NP/PA Critical Care

NP/PA Critical Care

Job Title: NP/PA Critical Care

Job Type: Locum Tenens

Location: Cumming, GA

Service Setting: Inpatient

Coverage Type: Clinical Only

Coverage Period: ASAP 08/1/2026

Clinical Shift Schedule: Full-time night shift coverage; three 12-hour shifts per week

Shift Hours: 7:00p 7:30a (includes sign-out to oncoming shift)

Patient Demographics: Adult ICU patients

Patient Volume/Census: Typical APP-to-patient ratio of 1015 ICU patients per APP

Admissions: Medical and surgical ICU admissions

Rounding: Included each shift

Phone Consults: As required

Case Mix: Critically ill patients in a high-acuity ICU setting

EMR System: Cerner

Office Equipment Available: Standard ICU and procedural equipment

Specialty Backup Available: Attending intensivists and specialty consultants

Support Staff Available: ICU nursing staff and multidisciplinary care teams

Reason for Coverage: Supplemental night shift coverage

Hospital Privileges Required: Yes

Case Logs Required: Yes, for central and arterial line procedures

Central venous line insertion (CVLs, vascaths, introducers)

Arterial line insertion

ICU patient assessment and management

Licenses: Active state licensure required

Board: Nurse Practitioners must be Acute Care Certified (ACNP) Physician Assistants must hold appropriate national certification

Experience: Minimum of 12 years of ICU experience as an APP

Skills: Proficiency in ICU procedures including central and arterial line placement

Other Qualifications: Ability to work independently in a high-acuity ICU environment; effective communication with physicians and nursing staff

Manage critically ill patients in a high-acuity ICU setting

Perform comprehensive patient assessments and implement treatment plans

Collaborate with attending physicians on plan of care and clinical decision-making

Interpret diagnostic studies and laboratory results

Perform required invasive ICU procedures per credentialing

Participate in multidisciplinary rounds each shift

Communicate effectively with ICU nursing staff and ancillary teams

Document all patient care accurately and timely in the EMR