GENERAL SUMMARY:

• Great inpatient opportunityfor selected APP to expand your clinical knowledge and technical skills in an exciting academic teaching facility. 
• TheCardiac Surgery ICU team is comprised of a combination of Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Physician Assistants (PA) who function as an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) responsible for the assessment and management of cardiac surgery, heart and lung transplant patients in the Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU).
• Responsible for providing advanced assessment, differential diagnosis, clinical decision making, performing advanced clinical procedures and initiation of treatment plans in collaboration with the attending cardiac surgeons and CVICU intensivists. 
• Every 3rd weekend required.

GENERAL SUMMARY:

• The NP or PA ICU/Critical Care will work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary critical care unit. 
• The NP or PA ICU/Critical Care will be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, education, consultation, and care coordination as a first line provider to critically ill patients and their families.
• Provides inpatient medical care for critically ill patients requiring ICU level of care. Works in collaboration with intensivist physicians, attending physicians, consultants, house officers, nurses, and other members of the medical care team to ensure that patient outcomes are achieved safely and efficiently. Specific procedures as per credentialing as indicated by training and experience. 

The NP-ICU/Critical Care will work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary critical care unit. The NP-ICU/Critical Care will be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, education, consultation, and care coordination as a first line provider to critically ill patients and their families. Provides inpatient medical care for critically ill patients requiring ICU level of care. Works in collaboration with intensivist physicians, attending physicians, consultants, house officers, nurses, and other members of the medical care team to ensure that patient outcomes are achieved safely and efficiently. Specific procedures as per credentialing as indicated by training and experience.