PA Medical ICU

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Organization:

VUH Advanced Practice Provider

Job Summary:

The Physician Assistant) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The PA provides healthcare in critical care settings, including surgical and medical ICUs. The PA has didactic education, clinical competency and national certification in identified area of clinical practice. The PA demonstrates medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical competence, professionalism, interpersonal communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and is responsible for professional development and competency validation.

The PA has an advanced knowledge of nursing theory and application.

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POSITION SHIFT

• Nights

• 7p-9a

• Two-three shifts per week

• Some weekend shifts required

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY

The environment on this brand-new unit will be upbeat and challenging with strong team collaboration among providers and nurses. APPs will have a large amount of autonomy and support.

APPs will manage patient care for patients being treated for:

• Acute Respiratory Failure

• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

• Multisystem Organ Failure

• Sepsis

• Drug Overdoses

• Gastrointestinal Bleeds

• Diabetic Keto acidosis

• Hypertensive Crisis

• Acute/Chronic Renal Failure

• Liver Failure/Cirrhosis

NP Qualifications

-12 months of nursing experience preferred.

-12 months of nurse practitioner experience in critical care preferred.

-Tennessee Advanced Practice Nursing License with Certificate of Fitness to Prescribe

-National Specialty Board Certification in Acute or Critical Care, specific to age population;
Eligible for NPI and DEA

PA Qualifications

-Tennessee Physician Assistant License

-National Specialty Board Certification

-Eligible for NPI and DEA

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care.

• In collaboration, provides healthcare services for primary, acute and complex care of patients and manages patient's overall care, identifying expected outcomes for diagnoses.

• Orders, performs, interprets and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.

• Forms differential diagnoses and treats acute and chronic conditions.

• Prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.

• Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care;

• Initiates appropriate referrals and consultations;

• Provides specialty specific consultation services upon request and within specialty scope of practice;

• Facilitates the patient’s transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• Professionalism (Advanced):
  Demonstrates behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and a responsible attitude toward their patients, their profession and society. Participates in medical center committees, professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice.

• Interpersonal and Communication Skills (Advanced):
  Demonstrates interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other…