Full-Time General Surgery | Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant | Henry Ford Providence Novi Hospital

Advanced Practice Provider

Henry Ford Providence Hospitals

Location: HF Providence Novi Hospital | 47601 Grand River Ave Novi, MI 48374

Status: Full-Time | Day Shift

Schedule: Three, 13.5 hour shifts per week (Monday Friday) with additional night/weekend on-call for OR surgical assisting.

Setting: 100% Inpatient & ED Consults | Mostly Adult patients with occasional pediatric age of 14 and up.

Call/Weekends:

Weekend: on-call only. Approx. 1 weekend day per month, scheduled in advance.

Call: on-call from home approx. 4-5 times per month. Report in only for OR surgical assisting. Scheduled in advance, report time is 1-hour.

Position Overview

Henry Ford Health System is seeking a full-time Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our General Surgery team. This opportunity offers exposure to a fast-paced, highly skilled surgical service supporting specialties including general, HPB, colorectal, vascular, thoracic, breast, and select plastic surgery cases.

Responsibilities include daily rounding on pre- and post-operative patients, progress notes, order entry, bedside procedures, ED and inpatient consults, surgical first assisting as needed, and collaboration with residents and attending surgeons. The role also includes rotating at-home call coverage for emergent overnight, weekend, and holiday OR cases (1-hour response time).

Frequent opportunities exist to perform bedside procedures including I&Ds, wound debridement, chest tube placement, central line placement, Foley catheter placement, and wound VAC management.

Why Henry Ford Health

Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits

Supportive, collaborative systemwide team

Meaningful impact on employee health and safety

Employment contingent upon credentialing and completion of Employee Health screening per HFHS policy.

Qualifications:

• PA graduate from an accredited program
• NP graduate from an accredited program AND prior surgical assist experience.
• Current Michigan licensure
• National certification (ANCC, AANP, or NCCPA)
• BLS required; ACLS required (or obtained after hire)
• Prior surgical 1st assist experience, required.
• 2 years of prior surgical 1st assist experience, experience with bedside procedures, wound debridement, chest tube placement, central line placement, Foley catheter placement wound VAC placement, preferred.
• 2 years prior acute care experience, preferred.

Education & Training

Nurse Practitioner (NP): Completion of a Nurse Practitioner program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC)

Physician Assistant (PA): Completion of a Physician Assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)

Licensure

Current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the State of Michigan, or in the process of applying (proof of application required)

Certification

NP: National certification by a certification body recognized by the State of Michigan (e.g., ANCC, AANP)

PA: Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

Required Certifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) required
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) required (may be obtained after hire)

DEA / Controlled Substance Licensure

• PA: DEA and Michigan Controlled Substance License (CSL) required through credentialing
• NP: DEA registration required through credentialing; NPs do not hold a Michigan CSL and will use their Michigan license number during the application process