Per Diem​/PRN Critical Care Physician Assistant

Med Ninjas is seeking a Physician Assistant Critical Care/Intensive Care Level I for a per diem / prn job in Boston, Massachusetts.

• Specialty:
  Critical Care/Intensive Care
• Discipline:
  Physician Assistant
• Start Date:
  
  01/04/2027
• Duration:
  Ongoing
• Shift:
  12 hours, days, nights, flexible, rotating
• Employment Type:
  
  Per Diem

The Physician Assistant must be available for weekend coverage beginning January 4, 2027

This assignment includes ICU rounding, critical care patient management, responding clinician responsibilities, completing clinical tasks, and collaborating with attending physicians. No procedures or on-call coverage are required.

Locum Physician Assistant – Critical Care | Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Shift: 13-hour shifts, 6:00 AM–7:00 PM or 6:00 PM–7:00 AM. Weekend coverage preferred for 4 shifts per month; minimum 2 weekend shifts per month. Friday night shifts count as weekend coverage. The provider is not required to work 3 shifts every week.
Start Date: January 4, 2027
End Date: Ongoing

Position Details: Critical care APP coverage as a responding clinician
Patient Population: Adult patients
Setting: ICU, acute care teaching hospital
Responsibilities: Round with the attending physician in the morning, complete clinical tasks, and round again in the afternoon. Respond to patient care needs and collaborate with the ICU team.
Required Procedures: No procedures required. Bread-and-butter ICU and medical-surgical care; limited burn patient coverage. No intubations, lines, ventilators, transplants, echocardiography, complex neurological stroke cases, or EVD management.
EMR System: Epic
Support Staff: Attending physicians and ICU clinical team
Days Per Month: Minimum 2 weekend shifts per month; 4 weekend shifts preferred
On-Call/Weekends: No on-call; weekend shifts required

• Critical care and ICU patient management
• At least 2 years of critical care experience
• ICU rounding and completion of clinical tasks
• Responding clinician responsibilities in an ICU setting
• Medical-surgical critical care management
• Collaboration with attending physicians and the ICU team
• Epic EMR experience preferred

• Acute Care board certification required, with ICU experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of critical care experience required.
• Massachusetts or willing to obtain the license
• ACLS BLS
• DEA registration required.

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• 401k retirement plan
• Medical benefits