Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant - Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)

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A Brief Overview

The Cardiac Center is a multidisciplinary center that consist of five major hospital departments: Cardiology Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Cardiac Critical Care medicine and Cardiac Nursing.

The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) is a 38-bed unit caring for critically ill children pre- and post- surgery and/or children awaiting transplantation. Our surgical team performs more than 850 pediatric heart surgeries each year, inducing open heart and closed heart procedures and heart transplant- with outcomes that are among the best in the nation.

Our APP team consists of Acute Care Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and House Physicians providing 24-hour coverage, 365 days per year. Our APPs are passionate about their work, and their influence extends beyond the hospital to community and global initiatives.

***We are offering a $20,000 bonus to experienced Advanced Practice Providers (NPs/PAs) with 2 or more years of ICU and/or critical care experience.***

To learn more about our Center for Advanced Practice and innovative programs for our APPs, please visithttps://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/center-advanced-practice

Responsibilities

• Manage a cohort of patients, perform and document daily assessments, collect data, and analyze findings to inform family-centered plans of care.

• Perform advanced procedures listed in the Scope of Practice and approved as a part of the credentialing process.

• Serve as a consultant and educational resource to patients, families, students, and multidisciplinary healthcare team members.

• Participate in scholarly activities and maintain required competencies, identifying learning needs and seeking appropriate educational offerings.

• Address safety issues and demonstrate shared accountability for safe practice.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree Physician Assistant - Required

• Master's Degree Physician Assistant - Preferred

Or

• Master's Degree Nursing Required

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work in a team setting with multiple responsibilities

• Ability to use computer and electronic medical records effectively

Licenses and Certifications

• Prescriptive Authority (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - within 3 months - Required or
• Prescriptive Authority (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - within 3 months - Required and
• Specialty Certification - in area of education/subspecialty. Required certification must match scope of practice for that practice area. - upon hire - Required

• Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required or

• Registered Nurse (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required and

• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required or

• Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required and

  Or

• Certified Physician Assistant (PA-C) (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required or

• Certified Physician Assistant (PA-C) (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required and

• Certified Physician Assistant (PA-C) - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants - upon hire - Required