Advanced Practice Provider ICU

Advanced Practice Provider ICU

Seeking an Advanced Practice Provider to join the ICU team at UH Ahuja Medical Center. This position will work 12 hr. shifts rotating days, nights (eligible for the night shift premium program), weekends and holidays. Nurse practitioners must be ACNP and new grads will be considered for the New Grad Thrive Training Program. A brief overview: The Advanced Practice Provider is responsible for providing quality care for patients and increasing patient access and satisfaction. Standard tasks to be performed by an Advanced Practice Provider as specified by the Ohio State Board of Medicine or Nursing and UH entity specific Medical Bylaws.

What You Will Do:

• Partners with attending to provide 24/7/365 medical and surgical management for critical-care service.
• Critical-care duties include managing the comprehensive care of acutely and chronically critically ill or injured adult patients in collaboration with the intensivist physician on duty.
• Advanced skills of comprehensive airway management including endotracheal intubations using direct laryngoscopy and video assisted laryngoscopy, surgical airway management including open surgical cricothyrotomy.
• Partners with attending and respiratory therapist to manage ventilator, non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, and high-flow modalities.
• Invasive procedures to include central lines, peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC lines), mid-lines, arterial lines, tube thoracostomy, dialysis catheters, cooling catheters, and various urinary catheters as indicated.
• Selection, implementation, management, and titration of vasoactive drugs, insulin infusions, sedation, and analgesia.
• Responds to all full trauma activations in ED, intracranial hemorrhages and aortic syndromes that are being transferred to a higher level of care in the ED.

Initiates and maintains positive relationships w/pts/customers (10%)

Initiates and maintains positive relationships w/co-workers (10%)

Takes responsibility for self-development and supports a learning environment (10%)

Displays commitment to the mission of the hospital and its values (10%)

Performs patient assessment and assigns diagnosis based on recorded assessment data and current scientific and current research (20%)

Establishes plan of care and implements interventions in accordance w/carepaths, protocols, and standards of care and current research (15%)

Collaborates w/other health care providers in an interdisciplinary approach to provide care to the patient and family (5%)

Contributes to the educational development of staff, patients, family and self (5%)

Demonstrates progressive leadership and effective management (5%)

Provides education through role modeling and in-services to meet identified learning needs and to promote professionalism (5%)

Advances own professional development through self-directed learning, continuing education and participation in peer review (5%)

Additional Responsibilities:

Performs other duties as assigned. Complies with all policies and standards. For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation. Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.

Qualifications:

Education: Master's Degree from an accredited PA educational program (Required) (MSN) Master's Degree in Nursing (Required)

Work Experience: 1+ years as an Advanced Practice Provider (Preferred)

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Demonstrated leadership skills. (Required proficiency) Demonstrated skills in interpersonal relationships. (Required proficiency) Computer skills to access patient medical data from UHHS mainframe. (Required proficiency) Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Outlook. (Required proficiency)

Licenses and Certifications:

Physician Assistant: Physician Assistant (PA) (Required) and Basic Life Support (BLS) (Required) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) (Preferred) Passed the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (Required) and Practice with a supervising physician (Required Upon Hire) and Maintain national PA Certification (Required)

Nurse Practitioner: Registered Nurse (RN), Ohio and/or Multi State Compact License (Required) Nurse Practitioner (NP) (Required) Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) (Required) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) (Required) Current APRN License (Required)

Physical Demands:

Standing Frequently Walking Frequently Sitting Rarely Lifting Frequently 50 lbs Carrying Frequently 50 lbs Pushing Frequently 50 lbs Pulling Frequently 50 lbs Climbing Occasionally 50 lbs Balancing Occasionally Stooping Frequently Kneeling Frequently Crouching Frequently Crawling Occasionally Reaching Frequently Handling Frequently Grasping Frequently Feeling Constantly Talking Constantly Hearing Constantly Repetitive Motions Constantly Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination Constantly

Primary Location: United States-Ohio-Beachwood

Work Locations: 3999 Richmond Road Beachwood 44122