responsibilities-Clinic Development: Work with cardiologists and clinic staff to establish the hypertension clinic, including developing protocols and patient care strategies.
- Quality Improvement: Participate in research trials and quality improvement initiatives to enhance hypertension management and patient outcomes
- Experience: Minimum of 3 years of experience in cardiology, primary care, or family medicine. Preferred experience in hypertension management, developing and managing a specialty clinic, and CHC certification. Familiarity with ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and remote patient monitoring platforms is a plus.
- Team Collaboration: Build strong relationships with physicians, pharmacists, and an interdisciplinary team to achieve common goals.
- Compensation is between $131,950 and $161,892 per year
- The compensation amounts listed may include productivity or quality/service incentives, call pay, extra shift incentives, as applicable to the position. In addition, providers may have CME benefits available to them.
Where You’ll Work
Swedish Medical Center’s Cherry Hill campus in the historic Central District houses James Tower, Seattle's first hospital, established in 1877 by the Sisters of Providence. Today, the campus is known as one of the most modern and technologically advanced medical facilities in the region. After a $100 million, state-of-the-art construction and renovation, the campus now includes neurosurgery and cardiovascular surgery operating rooms and interventional suites that are among the most advanced in the country.
Where You’ll Live
Seattle is the Pacific Northwest’s largest urban center, with a metro population of 3.25 million, and is home to world-class arts and entertainment, a robust economy and an outstanding school system. The city hugs Puget Sound and offers magnificent mountain views to the north, east and south. Home to the world’s biggest tech giants, Seattle offers some of the highest minimum wages in the country, along with a notable music and arts scene, outdoor lifestyle and amazing coffee.
Who You’ll Work For
Swedish is a comprehensive health network with a long history of excellence. The Seattle-based system operates five hospitals with more than 1,500 beds, and more than 115 primary and specialty care clinics. Part of the Providence family, Swedish is world-renowned for its innovative and ground-breaking diagnoses, treatments and medical research at its five award-winning institutes: cancer, digestive health, heart and vascular, neuroscience and orthopedic. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of each person it serves.
Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran
