Advanced Practice Provider Critical Care and Surgical House
Company: University Hospitals
Location: Westlake
Posted on: October 26, 2024
Job Description:
Job DescriptionDescriptionSeeking an Advanced Practice Provider
for a combination Critical Care and Surgical House Officer role at
St. John Medical Center. This position will work straight nights
(night shift Premium pay) and rotating weekends. Nurse practitioner
must be AGACNP and will consider new grads with critical care
background.
Position Summary/Essential Duties: (Critical-Care)
- Provides medical and surgical management for critical-care
service and also serves as the Surgical House Officer (hospital
wide) during night shift.
- Critical-care duties include managing the comprehensive care of
acutely and chronically critically ill or injured patients 13 years
of age and older in collaboration with the intensivist physician on
duty (or on-call).
- Advanced skills of comprehensive airway management including
endotracheal intubations using direct laryngoscopy and video
assisted laryngoscopy, surgical airway management including open
surgical cricothyrotomy, ventilator management, non-invasive
positive pressure ventilation, and high-flow modalities.
- Invasive procedures to include central lines, peripherally
inserted central catheters (PICC lines), mid-lines, arterial lines,
tube thoracostomy, dialysis catheters, cooling catheters, and
various urinary catheters as indicated.
- Selection, implementation, management, and titration of
vasoactive drugs, insulin infusions, sedation, and
analgesia.
- Responds to all full trauma activations in ED, intracranial
hemorrhages and aortic syndromes that are being transferred to a
higher level of care in the ED.
- The above listed critical-care duties require that this
position must be certified as an acute care nurse practitioner
(ACNP)
- Other duties as assigned.
Position Summary/Essential Duties: (Surgical House)
- Works in collaboration with multiple surgical service lines to
provide perioperative care and support.
- Duties include history and physical exam, admission note entry,
daily post-operative rounding and entering progress notes and
orders, seeing new consults including in the emergency department,
evaluating any change in condition concerns, assisting with
completing the discharge process, and writing discharge summaries.
Always providing high quality house coverage service that meets the
general and specialty specific clinical needs of the
organization.
- Providing advanced procedural service as needed. Performing
procedures to gain vascular access including PICC lines, mid-lines,
intraosseous, and peripheral IVs. Proficiency in the use of
ultrasound guided procedures is required as well as competency to
perform the procedure without ultrasound when applicable.
- Inserting urinary catheters using proper technique and
placement.
- Applying and maintaining complex wound vacuum
dressings.
- Completing admission orders and H&P (if patient is admitted
to the surgical service) or Consult (if on medical service with a
surgical consult request).
- Attending and participating in surgical department meetings and
OR committee.
- Developing collegial working relationships with the service
line Physician/Surgeons.
- Maintains current certifications required of all hospital APP's
(BLS, ACLS, CME, DEA).
- Establishes and performs quality assurance evaluations per
hospital QA policy.
- Performs all services as approved in delineation of privileges
by the Medical Staff. All privileges will be within the scope of
licensure as set forth by ORC 4730 or OAC 4723.
QualificationsPosition Requirements:Demonstrated competence as a
practitionerEffective oral and written communication skillsA
variety of technical patient care devices specific to the clinical
areaComputers and selected office equipment
Education/Expertise:Nurse Practitioner: Nursing Doctorate or Master
of Science in Nursing with emphasis on clinical practice.ACNP board
certification, required-or-Physician Assistant: Completion of a
formal Physician Assistant training from an accredited program with
NCCPA certification.
Required Credentials, Licensure or Certification (i.e. RN,
RRT):Nurse Practitioner: BLS required; ACLS preferred; Current
Registered Nurse license to practice in Ohio.; Current APRN license
to practice in Ohio.-or-Physician Assistant: BLS required; ACLS
preferred;; NCCPA-Certified.; DEA license
Keywords: University Hospitals, Erie , Advanced Practice Provider Critical Care and Surgical House, Healthcare , Westlake, Pennsylvania
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