SICU Physician Assistant- MedStar Washington Hospital Center

MedStar Health is seeking an experienced full-time Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. 

MedStar Washington Hospital Center, located in the heart of our nation’s capital, is seeking an experienced APP to work in one of our three ICU's. We are a teaching hospital with over 900 beds that is a major referral center in the area for medically complex cases. We are a Level I trauma center, a Comprehensive Stroke Center, in the top 5% of cardiac surgery programs in the country as well as an ECMO referral center.  

In this role, critical care APP's work autonomously but collaboratively with intensive care physicians and a large multidisciplinary care team to provide high quality and cost-effective care to patients in critical condition. We are currently seeking an APP for our SICU/MICU patient population. The SICU/MICU patients include, but are not limited to, patients in general surgery, and surgical subspecialties such as neurosurgery, trauma, thoracic, plastics, and orthopedics, as well as stroke and medical patients. 

 
 
Essential Job Duties include: 

• Perform history and physical examination of patients. 

• Establish appropriate medical diagnoses based on patient history, chart review, physical exam, lab testing, and radiographic imaging Initiate and manage appropriate therapeutic interventions for various pathologies including respiratory failure, heart failure, shock, and acid-base disturbances and renal failure 

• Present patients on daily rounds with the ICU attending and multidisciplinary team 

• Collaborate with all involved care teams including other consultants 

• Perform bedside procedures including insertion of central venous, non-tunneled dialysis, and arterial catheters, chest tubes, and thoracentesis. 

• Communicate between healthcare professionals to promote safe patient transition between shifts, services, and/or levels of care. 

• Educate and supervise new graduate APPs and students where appropriate 

 
Departmental opportunities include participation in the following: 

• Weekly didactics 

• Monthly journal club 

• APP practice committee 

• Critical care morbidity & mortality 

 
Requirements: 

• Graduation from an accredited physician assistant or acute care nurse practitioner program 

• NCCPA (physician assistant) or AGACNP (nurse practitioner) certified 

• BLS and ACLS certifications 

• Required: 1 or more years as an advanced practice provider in intensive care. 

 
Benefits: 

• Competitive salary, retirement contribution matching, generous paid time off allotment, CME/licensing/credentialing reimbursement 

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This position has a hiring range of $117,000 - $180,000.