APP - NURSE PRACTITIONER OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, NEURO CRITICAL CARE

Req #: 233771

Department: HARBORVIEW - NEURO CRITICAL CARE

Posting Date: 10/09/2024

Closing Info

Open Until Filled

Salary: 90% of $10,116 - $15,823 per month

Shift: Night Shift

Notes

As a UW Medicine employee you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on the benefits for this position, click here (~~~) .

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, Neuro Critical Care

Join Harborview Medical Center as Advanced Practice Provider - ARNP, Nurse Practitioner; or PA-C, Physician Assistant for Neuro Critical Care (this position is for 90% FTE, nights, and also including some days, week-ends and holidays).

$10,000 Recruitment Incentive/Sign-On Bonus for eligible new employees joining UW Medicine

Supervision

The APP (Advanced Practice Provider), ARNP or PA, will work under the supervision of the NCCS attending Staff that includes Anesthesia, Neurology and Pulmonary/Critical Care Physicians Patient population: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Intracranial Hemorrhage, Acute Ischemic Stroke, Seizure and Status Epilepticus, Isolated Traumatic Brain Injuries, Neuromuscular disorders, Brain Tumors, CNS infections, hypoxemic-ischemic encephalopathy, Spinal Cord Injury and post-operative spine patients

Responsibilities

1. Patient Care:
2. Admit new patients (including writing admit note, initial assessments/plans, placing admission order sets)
3. Participate in daily morning and afternoon rounds
4. Daily Care: evaluating and managing ICU patients, writing daily progress notes and formulating/implementing plans
5. Daily sign out with acute care services (ortho spine, neurosurgery and neurology services) for patients leaving the unit
6. ICU Checklist: on morning rounds complete the daily checklist for each patient to ensure proper care and communication with nursing staff
7. Facilitate family meetings and participate in goal of care discussions as appropriate
8. You will carry a service pager and admission phone and be responsible as "first call" to your daily patient load (typically 4-8 patients but varies based on census).
9. Participate in day and night coverage (see work hours below)
10. Procedures
11. Central Venous Catheters
12. Arterial Lines
13. Bronchoscopy
14. Lumbar Punctures
15. Point of Care Ultrasound
16. Quality Improvement and Research
17. Monthly QI meetings and ongoing quality improvement projects. APPs are expected to actively engage in research and QI projects
18. Monthly case presentations and Journal clubs that are lead by the APP with Physician support/mentoring
19. Work Hours
20. Self-scheduling: 12-hour shifts
21. 6 shifts in a 2-week pay period Weekends: Yes On Call: No

As the region's only Level I Trauma center, Harborview Medical Center (HMC) is well known for innovations and excellence in trauma care and its centers of emphasis: Trauma, Burn, Neurosciences, AIDS/STD, Center for Advanced Reconstruction and Rehabilitation (CARER), and mentally-and medically- vulnerable populations. In addition to the centers of emphasis, HMC serves a mission population for King County. Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region. HMC is owned by King County and managed by the University of Washington (UW) and serves as a training site for UW's School of Medicine. The UW is proud to be one of the nation's premier educational and research institutions. Our people are the most important asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in education, research, and community service. Our staff not only enjoys outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

Requirements

• Nurse Practitioner:

• Masters or Doctorate Degree in nursing from an accredited school of nursing

• AND Washington State Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner License with prescriptive privileges

• AND National certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

• Physician Assistant:

• Licensure as a Physician's Assistant in the State of Washington

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.