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Critical Care Medicine APP- MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
MedStar Health
📍 Washington
seg_1_regularFull-timeUrgent
Job description
<p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"><u>Critical Care Medicine APP - MedStar Georgetown University Hospital</u></strong></p><p><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">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. We are seeking an experienced critical care medicine APP.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">Our MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is a 40-bed hospital, where Critical Care APPs work autonomously, but collaboratively with intensive care physicians and a multidisciplinary team to provide emergent and urgent care to patients in critical conditions, including leading Rapid Response and Code Blue teams. The APP will actively participate in daily rounds and will develop and implement a plan of care which is consistent with evidence-based medical standards and quality initiatives. The critical care APP will also lead the Code Team, participate in Rapid Response, and will also be called upon to perform critical care consultation for unstable patients which may require ICU upgrade on various units throughout the hospital. </span></p><p> </p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Essential job duties include:</strong></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Providing emergent and urgent care to patients in critical condition.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Performing histories and physical examinations of patients.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Establishing appropriate medical diagnoses based on patient history, chart review, physical exam, lab testing, and radiographic imaging</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Recommending, initiating, and managing appropriate therapeutic interventions for various pathologies, including respiratory failure, heart failure, shock, and acid-base disturbances.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Presenting patients on daily rounds with the ICU attending and multidisciplinary team.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Collaborating with all involved care teams, including other consultants.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Performing bedside procedures, including insertion of central venous, A-Lines, non-tunneled dialysis, and arterial catheters, as well as chest tubes and thoracentesis.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Communicating between healthcare professionals to promote safe patient transition between shifts, services, and/or levels of care.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Educating and supervising new graduate APPs and students where appropriate.</span></li></ul><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Schedule:</strong><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;"> Full time (130 shifts/year) with 12-hour rotating shifts. Day and night coverage, weekends, and rotating holidays required. </span></p><p> </p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Requirements:</strong></p><ul><li><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">Graduation from an accredited physician assistant or acute care nurse practitioner program.</span></li><li><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">NCCPA (physician assistant) or AGACNP (nurse practitioner) certification.</span></li><li><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">BLS and ACLS certifications.</span></li><li><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">One year of critical care experience or in-patient hospital medicine is preferred. The ideal candidate will have experience in advanced procedures.</strong></li></ul><p> </p><p><strong style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Benefits:</strong></p><ul><li><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">Highly competitive salary</span></li><li><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">Retirement contribution matching</span></li><li><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">CME/licensing/credentialing reimbursement</span></li></ul><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity for a rewarding career filled with positive patient experiences and continual professional growth and development. The Mid-Atlantic region feature a mix of communities, from the urban neighborhoods to the suburbs and rural areas of surrounding counties.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">Be the provider you were meant to be, here at MedStar Health.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">To apply, please forward CV to </span><a style="color: #002664; background-color: transparent;" href="mailto:dawn.m.skupin@medstar.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">dawn.m.skupin@medstar.net</a></p><p><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent;">This position has a hiring range of $117,000 - $162,000</span></p><p><a style="color: #ffffff; background-color: #002664;" href="https://careers.medstarhealth.org/medstar-medical-group/global/en/hvhapply?jobSeqNo=MEHEGLOBALMMG2301MEDSTARMEDICALGROUPENGLOBAL" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apply now.</a></p><p><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000;"> </span></p><p> </p>