Nights General Surgery | Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant | Novi

Location: HF Providence Novi Hospital | 47601 Grand River Ave Novi, MI 48374
Status: Contingent - Nights
Schedule: 6p-630p available 7 days a week, with 6a-630p available on weekends and holidays.
Setting: 100% Inpatient and ED Consults | Mostly Adult patients, occasional pediatric age 14 and up.
Call/Weekends: Yes weekends. No, calls are not required but are available.

Henry Ford Health is seeking a contingent Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join the general surgery team at HF Providence Novi for night, weekend, and holiday coverage. This role functions as the solo overnight provider, responsible for managing post‑operative patients, following up on labs and imaging, responding to acute changes in patient status, addressing nursing calls, and managing urgent medication needs, including pain control.

The provider will complete new consultations in the emergency department and on admitted patients, perform bedside procedures as indicated, troubleshoot wound vacs, and provide backup support to rapid response teams during simultaneous activations. Coverage includes a broad range of surgical specialties such as general surgery, hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB), colorectal, vascular, and thoracic, with additional exposure to plastics, urology, and orthopedics. Candidates must have a minimum of two years of acute care general surgery experience, with demonstrated confidence in diagnosing acute abdomen and vascular ischemia and making decisions regarding urgent operative intervention.

Required procedural skills include ultrasound‑guided line placement, incision and drainage, and wound debridement. Prior experience as a surgical first assist for at least two years, with availability to take OR call, is also required.

• Manage post‑operative patients during overnight shifts.
• Follow up on labs, imaging, and patient status changes.
• Respond to acute changes and nursing calls.
• Administer urgent medication needs including pain control.
• Complete new patient consultations in the emergency department and on admitted patients.
• Perform bedside procedures as indicated.
• Troubleshoot wound vacs.
• Provide backup support to rapid response teams.

• NP or PA graduate from an accredited program.
• Current Michigan licensure.
• National certification (ANCC, AANP, or NCCPA).
• BLS required; ACLS required or obtain after hire.
• Minimum 2 years acute care general surgery experience.
• 2 years of prior surgical first assist experience.
• Availability to take OR call.

Employment contingent upon credentialing and completion of Employee Health screening per HFHS policy.