MedStar St. Mary's Hospital is currently recruiting for a Critical Care APP to join our exceptional team.
MedStar Health offers a uniquely rewarding career in a major marketplace. Shape your future in health care in the kind of setting that's right for you and your practice. Become part of an organization that welcomes your experience, input, and leadership as a clinician and healthcare expert.
Essential job duties include:
- Providing emergent and urgent care to patients in critical condition.
- Performing histories and physical examinations of patients.
- Establishing appropriate medical diagnoses based on patient history, chart review, physical exam, lab testing, and radiographic imaging.
- Recommending, initiating, and managing appropriate therapeutic interventions for various pathologies, including respiratory failure, heart failure, shock, and acid-base disturbances.
- Presenting patients on daily rounds with the ICU attending and multidisciplinary team.
- Collaborating with all involved care teams, including other consultants.
- Performing bedside procedures, including insertion of central venous, non-tunneled dialysis, and arterial catheters, as well as chest tubes and thoracentesis.
- Communicating between healthcare professionals to promote safe patient transition between shifts, services, and/or levels of care.
- Educating and supervising new graduate APPs and students where appropriate.
Requirements:
- Graduation from an accredited physician assistant or acute care nurse practitioner program.
- NCCPA (physician assistant) or AGACNP (nurse practitioner) certification.
- BLS and ACLS certifications.
- One year of critical care experience or in-patient hospital medicine is preferred. The ideal candidate will have experience in advanced procedures. New graduates will be considered.
As a MedStar Health APP, you can expect:
- Extensive onboarding and training/preparation period to ensure safe autonomous practice.
- A very competitive salary and quality bonus.
- Medical, dental and vision insurance.
- Paid malpractice insurance.
- Paid Time Off.
- CME allowance.
- Retirement plan - 403-B with % employer match.
Be a part of a nationally recognized health system and the largest provider of health services in the Baltimore/Washington region. With our vast resources and capabilities at your disposal, you can expand your clinical expertise. Enjoy a rich career and a quality of life unique to the mid-Atlantic region, which features a mix of urban, suburban and rural communities.
To apply, please forward your CV to: Dawn.M.Skupin@medstar.net
This position has a hiring range of $125,000 - $180,000.
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