Physician Assistant CVT Surgery

Brown Medicine • Cranston, RI

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Director of the Cardiovascular Institute and the Lead Supervisor for Cardiac Surgery, the candidate works in the intensive care unit managing cardiac surgery patients. This includes pre, intra, and post-operative management. The primary responsibility is in the ICU and includes writing admission/pre-operative/post-operative orders, autonomous management of all aspects of postoperative critical care (including management of various mechanical support devices, ie: IABP/ECMO Impella/CVVHD) and performing bedside medical procedures. Brown University Health employees are expected to embrace Brown University Health’s mission of “Delivering health with care” and successfully role model Brown University Health’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these guides our everyday actions with patients, customers, and one another.

Requirements

• Physician Assistants must be graduates of an accredited PA program with current NCCPA certification.
• Nurse Practitioners must be graduates of a Nurse Practitioner program and certified by the ANCC or by the AANP.
• Candidates should hold or be eligible for licensure in the state of Rhode Island as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner, eligible for licensure for Federal DEA certificate.
• An extremely high level of analytical ability to apply post-surgical training to the treatment of patients.
• Good interpersonal skills to deal effectively with patients and nursing personnel.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.
• All applicants should possess a high level of ability to function with significant clinical autonomy.

Nice To Haves

• Ideal candidates would have some critical care management experience, preferably in cardiac surgery, but highly qualified new graduates will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Position includes days, evenings, nights, weekends and holidays providing comprehensive patient care in the pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative setting with primary focus being in the intensive care unit.
• Obtains and records detailed medical histories; performs and records complete and detailed physical examinations; records pertinent progress notes in the medical records; prepares discharge summaries.
• Prepares initial patient orders for admission, pre-and post-operative care including diet, fluids, activity, laboratory studies, diagnostic imaging, and medications as directed by the physician in accordance with hospital procedures.
• Intra-operative second assisting if needed.
• Writes operative procedure notes and assists in transport of the patient from the operating room to the intensive care unit.
• Inserts and removes chest tubes/pigtail catheters; removes temporary epicardial pacing wires; removes sutures and staples; performs arterial punctures for arterial blood gas specimens; performs thoracentesis, inserts nasogastric tubes, peripheral IV lines, central venous lines, arterial lines, catheterizes the bladder; cleans, debrides, dresses wounds; applies wound VAC dressings.
• May perform other duties as requested by staff physicians or attending physicians, including care of selected patients on both the medical and surgical services and initiating consultative services on behalf of the CVT surgery service.

Benefits

• Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed