Cvicu APP At Union Memorial Hospital

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.

• Daily rounds on intermediate care patients with 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.net for immediate consideration.

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