Critical Care​/ICU​/PICU​/NICU Physician Assistant

Specialty: Critical Care NP/PA

Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania

Start Date: ASAP

End Date: March 31, 2027

Position Type: Locums

This is an opportunity for an experienced Critical Care APP to join a high-acuity cardiac critical care environment managing complex cardiovascular and surgical patients alongside an Intensivist team.

Schedule: 3 shifts per week

Shift Length: 13 hours

Day Shift: 7:00 AM-8:00 PM

Night Shift: 7:00 PM-8:00 AM

Call: No call

Availability Required: Candidates must be available for a combination of day and night shifts, weekends, and holidays through March 2027.

Board Certification: Required

Pennsylvania License: Active PA license required

ACLS: Required

BLS: Required

IMLC: Not accepted

Required Experience: Experienced Critical Care NP/PA with strong cardiac ICU experience.

Candidates should have specific experience managing patients requiring:

• VA ECMO
• VV ECMO
• Impella
• LVAD
• Cardiac transplant

The APP will primarily manage high-acuity cardiac critical care patients under the guidance of an Intensivist.

Responsibilities include:

• Daily patient rounding
• Ongoing critical care management
• Patient admissions
• Order entry
• Post-operative management
• Management of complex cardiac critical care patients
• Coordination of care with the Intensivist and multidisciplinary team
• Performance of critical care procedures

Expected procedural experience includes:

• Arterial line placement
• Central line placement
• Swan-Ganz catheter management/procedures
• IABP removal

Patients Per Shift: Approximately 8-12

Department Beds: 30

Admissions: Required

Rounding: Assigned rounding patients

Trauma Level: Level I

Department: Cardiac Critical Care / HVI CCU

EMR: Cerner

• Hershey, Pennsylvania
• Critical Care NP/PA
• ASAP start through March 31, 2027
• 3 shifts per week
• 13-hour shifts
• Day and night shifts available
• Weekends and holidays included
• No call
• Board Certification required
• Active Pennsylvania license required
• ACLS and BLS required
• IMLC not accepted
• High-acuity cardiac ICU experience required
• Experience with VA/VV ECMO, Impella, LVAD, and cardiac transplant
• Approximately 8-12 patients per shift
• 30-bed department
• Admissions and assigned rounding required
• Level I Trauma setting
• Cerner EMR

• A+ rated malpractice
• Weekly direct deposit
• 24/7 dedicated recruiter support
• Professional onboarding and credentialing
• Prepaid travel and lodging

• Open communication
• Sense of urgency
• Teamwork
• Accountability
• Driven to win
• Higher consciousness