Physician Assistant Nurse Practitioner SICU Rotating Shifts Full time

Position Summary:

• Advanced Practice Provider (APP) in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU). This position is designated for licensed Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Physicians Assistants to practice as an independent provider in collaboration with ICU intensivists, fellows and residents within a multidisciplinary surgical critical care team.
• The APP is responsible for providing comprehensive care to critically ill patients under delegated physician authority. The provider is responsible for participating in daily rounds, communication with other surgical services, completion of daily progress notes, H&P's as well as ICU procedures.
• The SICU APP role is challenging and rewarding and allows the APP the opportunity to practice to the fullest extent of their scope of practice
• The APP will have in house ICU intensivist coverage along with a resident compliment

GENERAL SUMMARY: The NP-ICU/Critical Care will work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary critical care unit. The NP-ICU/Critical Care will be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, education, consultation, and care coordination as a first line provider to critically ill patients and their families.

• Provides inpatient medical care for critically ill patients requiring ICU level of care.
• Works in collaboration with intensivist physicians, attending physicians, consultants, house officers, nurses, and other members of the medical care team to ensure that patient outcomes are achieved safely and efficiently.
• Specific procedures as per credentialing as indicated by training and experience.