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CVICU APP at Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Job Description
MedStar Medical Group is seeking an experienced, full-time Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider in the Medical and Surgical Intensive Care units at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, MD.
The Cardiac Surgical ICU consists of 8 beds. Critical Care APPs work autonomously but collaboratively with intensive care physicians and a large multidisciplinary care team to provide top-notch emergent and urgent care to patients in critical condition, including, but not limited to, pre and post Cardiac Surgery with some general cardiac and medical ICU patients. Limited cross-coverage of the 18 bed Cardiac Surgery IMC is required.This APP will work to ensure care delivered is consistent with evidence-based medical standards and quality initiatives.
Essential job duties include:
- Providing emergent and urgent care to patients in critical condition.
- Performing histories and physical examinations of patients.
- Establishing appropriate medical diagnoses based on patient history, chart review, physical exam, lab testing, and radiographic imaging.
- Recommending, initiating, and managing appropriate therapeutic interventions for various pathologies, including respiratory failure, heart failure, shock, and acid-base disturbances.
- Presenting patients on daily rounds with the ICU attending and multidisciplinary team.
- Collaborating with all involved care teams, including other consultants.
- Performing bedside procedures, including insertion of central venous, non-tunneled dialysis, and arterial catheters, as well as chest tubes and thoracentesis.
- Communicating between healthcare professionals to promote safe patient transition between shifts, services, and/or levels of care.
- Educating and supervising 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 and 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) certification
- BLS and ACLS certifications
- Required:Two or more years as an advanced practice provider in intensive care, cardiac surgery, or cardiology. No new graduates, please.
Benefits:
- Highly competitive salary
- Retirement contribution matching
- Generous paid time off allotment
- CME/licensing/credentialing reimbursement
- Attractive sign-on bonus for experienced candidates
Please send your CV to: Dawn.M.Skupin@medstar.netfor immediate consideration.
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MedStar Health is an Equal Opportunity (EO) Employer and assures equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. We hire people to work in different locations, and we comply with the federal, state and local laws governing each of those locations.
Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Experience
Open
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