Physician Assistant Nurse Practitioner ICU | Contingent | West Bloomfield
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- 2515024 Requisition #
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- 2 days ago Post Date
Exciting opportunity to join a well-established group of ICU APP’s!
Enhance your skillset and knowledge of critically ill patient in this autonomous and supportive environment that values the ICU APP., We are a 12 bed MICU/CICU and a 12 bed SICU/NSICU.
- Provides nighttime inpatient critical care within the Medical/Surgical/Neuro Intensive Care Unit. in collaboration but not necessarily the presence of a board-certified intensivist (eg: Patient history, physical examination, ordering and interpreting tests, making diagnoses and instituting treatment plans).
- Looking for candidates with strong medical or surgical background who possess critical thinking skills and can function in a team setting.
- Highly autonomous position with opportunity for various procedures related to the ICU (CVC, arterial lines placement, thoracentesis and paracentesis).
- Experience with procedures is preferred but not required. Specific procedures within the Department of Medicine are individually credentialed as indicated by training and experience.
- No call. 12-hour shifts.
- APP work experience is required. Prefer ICU/Critical Care experience.
- Will work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary critical care unit.
- The APP will be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, education, consultation, and care coordination as a first line provider to critically ill patients and their families.
- Provides inpatient medical care for critically ill patients requiring ICU level of care.
- Works in collaboration with intensivist physicians, attending physicians, consultants, house officers, nurses, and other members of the medical care team to ensure that patient outcomes are achieved safely and efficiently. Specific procedures as per credentialing as indicated by training and experience.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Bachelor's degree or Completion of an AMA-approved Physician Assistant program minimum.- OR- Master's degree in Nursing
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:
- Michigan licensure and continued certification by the National Commission of Certification Physician Assistant (NCCPA) -OR -Must be a Masters prepared Registered Nurse with current certification as a Certified Nurse Practitioner. Current Michigan state license as Nurse Practitioner and Registered Nurse
- Current ACLS/BLS as required. Current ATLS/PALS provider status as required
- APP experience in critical care/ICU preferred
At least 1 year of inpatient experience is required
Overview
HAP is a Michigan-based, nonprofit health plan that provides health coverage to individuals, companies and organizations. A subsidiary of Henry Ford Health System, we partner with doctors, employers and community groups to enhance the overall health and well-being of the lives we touch. With more than 1,100 dedicated and passionate employees, our goal is to make health care easy for our members.
Under the leadership of President and CEO Robert G. Riney, Henry Ford Health is a
$6 billion integrated health system comprised of six hospitals, a health plan, and 250+ sites
including medical centers, walk-in and urgent care clinics, pharmacy, eye care facilities and
other healthcare retail. Established in 1915 by auto industry pioneer Henry Ford, the health system
now has 32,000 employees and remains home to the 1,900-member Henry Ford Medical Group, one
of the nation’s oldest physician groups. An additional 2,200 physicians are also affiliated with the
health system through the Henry Ford Physician Network. Henry Ford is also one of the region’s
major academic medical centers, receiving between $90-$100 million in annual research funding and
remaining Michigan’s fourth largest NIH-funded institution. Also an active participant in medical
education and training, the health system has trained nearly 40% of physicians currently practicing
in the state and also provides education and training for other health professionals including nurses,
pharmacists, radiology and respiratory technicians. visit HenryFord.com.
Benefits
Whether it's offering a new medical option, helping you make healthier lifestyle choices or
making the employee enrollment selection experience easier, it's all about choice. Henry
Ford Health System has a new approach for its employee benefits program - My Choice
Rewards. My Choice Rewards is a program as diverse as the people it serves. There are
dozens of options for all of our employees including compensation, benefits, work/life balance
and learning - options that enhance your career and add value to your personal life. As an
employee you are provided access to Retirement Programs, an Employee Assistance Program
(Henry Ford Enhanced), Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Time Off, Employee Health and Wellness
and access to day care services at Bright Horizons Midtown Detroit, and a whole host of other
benefits and services. Employee's classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
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committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.