NP/PA Cardiac CCU Nocturnist
Company: Emory Healthcare
Role summary
NP/PA Cardiac CCU Nocturnist is a full-time role at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on-site). Posted 2026-10-31. Experience level: 0-2. No degree required.
- Job title
- NP/PA Cardiac CCU Nocturnist
- Company
- Emory Healthcare
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Employment type
- full-time
- Category
- Healthcare Support
- Experience level
- 0-2
- Degree required
- No
- Date posted
- 2026-10-31
You’ll join a supportive, collaborative team at Emory Healthcare where your professional development and well-being are prioritized from day one. It’s a great opportunity to gain specialized cardiac experience with excellent perks like student loan assistance and comprehensive health benefits.
Job description
Overview
Be inspired. Be rewarded. Belong. At Emory Healthcare.
At Emory Healthcare we fuel your professional journey with better benefits, valuable resources, ongoing mentorship and leadership programs for all types of jobs, and a supportive environment that enables you to reach new heights in your career and be what you want to be. We provide:
Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1
Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs
Family-focused benefits
Wellness incentives
Ongoing mentorship, development, and leadership programs and more
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) Nocturnist Advanced Practice Provider (APP)
We are seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to join our Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) team in a collaborative academic healthcare environment, with a strong focus on advanced heart failure and critical care management. The APP will provide comprehensive overnight care for critically ill cardiovascular patients, including those with acute decompensated and advanced heart failure, cardiogenic shock, acute coronary syndromes, life-threatening arrhythmias, and patients requiring temporary mechanical circulatory support or ventricular assist devices (VADs). Responsibilities include managing hemodynamic instability, optimizing heart failure therapies, responding to acute clinical changes, performing critical care procedures within scope of practice, coordinating admissions and transfers, and collaborating with advanced heart failure cardiologists, critical care specialists, fellows, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality patient care.
Schedule: Overnight shifts, including rotating weekend and holiday coverage.
Preferred Qualifications: 1–2 years of clinical experience in a cardiac intensive care unit, advanced heart failure, or critical care setting is preferred. Experience managing critically ill cardiovascular patients, cardiogenic shock, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, and mechanical circulatory support is highly desirable.
Description
Job Description:
Assists in the evaluation and treatment of patients.
Documents the delivery of care in the individual's medical records
Conducts patient interviews and documents patient histories, psychosocial histories, health status and medical problems or potential problems
Under the direction of a physician, performs physical examinations and specialized diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures including cast application and removal, wound suturing and dressing changes
Assists physician in diagnosing medical problems, developing care plans, and prescribing treatment
Orders, schedules and/or performs laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures such as urinalyses, pregnancy and blood tests, and x-rays
Communicates necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled procedures to patient
In collaboration with physician, arranges for consultations with or referrals to other medical professional or community services.
Educates patient on health habits, self-examinations, behavior management, need for follow-up assessments/treatments, at home medical care, medication and other issues related to medical or health problems.
Works with manager to formulate plan for professional development
Attends educational in-services as appropriate.
Participates in professional activities and organizations to maintain knowledge of current trends, practices, and developments
Maintains and updates current, accurate patient records including medical assessment, interventions, and evaluations
Collects and interprets diagnostic data to implement appropriate care patient care plans
Prepares statistical reports and analyses of research projects and investigational protocols; reports on progress, adverse trends and appropriate conclusions and recommendations
Trains and teaches other health care professionals including students and residents in techniques and procedures unique to specific setting
Actively participates on organizational health services committees
Performs related responsibilities as required
Minimum Qualifications:
Completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program or Physician Assistant program
Currently licensed as an advanced practice nurse in the state of Georgia by the Georgia Board of Nursing and certified as a Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or equivalent body, or Certified as a Physician's Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
Licensed as appropriate in the state of Georgia
May require at least one year of direct experience in one or more high acuity clinical specialties
PALS, BLS, or ACLS may be required in some areas.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS (Medium): 20-50 lbs; 0-33% of the work day (occasionally); 11-25 lbs, 34-66% of the workday (frequently); 01-10 lbs, 67-100% of the workday (constantly); Lifting 50 lbs max; Carrying of objects up to 25 lbs; Occasional to frequent standing & walking, Occasional sitting, Close eye work (computers, typing, reading, writing), Physical demands may vary depending on assigned work area and work tasks. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS: Factors affecting environment conditions may vary depending on the assigned work area and tasks. Environmental exposures include, but are not limited to: Blood-borne pathogen exposure Bio-hazardous waste Chemicals/gases/fumes/vapors Communicable diseases Electrical shock , Floor Surfaces, Hot/Cold Temperatures, Indoor/Outdoor conditions, Latex, Lighting, Patient care/handling injuries, Radiation , Shift work, Travel may be required. Use of personal protective equipment, including respirators, environmental conditions may vary depending on assigned work area and work tasks.
Additional Details
Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, natio