Pulmonary Critical Care – WEO- Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant – Piedmont Newnan Hospital

Piedmont Healthcare Inc.•Newnan, GA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Serves as a member of the critical care team, assisting in the management of critically ill adult patients in the hospital. Applies specialized skills and knowledge in ICU, CCU, and CVICU settings. Contributes to patient care, research, teaching, consulting, and organizational leadership. Provides direct clinical services under physician supervision and within institutional guidelines, credentialing standards, and evidence-based practice standards. The role includes assessing patients, developing and implementing treatment plans in collaboration with supervising and attending physicians, performing approved diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, managing airways and critical care devices, and responding to changes in patient status and emergencies. The position also supports clinical research and quality improvement, serves as an educational resource, and participates in staff and community education. The Medical/Surgical Critical Care addendum includes airway management, interpretation of ABGs and imaging, daily rounds, patient consultations and transitions of care, advance care planning, committee and education participation, collaboration with other care teams, and maintenance of procedural skills, continuing education, and licensure.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing with a current Georgia Advanced Practice Nursing license and a Master’s degree in Nursing, or graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program with a current license from the Georgia State Composite Board.
Licensed Physician Assistant in Georgia or licensed for Advanced Practice Nursing (ACNP).
Ability to function independently and as a team member.
Ability to set priorities, manage multiple activities and deadlines, and communicate effectively with multidisciplinary team members.
Demonstrated high-level critical thinking.
Demonstrated clinical leadership and experience coordinating and managing complex, multifaceted projects.
High motivation to learn and participate in activities that improve patient care.
Professional appearance and demeanor and excellent customer service skills.
Skill and ability in electronic medical record applications.
Effective written and verbal communication with team members and patients.
Ability to understand legal issues affecting APP practice.
Ability to interpret instructions provided in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
ACLS certification.
Competence in airway management, including endotracheal intubation, placement of extraglottic devices, and safe use of RSI medications.
Ability to formulate a differential diagnosis, assessment, and plan for each patient.

Responsibilities

Provide direct clinical services to critically ill adult patients under the supervision of the patient’s physician and in accordance with institutional guidelines and evidence-based standards.
Obtain patient health histories, perform physical examinations, and document findings according to hospital requirements.
Order and interpret diagnostic and laboratory tests, and explain procedures to patients, families, staff, and healthcare learners.
Perform approved therapeutic and diagnostic procedures based on patients’ clinical status, and document them according to hospital requirements.
Collect arterial, venous, and capillary blood samples, urine samples, sputum samples, and cultures; perform cardiac output and other hemodynamic measurements and EKGs; assist with radiographic studies and physician procedures.
Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, external cardiac massage, airway management, administration of life-supporting drugs under established protocols, and defibrillation according to ACLS standards.
Insert and manage arterial, dialysis, central venous, and pulmonary artery catheters; chest tubes; thoracenteses; endotracheal tubes; and extraglottic devices under physician direction and within hospital credentialing standards.
Connect patients to monitoring and instrumentation equipment and direct and educate others in performing these functions.
Formulate and implement treatment plans for acute illness in collaboration with supervising and/or attending physicians, and document plans in medical records and narrative summaries.
Assess patients for changes in status and initiate appropriate interventions, including emergency stabilization measures.
Incorporate clinical research findings into the development and implementation of standards of care.
Support IRB-approved clinical research and trials, including obtaining consent, ordering tests, recording results, administering interventions, and documenting and reporting outcomes, toxicities, or adverse events.
Perform and participate in quality and performance improvement activities and clinical research.
Serve as a clinical expert and education consultant to nursing, the healthcare team, and the community.
Identify family education needs and participate in teaching opportunities.
Assess educational needs, plan and provide educational programs, and evaluate programs for nursing staff, the interdisciplinary healthcare team, and the community.
Manage airways, including endotracheal intubation, placement of extraglottic devices, and safe use of RSI medications; complete a Difficult Airway Course within one year of hire.
Interpret ABGs, chest X-rays, ultrasounds, and chest CT scans; perform daily rounds and formulate a differential diagnosis, assessment, and plan for each patient.
Handle new consultations, admissions, and discharges; participate in advance care planning and discussions of end-of-life care and POLST.
Attend multidisciplinary rounds, participate in at least one hospital committee and the Critical Care Center of Excellence, and attend journal club and grand rounds.
Work closely with consultant groups, RNs, and care coordinators; participate in education of new hires.
Maintain CME hours, state licensure, national recertification, and procedural skills with an Additional Duties form on file with the state.
Check email regularly and respond promptly when needed; attend four in-person staff meetings per year.