Role Overview: An Intensive Care Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) or Physician Assistant (PA) provides advanced critical care to ICU patients, collaborating with healthcare teams to optimize outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct comprehensive assessments and diagnose critical conditions such as sepsis, respiratory failure, and multi-organ dysfunction.
- Develop and implement treatment plans, including ventilator management and advanced life support.
- Order, interpret diagnostic tests like X-rays, ultrasounds, ABGs, and echocardiograms.
- Perform procedures such as central line placement, intubation, chest tube insertion, and cardioversion.
- Interpret complex monitoring data from ventilators, hemodynamic devices, and intracranial pressure monitors.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and educate patients and families on disease management and recovery.
- Maintain accurate records complying with healthcare regulations.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Master’s or Doctorate in Nursing (MSN/DNP) or Physician Assistant with Acute Care specialization.
- Active NP or PA license in relevant states.
- Board certification as ACNP or related specialization.
- 2-3 years of critical care experience preferred, with strong clinical skills in life support therapies.
- Excellent communication, decision-making, and critical thinking abilities.
Work Environment: Cardiac ICU/Transplant or Critical Care units, with opportunities to see post-op cardiac, vascular, or thoracic patients. Fast-paced setting requiring rapid assessment and collaboration with cardiologists, pulmonologists, and other specialists, including coverage on days and weekends.