Physicians Assistant Mount Sinai Brooklyn ICU Full-time Night

Responsible for patient care with supervising physician and in collaboration with associated medical teams and staffing. Performs a broad spectrum of care regarding critical thinking diagnosis ordering of medications and diagnostics and performance of corrective preventive and therapeutic measures in the inpatient surgical and/or outpatient setting. Assumes medical staff privileging under the scope of practice of a delegated physician determined by Mount Sinai Health System and the department of hire.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Multi-disciplinary bedside rounds on each patient with the intensivist nurse manager bed-side nurse for each patient clinical pharmacist respiratory therapist and nutritionist to determine a daily treatment plan or goal for each patient on the critical care service.
• Works in an interdisciplinary and collaborative fashion with sub-specialists nurse manager nurses respiratory therapists and ancillary staff
• Evaluates consults for critically ill patients in the ER and medical-surgical inpatient units for admission to the ICU
• Facilitating care and management of patients admitted to the ICU and step-down units.
• Manages ICU admissions or alternate level of care decisions with the intensivist managing and coordinating admitted patients care in a multi-disciplinary way including primary physicians surgeons and cardiologists
• Discussing daily treatment plans/goals and other pertinent issues with family members of critically ill patients as a facilitator of information on behalf of the critical care attending when unavailable.
• Performing emergent procedures when necessary and planned procedures as determined by the intensivist.
• Participates in the Rapid response team (RRT)
• Participates in the Central venous access service must have skills to place triple lumen and large bore shileys catheters ability to place midlines or PICCs is preferred
• Communicates with the on-call intensivist of any progress acute change(s) or challenges encountered in a patients clinical status.
• Is complaint with our quality of care standards provided to patients admitted to the ICU and ensures the ICU complies with established performance standards with focus on the prevention of ICU acquired infections sedation protocols and breathing trials and advanced ventilator management
• Works closely with the palliative care and hospice team to promote compassionate end of life care
• Is compliant with our quality of care standards provided to patients admitted to the ICU and ensures the ICU complies with established performance standards with focus on the prevention of ICU acquired infections sedation protocols and breathing trials and advanced ventilator management
• Works closely with the palliative care and hospice team to promote compassionate end of life care

Requirements:

• Masters Graduate of an ARC-PA Accredited Physician Assistant Program minimum 1 year critical care experience preferred
• Must have current New York State Physician Assistant registration license andNCCPA certification maintaining required hours of C.M.E. Also requires current ACLS BCLS certification.
• All credentialing documents not limited to but including NYS PA license and registration Diploma current PA certification ACLS BLS DEA etc
• Excellent communication and organizational skills are a must.
• A strong work ethic and desire to participate in a team-oriented performance-driven department.
• Professionalism sensitivity fairness exemplary patient centered focus and superior work ethic.

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU -PA