NP/PA - Critical Care

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 10–15 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

Required Procedures:

• Central venous line insertion (CVLs, vascaths, introducers)
• Arterial line insertion
• ICU patient assessment and management

Job Requirements:

Licenses: Active state licensure required

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

Experience: Minimum of 1–2 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

Duties & Responsibilities:

• 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