APP (Nurse Practitioner), Neuro Critical Care

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 both Days, and Nights, (50/50) as well as Weekends, and 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,

• AND 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

* Must be eligible to receive hospital staff appointments for adjunct staff membership by the Organized Medial Staff of the hospital under Medical Staff By-Laws for hospital-based positions.