Advanced Practice - Critical Care Opening in Burlington, MA
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician Assistant
Specialty
Emergency Medicine
Degree Required
MPAS/MHS/MMSc/MPH
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
10/25/24
**Surgical Critical Care APP opening - Burlington, MA**
Located 16m to Boston
**Surgical Critical Care:**
- Full-time, permanent position
- The position includes rotation to nights and weekends.
- Join a team in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, a nationally recognized 345-bed tertiary care hospital located in the northern suburbs of Boston, MA. The SICU team consists of 12 Advanced Practitioners, 14 Attending Intensivists and rotating surgical and anesthesia residents.
**Responsibilities:**
- Caring for critically ill surgical patients in a 24-bed surgical ICU at a Level 1 Trauma Center. The patient population includes adult patients admitted with trauma, postoperative organ transplantation, neurosurgical procedures, vascular surgical procedures, cardiac and thoracic surgical procedures.
- Providing direct care of patients assigned to them, either in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit or the Cardiothoracic Surgical ICU, with a high level of autonomy.
- Managing complex surgical patients, ventilator management, resuscitation, hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical circulatory support and the use of vasopressors or inotropes.
- Placing and managing invasive monitoring lines, including arterial and central lines.
**Qualifications:**
- Candidates should have at least 2 years of prior experience in Critical Care, Emergency Medicine or Cardiothoracic Surgery.
- APPs who have completed a postgraduate Critical Care fellowship will also be considered.
- This position is not open to new graduate APPs.