Medstar Washington Hospital Center, located in the heart of our nation’s capital, is seeking an experienced APP to work in one of our six ICUs. We are a teaching hospital with over 900 beds that is a major referral center in the area for medically complex cases. We are a Level I trauma center, a Comprehensive Stroke Center, in the top 5% of cardiac surgery programs in the country as well as an ECMO referral center. Our Medical and Surgical Intensive Care consists of 4 units with a 50-bed total capacity.
In this role, critical care APPs work autonomously but collaboratively with intensive care physicians and a large multidisciplinary care team to provide high quality and cost-effective care to patients in critical condition. We have positions available in both the heart and vascular units as well as general SICU/MICU units. The heart and vascular units include, but are not limited to, patients in cardiac surgery, advanced heart failure including mechanical circulatory devices, vascular surgery, and medical cardiac patients. The SICU/MICU patients include, but are not limited to, patients in general surgery, and surgical subspecialties such as neurosurgery, trauma, thoracic, plastics, and orthopedics, as well as medical patients.
Essential Job Duties include:
- Perform history and physical examination of patients.
- Establish appropriate medical diagnoses based on patient history, chart review, physical exam, lab testing, and radiographic imaging.
- Initiate and manage appropriate therapeutic interventions for various pathologies including respiratory failure, heart failure, shock, acid-base disturbances, and renal failure.
- Present patients on daily rounds with the ICU attending and multidisciplinary team.
- Collaborate with all involved care teams including other consultants.
- Perform bedside procedures including insertion of central venous, non-tunneled dialysis, and arterial catheters, chest tubes, and thoracentesis.
- Communicate between healthcare professionals to promote safe patient transition between shifts, services, and/or levels of care.
- Educate and supervise new graduate APPs and students where appropriate.
Departmental opportunities include participation in the following:
- Weekly didactics.
- Monthly journal club.
- APP practice committee.
- Critical care morbidity & mortality.
- Various process improvement projects.
- Protocol writing and revisions.
Requirements:
- Graduation from an accredited physician assistant program.
- NCCPA (physician assistant) certified.
- BLS and ACLS certifications.
- Required: 1 or more years as an advanced practice provider in intensive care, cardiac surgery, or cardiology.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary, retirement contribution matching, generous paid time off allotment, CME/licensing/credentialing reimbursement.
For immediate consideration, please send CV to This position has a hiring range of $117,000 - $180,000.
Be a part of a nationally recognized health system and the largest provider of health services in the Baltimore/Washington region. With our vast resources and capabilities at your disposal, you can expand your clinical expertise. Enjoy a rich career and a quality of life unique to the mid-Atlantic region, which features a mix of urban, suburban, and rural communities.
The hiring range is the range MedStar Health, in good faith, believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on work experience, education and/or skill level, etc.
Why MedStar Health? At MedStar Health, we understand that our ability to treat others well begins with how we treat each other. We work hard to foster an inclusive and positive environment where our associates feel valued, connected, and empowered.
MedStar Health is an equal opportunity employer and 501(c)(3) organization.
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