Locum - Physician Assistant - Critical care

Job Description

Job Description

LOCUM APP – CRITICAL CARE ICU | MASSACHUSETTS

POSITION OVERVIEW:

• Specialty: Critical Care / ICU APP.
• Setting: Teaching Hospital – Adult ICU.
• Location: Massachusetts.
• EMR: Epic.
• Patient Population: Adult.
• ICU Beds: 10.
• Average Daily Census: 7.
• Assignment Type: Locum.

SCHEDULE:

• Day Shift: 6:00 AM–7:00 PM.
• Night Shift: 6:00 PM–7:00 AM.
• Weekend coverage required.
• Friday night is considered a weekend shift.
• Local providers preferred.
• Providers should be able to commute by car, train, or subway.
• No travel provided.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Round with the attending physician in the morning.
• Complete patient care tasks throughout the day.
• Conduct afternoon rounds.
• Serve as a responding clinician for the ICU.
• Provide bread-and-butter ICU and medical-surgical care.
• Manage approximately 1–2 burn patients.
• Work with a team of 4 APPs under physician supervision.
• Some clinical independence is encouraged.

PROCEDURES:

• No intubations.
• No central lines.
• No ventilator management.
• No transplant cases.
• No ECHO.
• No head/complex neurosurgical cases.
• No EVD management.
• No complex neuro-stroke cases.
• No procedures performed by APPs.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 2+ years of critical care experience.
• Acute Care board certification with ICU experience.
• Massachusetts license required.
• PA candidates only.
• PAs must apply for Massachusetts licensure before credentialing can begin.
• ACLS certification required.
• BLS certification required.
• DEA required.
• Credentialing timeframe: approximately 90 days.