Aya - Massachusetts General Hospital - CC APP - Boston, MA

Locum Tenens Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Support staff: 4 APPs on staff who are supervised. MD supervises during day shift; fellow/attending supervises during night shifts. Some independence is good.

Coverage Type: 6a-7p, 6p-7a. Needs weekends. Fri nights count as a weekend. Ideally local providers who can stay in town.

Facility Type: Teaching Hospital

Practice Setting: ICU

EMR/Charting Software: Epic

Avg. Daily Census: 7

Beds: 10

Patient Age Group: Adult

Procedures: bread and butter ICU and Med Surg. There is 1 to 2 burn patients. No intubations, no lines, no vents, no transplants, no ECHO, no heads, no EVD, no complex neuro stroke. The APPs are "responding clinicians" only. No procedures.

Requirements:

• Board Certifications Req'd in Acute Care with the ICU experience
• State License(s): MA. No NPs that need a license. It takes too long 8-12 weeks. Only PAs would be considered. If they are PAs it takes 3-5 weeks. They must apply before client can initiate the appointment.
• Certifications: ACLS, BLS
• DEA Req'd?: yes
• Years of Experience Req'd: 2 years in critical care

Credentialing Timeframe: 90 days Willing To License?: only if they are PAs

Additional info: Typical Day: APP will round with Attending in the morning, complete tasks and round again in the afternoon. This Locum need is for an APP acting as a "responding clinician". There is no billing done for APPs. Travel: no travel. This job is better for local candidates who can take train/subway/drive in. Overtime: any hour worked beyond 40 per week All - inclusive rate. Regular and OT rates are the same. Holiday is 1.4x. The first 8 hrs of orientation are non-billable.