App; Nurse Practitioner Or Physician Assistant - Neuro Critical Care - Harborview Medical Cent

Job Description

Harborview Medical Center – Neuro Critical Care has an outstanding opportunity for an Advanced Practice Provider – Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) or Physician Assistant (PA-C).

• 90% FTE
• Variable shifts
• Shifts include Days, Nights (50/50) and Weekends, Holidays
• No call.

The APP will work under the supervision of the NCCS attending staff that includes Anesthesia, Neurology, and Pulmonary/Critical Care Physicians.

Neuro Critical Care at Harborview Medical Center takes care of a patient population that includes Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Intracranial Hemorrhage, Acute Ischemic Stroke, Seizure and Status Epilepticus, Isolated Traumatic Brain Injuries, Neuromuscular disorders, Brain Tumors, CNS infections, hypoxemic-ischemic encephalopathy, Spinal Cord Injury, and post-operative spine patients.

• Perform patient care to include admitting new patients, participating in daily patient rounds, daily care evaluation and management of ICU patients, writing daily progress notes and formulating/implementing plans.
• Collaborate with acute care services (ortho spine, neurosurgery, and neurology services) to daily sign out patients leaving the unit.
• Use ICU Checklist on morning rounds to complete the daily checklist for each patient to ensure proper care and communication with nursing staff.
• Facilitate family meetings and participate in goal of care discussions as appropriate.
• Perform procedures including Central Venous Catheters, Arterial Lines, Bronchoscopy, Lumbar Punctures, Point of Care Ultrasound.
• Quality Improvement and Research including QI meetings and ongoing QI projects.

• If ARNP:
  Master’s or Doctorate degree in nursing from an accredited school of nursing and Washington State Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner License with prescriptive privileges.
• National certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP-BC or AGACNP-BC preferred).
• FNPs with at least 5 years of APP critical care experience will also be considered.
• If PA-C:
  Licensure as a Physician’s Assistant in the State of Washington with certification from a national certifying body (NCCPA).
• ACLS certification.
• Must be eligible to receive hospital staff appointments for adjunct staff membership by the Organized Medical Staff of the hospital under Medical Staff By-Laws for hospital-based positions.

Pay Range Minimum: $ annual

Pay Range Maximum: $ annual

Shift: Night Shift (United States of America)

Temporary or Regular?:
This is a regular position.

FTE (Full-Time Equivalent): 90.00%

Union/Bargaining Unit: SEIU 1199NW HMC PA-ARNP

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