MedStar Health
Critical Care Nurse Practitioner- MedStar Washington Hospital Center
MedStar Health, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022
MedStar Health is seeking an experienced full-time Critical Care Nurse Practitioner at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. $20,000 Sign on Bonus Available!
MedStar Washington Hospital Center, located in the heart of our nation’s capital, is seeking an experienced NP to work in one of our six ICU's. We are a teaching hospital with over 900 beds that is a major referral center in the area for medically complex cases. We are a Level I trauma center, a Comprehensive Stroke Center, in the top 5% of cardiac surgery programs in the country as well an ECMO referral center.
In this role, critical care NP's work autonomously but collaboratively with intensive care physicians and a large multidisciplinary care team to provide high quality and cost-effective care to patients in critical condition. We have positions available in both the heart and vascular units as well as general SICU/MICU units. The heart and vascular units include, but are not limited to, patients in cardiac surgery, advanced heart failure including mechanical circulatory devices, vascular surgery and medical cardiac patients. The SICU/MICU patients include, but are not limited to, patients in general surgery, and surgical subspecialties such as neurosurgery, trauma, thoracic, plastics, and orthopedics, as well as medical patients.
Essential Job Duties
Perform history and physical examination of patients.
Establish appropriate medical diagnoses based on patient history, chart review, physical exam, lab testing, and radiographic imaging
Initiate and manage appropriate therapeutic interventions for various pathologies including respiratory failure, heart failure, shock, and acid-base disturbances and renal failure
Present patients on daily rounds with the ICU attending and multidisciplinary team
Collaborate with all involved care teams including other consultants
Perform bedside procedures including insertion of central venous, non-tunneled dialysis, and arterial catheters, chest tubes, and thoracentesis.
Communicate between healthcare professionals to promote safe patient transition between shifts, services, and/or levels of care.
Educate and supervise new graduate APPs and students where appropriate
Departmental opportunities
Weekly didactics
Monthly journal club
APP practice committee
Critical care morbidity & 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) certified
BLS and ACLS certifications
Required: 1 or more years as an advanced practice provider in intensive care, cardiac surgery, or cardiology.
Benefits
Competitive salary, retirement contribution matching, generous paid time off allotment, CME/licensing/credentialing reimbursement
For immediate consideration, please send CV to dawn.m.skupin@medstar.net
$20,000 Sign-On Bonus Available! This position has a hiring range of $117,000 - $180,000.
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MedStar Washington Hospital Center, located in the heart of our nation’s capital, is seeking an experienced NP to work in one of our six ICU's. We are a teaching hospital with over 900 beds that is a major referral center in the area for medically complex cases. We are a Level I trauma center, a Comprehensive Stroke Center, in the top 5% of cardiac surgery programs in the country as well an ECMO referral center.
In this role, critical care NP's work autonomously but collaboratively with intensive care physicians and a large multidisciplinary care team to provide high quality and cost-effective care to patients in critical condition. We have positions available in both the heart and vascular units as well as general SICU/MICU units. The heart and vascular units include, but are not limited to, patients in cardiac surgery, advanced heart failure including mechanical circulatory devices, vascular surgery and medical cardiac patients. The SICU/MICU patients include, but are not limited to, patients in general surgery, and surgical subspecialties such as neurosurgery, trauma, thoracic, plastics, and orthopedics, as well as medical patients.
Essential Job Duties
Perform history and physical examination of patients.
Establish appropriate medical diagnoses based on patient history, chart review, physical exam, lab testing, and radiographic imaging
Initiate and manage appropriate therapeutic interventions for various pathologies including respiratory failure, heart failure, shock, and acid-base disturbances and renal failure
Present patients on daily rounds with the ICU attending and multidisciplinary team
Collaborate with all involved care teams including other consultants
Perform bedside procedures including insertion of central venous, non-tunneled dialysis, and arterial catheters, chest tubes, and thoracentesis.
Communicate between healthcare professionals to promote safe patient transition between shifts, services, and/or levels of care.
Educate and supervise new graduate APPs and students where appropriate
Departmental opportunities
Weekly didactics
Monthly journal club
APP practice committee
Critical care morbidity & 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) certified
BLS and ACLS certifications
Required: 1 or more years as an advanced practice provider in intensive care, cardiac surgery, or cardiology.
Benefits
Competitive salary, retirement contribution matching, generous paid time off allotment, CME/licensing/credentialing reimbursement
For immediate consideration, please send CV to dawn.m.skupin@medstar.net
$20,000 Sign-On Bonus Available! This position has a hiring range of $117,000 - $180,000.
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