Advanced Practice Provider (PA or ACNP) -Cardiac ICU

Advanced Practice Provider (PA or ACNP) - Cardiac ICU

The Cardiac ICU Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a vital member of the Cardiac Surgery team, responsible for the comprehensive management of critically ill postcardiac surgical patients during the immediate post-operative period in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

This role delivers high-acuity, evidence-based care in close collaboration with Cardiac Surgeons, CV Intensivists, and multidisciplinary Surgical ICU teams including trauma, orthopedics, and neurosurgery. The APP ensures optimal patient outcomes through expert bedside management, advanced procedural skills, and vigilant clinical monitoring.

Responsibilities include performing comprehensive assessments and implementing advanced treatment plans, collaborating with SICU teams in managing trauma, orthopedic, and neurosurgical post-operative patients as appropriate, removal of percutaneous ventricular assist devices, ECMO cannulation (percutaneous and surgical, with surgical team collaboration), chest tube insertion and management, pulmonary artery catheter insertion and management, bedside ultrasound and echocardiography, and providing expert troubleshooting and management of mechanical circulatory support devices including IABP, ventricular assist devices, and ECMO circuits. Partner with CICU nursing, intensivists, surgeons, respiratory therapists, perfusionists, and allied health teams.

Qualifications include ICU, Cardiac ICU (CICU), or Surgical ICU (SICU) experience required, Physician Assistant (PA-C) or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP), 35 years of critical care experience, and active American Heart Association BLS and ACLS certifications.

Benefits include flexible schedule, CME allowance, medical/dental, and retirement.

About Sinai Hospital: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore is a nationally recognized academic medical center, a designated Level II Trauma Center, and the largest community hospital in Maryland. As part of LifeBridge Health one of the region's most comprehensive healthcare systems -- our mission is simple: to improve the health of the communities we serve, and to take care of the people who take care of patients.

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