PRN Nocturnist - Critical Care NP or PA |Baltimore, MD | Good Samaritan Hospital

PRN Nocturnist

Critical Care Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) | MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital

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MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital is a community teaching hospital in northern Baltimore. Our ICU is a 17-bed mixed medical and surgical unit, where Critical Care APPs work autonomously but collaboratively with intensive care physicians and a multidisciplinary team to provide emergent and urgent care to patients in critical conditions, including leading Rapid Response and Code Blue teams. We have a wonderful, supportive and collaborative team and are seeking a Physician Assistant who will actively participate in daily rounds and will develop and implement a plan of care which is consistent with evidence-based medical standards and quality initiatives. The Physician Assistant in this role will also lead the Code Team, participate in Rapid Response, and will also be called upon to perform critical care consultation for unstable patients which may require ICU upgrade on various units throughout the hospital.

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.

Requirements:

• Graduation from an accredited physician assistant program.
• NCCPA (physician assistant) certification.
• BLS and ACLS certifications.
• One year of critical care experience or in-patient hospital medicine is preferred. The ideal candidate will have experience in advanced procedures.