Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Neuro Critical Care
About The Position
Capital Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant for its Neuro Critical Care service. The role provides hospital-based patient care, including histories and physical examinations, ongoing assessments, and selected critical care procedures. The practitioner participates in daily rounds with physicians and facilitates pre-operative and post-operative care. The position assists with admissions and consultations, initiates and manages treatments and referrals, and revises plans of care in collaboration with clinical staff. It also includes diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, wound assessments and basic skin care orders, ordering laboratory and imaging studies, and explaining procedures and treatments to patients. The practitioner completes transfer-of-care notes, provides services appropriate to patients’ age and development, participates in hospital quality improvement, and contributes to the development and revision of patient-care standards and policies.
Requirements
- Physician Assistant: Graduate of an accredited physician assistant program approved by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
- Physician Assistant: New Jersey Physician Assistant License.
- Nurse Practitioner: Bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in advanced clinical practice, or graduation from a post-master’s nurse practitioner certificate program.
- Nurse Practitioner: Advanced Practice Nurse – New Jersey License.
Nice To Haves
- Physician Assistant: One year of experience in primary care management or acute care preferred.
- Nurse Practitioner: One year of experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Perform patient histories and physical examinations, ongoing assessments, and selected critical care procedures.
- Participate in daily patient rounds with physicians and facilitate pre-operative and post-operative care.
- Assist with admission work-ups and consultations to support care across the continuum.
- Initiate, monitor, modify, and order treatments, including device placement, physical and occupational therapy, home health referrals, and discharge planning.
- Reassess patients throughout hospitalization and modify plans of care in collaboration with clinical staff.
- Complete transfer-of-care notes when patients move to another medical service.
- Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as indicated for diagnosis and management.
- Complete wound assessments and initiate basic skin care orders.
- Order laboratory, radiological, and diagnostic studies to support medical management.
- Explain the purpose, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of treatments and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to patients.
- Provide services appropriate to patients’ age and development.
- Participate in the hospital Quality Improvement process.
- Contribute to the development and revision of patient-care standards and policies.
Benefits
- Medical plan
- Prescription drug coverage and in-house employee pharmacy
- Dental plan
- Vision plan
- Flexible Spending Account, including healthcare and dependent care FSAs
- Retirement Savings and Investment Plan
- Basic group term life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Supplemental group term life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Long-term disability benefits
- Short-term disability benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Commuter transit benefits
- Commuter parking benefits
- Voluntary legal services
- Voluntary accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
- Voluntary identity theft insurance
- Voluntary pet insurance
- Paid time-off program
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Job Type
Full-time
