Nurse Practitioner - Critical Care Medicine
Nurse Practitioner - Critical Care Medicine
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Job Description
Nurse Practitioners (NP) with the Critical Care Medicine Service (CCMS) work collaboratively alongside an Intensivist physician in all aspects of the diagnosis treatment and management of critically ill patients in the ICU setting. This includes taking a medical history performing physical examination and compiling medical data in the development of a treatment plan. The NP will assist the physician in leading and directing ICU staff in individual patient care as well as following bestpractice guidelines for the maintenance of quality outcomes.
Responsibilities
CCMS NPs work directly with the physician under supervision commensurate with the individual APP skill level and experience as well as the individual patient needs. They gain experience in medical surgical cardiac and neurologic intensive care units.
CCMS NPs routinely participate in and often lead interdisciplinary rounds and family discussions.
Under physician supervision CCMS NPs are trained in and routinely perform endotracheal intubation ventilator management and arterial and central venous catheter placement. Other procedures/skills available include ECMO management bedside ultrasound lumbar puncture thoracentesis chest tube placement bladder catheterization and orogastric/nasogastric tube placement.
CCMS NPs also play a pivotal role in the maintenance of Our Lady of the Lakes Comprehensive Stroke Program.
This is a fulltime evening position 12hour shifts (7on 7off).
Qualifications
Education:Masters degree in Nursing
Licensure:ACLS; RN;BLS (Basic Life Support) Certification Current/unrestricted RN license; Advanced Practice License; ANCC (American Nurses Credentialing Center)
Employment Type
Full Time
