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Overview Yale New Haven Health is expanding its neurosurgery services to include 24/7 Advanced Practice Provider (APP) coverage. We are seeking motivated and skilled Physician Assistants to join our growing neurosurgery team.
Position Details The Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) is seeking an Acute Care APRN/PA to join our high‑acuity, collaborative team of 15 APPs. This role offers the opportunity to practice independently while working closely with a multidisciplinary team in a fast‑paced environment.
Position Highlights
Schedule: 9 shifts every 3 weeks (12–13 hours), rotating weekends and holidays.
No call responsibilities.
Patient load: 4 patients per provider.
Orientation: 6 months for those without prior ICU experience.
Prior ICU experience strongly preferred.
Supportive, feedback‑driven culture promoting professional growth.
Why Choose Yale New Haven Health?
Excellent work environment
– Flexible schedules to ensure work‑life balance. Keeping the patient at the center of everything we do, we focus on improving clinical care, outcomes, patient satisfaction, safety, value, clinical research, and education.
Career Advancement
– Unlock your potential and embrace exciting opportunities for professional growth and career advancement within our esteemed healthcare system.
Compensation Package
– Enjoy an enhanced compensation package, including a sign‑on bonus.
Relocation Assistance
– We recognize how vital a smooth transition is, and with our relocation assistance, your journey can be seamless.
Benefits
– Competitive salary, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. Pension plan, matching tax‑shielded annuity plan, and Roth contributions.
Employment Perks
– Employee wellness initiatives and support programs. Professional development and continuing education opportunities. Yale New Haven Health includes Yale New Haven, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, and Westerly hospitals; several specialty networks; and Northeast Medical Group, a physician‑led multi‑specialty group with over 1,000 physicians.
Responsibilities
Clinical Care
The Physician Assistant (PA) or the Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides assessment, triage, and therapeutic management of patient/family needs throughout the disease process as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team.
Obtains medical histories, performs physical examinations, reviews and orders diagnostic/therapeutic tests and radiologic results, formulates and manages patient treatment plans.
Performs procedures, prescribes treatment and medications in accordance with institutional and state guidelines, as well as, when necessary for scope within specialty or professional competency standards.
May function as first or second assistant on operative cases (as long as within position scope and job educational prerequisites are in place), using fine motor skills and manual dexterity.
Other clinical job duties may be applied in accordance with departmental and operational goals, training related to profession and practice necessitated guidelines and responsibilities, inclusive but not limited to responding to emergency situations within the YNHHS parameters.
Patient Education & Psychosocial Support
Educates patients/families on care and recommended or available resources. In collaboration with the supervising/collaborating MD, this may be inclusive of admitting instructions, treatment plan, actual and potential side effects of treatments/medications, and discharge plan.
Provides psychosocial support to patients, their family members, and significant others in a caring, ethical, and professional manner.
Information Management
Ensures appropriate documentation within the accordance of hospital and regulatory requirements and protects information of all forms, whether computer‑based, paper, film, voice, or other media from unauthorized access, modification, destruction, or intentional or accidental disclosure.
Quality Management
Demonstrates a high standard of moral and ethical behavior, professionalism, compassion, and commitment to patient care.
Ensures compliance with patient related healthcare regulatory requirements, standards and recommendations.
Professional Development
Continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency.
Serves as a clinical resource for new house staff and may provide service‑specific orientation pertinent to clinical education.
Consistently demonstrates high reliability organizational behaviors through reporting safety events as well as near misses.
May serve as a clinical preceptor for NP/PA students and other health care professionals and may serve as a mentor to pre‑PA/NP candidates.
Collaborates on research, quality assurance and performance improvement projects, and assists with the formation of protocols that will be applied to clinical practice or further their educational and clinical expertise.
Qualifications Education
Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or an accredited Physician Assistant Program.
Experience
Clinical working experience as an NP/PA in the specialty/service line is preferred but not required.
APRNs, PAs, CRNAs, and CNMs must be appointed to the Affiliated Medical Staff of a YNHHS hospital and go through the Medical Staff credentialing process. To be eligible, evidence of current competence to practice as an APRN, PA, CRNA, or CNM must be provided. This includes obtaining appropriate reference letters from physicians and other practitioners during the Medical Staff appointment process.
Licensure
Active PA Certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), Connecticut State Physician Assistant License, ACLS/BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile DEA License.
Pediatric position profile PALS, when indicated for neonatal care NRP Certification.
Additional licensure, certifications and/or continuing education credits may be required during employment based on position and area of specialty. OR Connecticut State Registered Nurse License, Connecticut State Nurse Practitioner License, Board specialty certification, as appropriate for position profile ACLS/BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile DEA License.
Additional Information To learn more, please email our In‑House Physician Recruiter Nathalie Martinez at Nathalie.Martinez@YNHH.org.
Websites:
www.northeastmedicalgroup.org/careers ,
www.ynhhs.org .
EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran YNHHS Requisition ID 147694
Job Details
Seniority level: Entry level
Employment type: Part‑time
Job function: Health Care Provider
Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
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Overview Yale New Haven Health is expanding its neurosurgery services to include 24/7 Advanced Practice Provider (APP) coverage. We are seeking motivated and skilled Physician Assistants to join our growing neurosurgery team.
Position Details The Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) is seeking an Acute Care APRN/PA to join our high‑acuity, collaborative team of 15 APPs. This role offers the opportunity to practice independently while working closely with a multidisciplinary team in a fast‑paced environment.
Position Highlights
Schedule: 9 shifts every 3 weeks (12–13 hours), rotating weekends and holidays.
No call responsibilities.
Patient load: 4 patients per provider.
Orientation: 6 months for those without prior ICU experience.
Prior ICU experience strongly preferred.
Supportive, feedback‑driven culture promoting professional growth.
Why Choose Yale New Haven Health?
Excellent work environment
– Flexible schedules to ensure work‑life balance. Keeping the patient at the center of everything we do, we focus on improving clinical care, outcomes, patient satisfaction, safety, value, clinical research, and education.
Career Advancement
– Unlock your potential and embrace exciting opportunities for professional growth and career advancement within our esteemed healthcare system.
Compensation Package
– Enjoy an enhanced compensation package, including a sign‑on bonus.
Relocation Assistance
– We recognize how vital a smooth transition is, and with our relocation assistance, your journey can be seamless.
Benefits
– Competitive salary, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. Pension plan, matching tax‑shielded annuity plan, and Roth contributions.
Employment Perks
– Employee wellness initiatives and support programs. Professional development and continuing education opportunities. Yale New Haven Health includes Yale New Haven, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, and Westerly hospitals; several specialty networks; and Northeast Medical Group, a physician‑led multi‑specialty group with over 1,000 physicians.
Responsibilities
Clinical Care
The Physician Assistant (PA) or the Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides assessment, triage, and therapeutic management of patient/family needs throughout the disease process as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team.
Obtains medical histories, performs physical examinations, reviews and orders diagnostic/therapeutic tests and radiologic results, formulates and manages patient treatment plans.
Performs procedures, prescribes treatment and medications in accordance with institutional and state guidelines, as well as, when necessary for scope within specialty or professional competency standards.
May function as first or second assistant on operative cases (as long as within position scope and job educational prerequisites are in place), using fine motor skills and manual dexterity.
Other clinical job duties may be applied in accordance with departmental and operational goals, training related to profession and practice necessitated guidelines and responsibilities, inclusive but not limited to responding to emergency situations within the YNHHS parameters.
Patient Education & Psychosocial Support
Educates patients/families on care and recommended or available resources. In collaboration with the supervising/collaborating MD, this may be inclusive of admitting instructions, treatment plan, actual and potential side effects of treatments/medications, and discharge plan.
Provides psychosocial support to patients, their family members, and significant others in a caring, ethical, and professional manner.
Information Management
Ensures appropriate documentation within the accordance of hospital and regulatory requirements and protects information of all forms, whether computer‑based, paper, film, voice, or other media from unauthorized access, modification, destruction, or intentional or accidental disclosure.
Quality Management
Demonstrates a high standard of moral and ethical behavior, professionalism, compassion, and commitment to patient care.
Ensures compliance with patient related healthcare regulatory requirements, standards and recommendations.
Professional Development
Continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency.
Serves as a clinical resource for new house staff and may provide service‑specific orientation pertinent to clinical education.
Consistently demonstrates high reliability organizational behaviors through reporting safety events as well as near misses.
May serve as a clinical preceptor for NP/PA students and other health care professionals and may serve as a mentor to pre‑PA/NP candidates.
Collaborates on research, quality assurance and performance improvement projects, and assists with the formation of protocols that will be applied to clinical practice or further their educational and clinical expertise.
Qualifications Education
Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or an accredited Physician Assistant Program.
Experience
Clinical working experience as an NP/PA in the specialty/service line is preferred but not required.
APRNs, PAs, CRNAs, and CNMs must be appointed to the Affiliated Medical Staff of a YNHHS hospital and go through the Medical Staff credentialing process. To be eligible, evidence of current competence to practice as an APRN, PA, CRNA, or CNM must be provided. This includes obtaining appropriate reference letters from physicians and other practitioners during the Medical Staff appointment process.
Licensure
Active PA Certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), Connecticut State Physician Assistant License, ACLS/BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile DEA License.
Pediatric position profile PALS, when indicated for neonatal care NRP Certification.
Additional licensure, certifications and/or continuing education credits may be required during employment based on position and area of specialty. OR Connecticut State Registered Nurse License, Connecticut State Nurse Practitioner License, Board specialty certification, as appropriate for position profile ACLS/BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile DEA License.
Additional Information To learn more, please email our In‑House Physician Recruiter Nathalie Martinez at Nathalie.Martinez@YNHH.org.
Websites:
www.northeastmedicalgroup.org/careers ,
www.ynhhs.org .
EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran YNHHS Requisition ID 147694
Job Details
Seniority level: Entry level
Employment type: Part‑time
Job function: Health Care Provider
Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
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