Legacy Health is searching for experienced structural heart trained APP for our Cardiology department.

We currently have a busy service, with 2 structural cardiologist, performing transcatheter aortic valve replacements, left atrial occlusion devices, mitral clips, transcatheter mitral valve replacements, as well as complex coronary interventions. Our cardiology service has 12 general cardiologists, 8 interventionalists, 5 EPs, across 5 hospitals and 6 clinics. The structural team is based out of Emanuel Hospital in central Portland. We hope you will want to join our growing team.

Qualifications and skills:

• Graduate of an accredited PA-C or Nurse Practitioner program.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Structural Heart Cardiology.
• Current ACLS certificate from the American Heart Association.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Willing to adhere to the guidelines set forth in the Legacy's Values in Action.

Responsibilities include:

• Out-patient care.
• Provide structural heart education to newly diagnosed patients.
• Work with director and nurses to create a plan of care for each patient and medicine titration.
• Communicate with PCPs and other referring sources, palliative care, social workers, and pharmacy.
• In patient care: Work with hospitalists, referring MDs, inpatient structural heart coordinators, palliative care, in-patient social worker and case manager and participate in multi-disciplinary conferences.
• Give updates to PCPs and other referring sources about major changes in patients’ condition or their management.
• Help with preoperative evaluations, consents, and discharges.

Benefits of Working for Legacy

• A nonprofit that serves the community.
• Community leader in providing healthcare and healthcare related services to the underserved.
• Full compensation and benefits package to include competitive salary, hire-on bonuses, relocation assistance, CME allowance, full medical plan, malpractice coverage, retirement and much more.

Applications can be accessed through our website at, Careers | For Health Professionals | Legacy Health. For additional information please email Forrest Brown, FoBrown@LHS.org.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vets/Disabled. Sorry, no J-1 waivers available.