Critical Care/Trauma Physician Assistant
Critical Care/Trauma Physician Assistant
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Offer Salary
$117,000.00 - $180,000.00 /yearly
For Freelance
No
Job Description
MedStar Health is seeking an experienced full-time Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Eligibility for up to $20,000 Signing Bonus. MedStar Washington Hospi...
MedStar Health is seeking an experienced full-time Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Eligibility for up to $20,000 Signing Bonus. MedStar Washington Hospital Center, located in the heart of our nation s capital, is seeking an experienced APP to work in one of our six ICU's. We are a teaching hospital with over 900 beds that is a major referral center in the area for medically complex cases. We are a Level I trauma center, a Comprehensive Stroke Center, in the top 5% of cardiac surgery programs in the country as well an ECMO referral center. In this role, critical care APP's work autonomously but collaboratively with intensive care physicians and a large multidisciplinary care team to provide high quality and cost-effective care to patients in critical condition. We have positions available in the heart and vascular units. The heart and vascular units include, but are not limited to, patients in cardiac surgery, advanced heart failure including mechanical circulatory devices, vascular surgery and medical cardiac patients.
Essential Job Duties include:
Departmental opportunities include participation in the following:
Requirements:
Benefits:
For immediate consideration, please send CV to $20,000 Sign on bonus This position has a hiring range of $117,000 - $180,000.
Essential Job Duties include:
- Perform history and physical examination of patients.
- Establish appropriate medical diagnoses based on patient history, chart review, physical exam, lab testing, and radiographic imaging
- Initiate and manage appropriate therapeutic interventions for various pathologies including respiratory failure, heart failure, shock, and acid-base disturbances and renal failure
- Present patients on daily rounds with the ICU attending and multidisciplinary team
- Collaborate with all involved care teams including other consultants
- Perform bedside procedures including insertion of central venous, non-tunneled dialysis, and arterial catheters, chest tubes, and thoracentesis.
- Communicate between healthcare professionals to promote safe patient transition between shifts, services, and/or levels of care.
- Educate and supervise new graduate APPs and students where appropriate
Departmental opportunities include participation in the following:
- Weekly didactics
- Monthly journal club
- APP practice committee
- Critical care morbidity & mortality
- Various process improvement projects
- Protocol writing and revisions
Requirements:
- Graduation from an accredited physician assistant or acute care nurse practitioner program
- NCCPA (physician assistant) or AGACNP (nurse practitioner) certified
- BLS and ACLS certifications
- Required: 1 or more years as an advanced practice provider in intensive care, cardiac surgery, or cardiology.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary, retirement contribution matching, generous paid time off allotment, CME/licensing/credentialing reimbursement
For immediate consideration, please send CV to $20,000 Sign on bonus This position has a hiring range of $117,000 - $180,000.
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Job Overview
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Location
Washington, United States
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Offered Salary
$117,000.00 - $180,000.00 /yearly
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Date Posted
2 weeks ago