PA/NP - Cardiothoracic Critical Care - Grand Rapids, MI

Seeking a highly skilled experienced APP to join our growing cardiothoracic critical care team. This is a 24/7 service therefore this position requires days nights weekends and occasional holidays in a rotation with the team.

In this position you will be responsible for examining diagnosing and treating patients with complex cardiac respiratory and thoracic diseases under the direction of the attending physician. Our APPs play an integral role in the multidisciplinary care team by coordinating discussion communication and implementation of care plans with various consulting physician services nursing respiratory therapy pharmacy nutritional support and other ancillary teams. In addition to these skills you will be expected to have obtained competency in common ICU procedures including but not limited to endotracheal intubation arterial blood gas collection arterial catheter line placement central venous catheter line placement temporary dialysis catheter line placement transvenous pacemaker line placement and pulmonary artery catheter line placement.

Our cardiothoracic critical care providers are also the rapid response team for the hospitals cardiac catheterization lab.

Our APPs are expected to interpret and manage endotracheal tubes tracheostomy tubes ventilators pacemakers sedation (MAC and Deep) ABGs and VBGs as well as complex acid/base derangements fluid balance goals with diuretics hemodialysis and CRRT vasopressors and inotropes XRAYS and laboratory investigations.

Knowledge of the following disease states and patient types is also expected:

SHOCK - ALL TYPES

SEPSIS

RESPIRATORY FAILURE

HEART FAILURE

RENAL FAILURE

ACUTE & CHRONIC HTN

BRADYCARDIA

TACHYCARDIA (SVT AFIB AFLUTTER)

VT/VF

ENCEPHALOPATHY

DELIRIUM

INSOMNIA

CARE OF POSTOP CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENT (CABG VALVE THORACIC)

CARE OF POSTOP HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENT

CARE OF POSTOP LUNG TRANSPLANT PATIENT

CARE OF POST CARDIAC ARREST PATIENT

Qualifications:

Nurse Practitioner:

• Required Masters Degree Nurse Practitioners who obtained their education and certification after 2000 must show evidence of completion of a masters post-masters or doctorate from a Nurse Practitioner program that is accredited by the Commission on the Collegiate of Nursing Education or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission

• 5 years of relevant experience current relevant clinical experience

• Previous experience functioning in a collaborative role as a Nurse Practitioner

• LIC-Nurse Practitioner (NP) - State of Michigan

• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS)

• CRT-Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

• CRT-Pediatric Adv Life Support (PALS)

Physician Assistant:

• Required Masters Degree Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant educational program

• 5 years of relevant experience current relevant clinical experience

• LIC-Physician Assistant - State of Michigan

• CRT-Physician Asst Certified (PA-C) - NCCPA National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants

• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS)

• CRT-Pediatric Adv Life Support (PALS)

• CRT-Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital

Right in the heart of Grand Rapids youll find a nationally recognized hospital for patient quality and safety and the regional leader in full-service hospitals. Since 1873 Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital (part of Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals) has been growing and building a reputation of excellence in care diagnostics treatment prevention and education. It is the flagship hospital for Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals which includes Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital and Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion.

Butterworth Hospital offers a wide range of advanced medical surgical and specialty care services that allow the urban campus in downtown Grand Rapids to serve as a major tertiary and quaternary referral center for West Michigan and beyond. These services include the only Regional Burn Center and Level I Trauma Center in West Michigan. Butterworth Hospital is a clinical leader in cardiovascular cancer obstetrics and gynecology orthopedics neurosciences trauma and emergency care services among many others.

About Grand Rapids MI

Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan boasting a vibrant downtown scene with hundreds of local restaurants and craft breweries. It is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan the fastest growing major city in Michigan and one of the fastest growing cities in the Midwest. A global canvas of creativity and community Grand Rapids is home to ArtPrize concert and theater venues museums Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park city owned parks and is located just 30 minutes away from the beautiful west Michigan lakeshore. With a growing metro area population of over 1 million people Grand Rapids has been recently identified by Forbes as the #1 best city to raise a family based on cost of living housing affordability commute and education. In 2022 US News ranked Grand Rapids 16th best place to live in the United States out of 150 metro areas.

Corewell Health

People are at the heart of everything we do and the inspiration for our legacy of outstanding outcomes innovation strong community partnerships philanthropy and transparency. Corewell Health is a not-for-profit health system that provides health care and coverage with an exceptional team of 65000 dedicated peopleincluding more than 12000 physicians and advanced practice providers and more than 15500 nurses providing care and services in 21 hospitals 300 outpatient locations and several post-acute facilitiesand Priority Health a provider-sponsored health plan serving more than 1.3 million members Through experience and collaboration we are reimagining a better more equitable model of health and wellness. For more information visit .