Surgery - General Nurse Practitioner

Position Overview

Join our collaborative Surgical Critical Care team at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, where you'll work side-by-side with experienced Trauma Surgeons and fellow APPs to deliver exceptional ICU, Trauma, General Surgery, and Acute Care Surgery.

• Provide comprehensive care for patients in the surgical ICU under physician supervision.
• Perform daily critical care ICU assessments, developing and implementing clinical management plans.
• Manage ventilator, hemodynamics, sedation, analgesia, and nutrition.
• Participate in multidisciplinary rounds and care coordination.
• Perform bedside procedures including, as credentialed: central venous catheter placement, arterial line placement, chest tube insertion, bronchoscopy assistance, assistance with bedside percutaneous tracheostomy, and percutaneous gastrostomy tube placement.
• Manage trauma and emergency surgical admissions in the ICU.
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests and imaging.
• Document encounters accurately in EMR.
• Participate in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, including surgical ICU morbidity and mortality conferences (once every 2 months).
• Communicate with patients and families regarding care plans.

• Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies (CAHEA-accredited), or
• Master’s Degree in Advanced Practice Nursing (CCNEA-accredited)

• Current Illinois license as PA or APN
• Current NCCPA (PA) or AACC (APN) certification
• Controlled substance licensure for prescribing

• Medical, prescription, vision, dental insurance
• Matching 401(k) and 457(b) retirement savings plans
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Long-term disability buy-up
• Basic life and accidental death & dismemberment coverage
• Supplemental employee life and accidental death & dismemberment
• Voluntary spouse/child life insurance
• Medical malpractice coverage
• Earned time off
• Continuing medical education
• Sign-on, relocation, productivity, quality, and training completion bonuses
• Advanced practice provider supervisory stipend
• Student loan assistance
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Health savings account
• Group accident/term life/critical illness/hospital indemnity/long-term disability coverage
• Income replacement; children’s term; bereavement leave
• Employee assistance program and personal assistance services
• Wellness program and service awards
• Tuition assistance and employees helping employees
• Medical staff dues, medical board fees, medical license fees, drug enforcement agency fees, and professional membership dues