Critical Care APP - MedStar Washington Hospital Center

MedStar Health is seeking an experienced full-time Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.

Eligibility for up to $20,000 Signing Bonus.

MedStar Washington Hospital Center, located in the heart of our nation’s capital, is seeking an experienced APP to work in one of our six ICU's. We are a teaching hospital with over 900 beds that is a major referral center in the area for medically complex cases. We are a Level I trauma center, a Comprehensive Stroke Center, in the top 5% of cardiac surgery programs in the country as well an ECMO referral center.

In this role, critical care APP's work autonomously but collaboratively with intensive care physicians and a large multidisciplinary care team to provide high quality and cost-effective care to patients in critical condition. We have positions available in both the heart and vascular units as well as general SICU/MICU units. The heart and vascular units include, but are not limited to, patients in cardiac surgery, advanced heart failure including mechanical circulatory devices, vascular surgery and medical cardiac patients. The SICU/MICU patients include, but are not limited to, patients in general surgery, and surgical subspecialties such as neurosurgery, trauma, thoracic, plastics, and orthopedics, as well as medical patients.

Essential Job Duties include:

• Perform history and physical examination of patients.
• Establish appropriate medical diagnoses based on patient history, chart review, physical exam, lab testing, and radiographic imaging
• Initiate and manage appropriate therapeutic interventions for various pathologies including respiratory failure, heart failure, shock, and acid-base disturbances and renal failure
• Present patients on daily rounds with the ICU attending and multidisciplinary team
• Collaborate with all involved care teams including other consultants
• Perform bedside procedures including insertion of central venous, non-tunneled dialysis, and arterial catheters, chest tubes, and thoracentesis.
• Communicate between healthcare professionals to promote safe patient transition between shifts, services, and/or levels of care.
• Educate and supervise new graduate APPs and students where appropriate

Departmental opportunities include participation in the following:

• Weekly didactics
• Monthly journal club
• APP practice committee
• Critical care morbidity & mortality
• Various process improvement projects
• Protocol writing and revisions

Requirements:

• Graduation from an accredited physician assistant or acute care nurse practitioner program
• NCCPA (physician assistant) or AGACNP (nurse practitioner) certified
• BLS and ACLS certifications
• Required: 1 or more years as an advanced practice provider in intensive care, cardiac surgery, or cardiology.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary, retirement contribution matching, generous paid time off allotment, CME/licensing/credentialing reimbursement

This position has a hiring range of $117,000 - $180,000.

About MedStar Health

MedStar Health is dedicated to providing the highest quality care for people in Maryland and the Washington, D.C. region, while advancing the practice of medicine through education, innovation, and research. Our team of 32,000 includes physicians, nurses, residents, fellows, and many other clinical and non-clinical associates working in a variety of settings across our health system, including 10 hospitals and more than 300 community-based locations, the largest home health provider in the region, and highly respected institutes dedicated to research and innovation. As the medical education and clinical partner of Georgetown University for more than 20 years, MedStar Health is dedicated not only to teaching the next generation of doctors, but also to the continuing education, professional development, and personal fulfillment of our whole team. Together, we use the best of our minds and the best of our hearts to serve our patients, those who care for them, and our communities. It’s how we treat people.

MedStar Health is ranked among the “Best Places to Work” by Baltimore magazine, Baltimore Business Journal and Washington Business Journal, and ranked as Top Organization for Diversity by Modern Healthcare

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