Job Description: Pediatric Critical Care Physician Assistant - San Francisco, CA

• Specialty: Critical Care – Pediatric
• Start Date: March 3, 2025
• Contract Duration: 6 months (with option to extend)
• Shift Type: Variable 12-hour shifts (including weekends, nights, and holidays)
• Schedule Details:
  • Must provide 50% night or weekend coverage
  • Option for night and weekend on-call shifts (not guaranteed)
  • Shift hours: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM (Day shift), with variable scheduling
• Shift Requirement: Minimum 4 shifts per month

Key Responsibilities:

• Work in a Pediatric Critical Care Unit (PCICU) providing direct care to neonates, infants, and pediatric patients.
• Manage critically ill patients including those with heart failure, on ECMO, post-operative, and pre-/post-transplant.
• ECMO management experience preferred.
• Support staff includes 1 attending, 3 nurse practitioners (NPs), and 1 fellow per team; 1 attending and 2 NPs for overnight coverage.
• Work with a variety of conditions such as cardiac catheterization, mechanical ventilation, and CRRT.
• Patient Population: Majority pediatric and neonatal, with 8 beds dedicated to neonates. Approximately 8% of patients are adults with congenital heart conditions.
• Patient Load: Average of 17-18 patients per day.
• Procedures: APPs (Advanced Practice Providers) may perform IVs, arterial lines, and possibly intubation or central lines (most procedures performed by fellows or attendings).
• Team Environment: Collaborate with a dynamic team in a teaching hospital setting.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Minimum 1 year of experience in Pediatric Cardiovascular Critical Care (PCICU), with expertise in managing ECMO, CRRT, and other intensive care treatments.
• Familiarity with cardiovascular critical care, particularly in pediatric populations, and general cardiovascular management.
• Comfortable in a high-acuity, inpatient setting, managing neonatal to adult congenital heart patients.

Certifications and Licensing:

• Required Certifications:
  • PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
  • BLS (Basic Life Support)
• Required Licenses:
  • California PA License (PA candidates can apply without a CA license, but it must be obtained before starting).
  • DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) license for Schedule 2 drugs (CA license required).
• COVID-19 Vaccination: Required (with booster); medical or religious exemptions considered.

Facility Information:

• Hospital Type: Children’s hospital
• Bed Size: 18 beds in the PCICU
• EMR System: Epic
• Annual Surgical Cases: 350
• Special Procedures: APPs may be involved in specific tasks like IVs, arterial lines, and central line insertions.