PA/NP - Cardiothoracic Critical Care - Grand Rapids, MI

Seeking a highly skilled, experienced APP to join our growing cardiothoracic critical care team. This is a 24/7 service therefore this position requires days, nights, weekends and occasional holidays in a rotation with the team.

In this position you will be responsible for examining, diagnosing and treating patients with complex cardiac, respiratory, and thoracic diseases under the direction of the attending physician. Our APPs play an integral role in the multidisciplinary care team by coordinating discussion, communication, and implementation of care plans with various consulting physician services, nursing, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, nutritional support, and other ancillary teams. In addition to these skills, you will be expected to have obtained competency in common ICU procedures, including but not limited to endotracheal intubation, arterial blood gas collection, arterial catheter line placement, central venous catheter line placement, temporary dialysis catheter line placement, transvenous pacemaker line placement, and pulmonary artery catheter line placement.

Our cardiothoracic critical care providers are also the rapid response team for the hospital’s cardiac catheterization lab.

Our APPs are expected to interpret and manage endotracheal tubes, tracheostomy tubes, ventilators, pacemakers, sedation (MAC and Deep), ABGs and VBGs as well as complex acid/base derangements, fluid balance goals with diuretics, hemodialysis, and CRRT, vasopressors and inotropes, XRAYS, and laboratory investigations.

Knowledge of the following disease states and patient types is also expected:

SHOCK - ALL TYPES

SEPSIS

RESPIRATORY FAILURE

HEART FAILURE

RENAL FAILURE

ACUTE & CHRONIC HTN

BRADYCARDIA

TACHYCARDIA (SVT, AFIB, AFLUTTER)

VT/VF

ENCEPHALOPATHY

DELIRIUM

INSOMNIA

CARE OF POSTOP CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENT (CABG, VALVE, THORACIC)

CARE OF POSTOP HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENT

CARE OF POSTOP LUNG TRANSPLANT PATIENT

CARE OF POST CARDIAC ARREST PATIENT

Qualifications

Physician Assistant

Required Master's Degree Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant educational program

LIC-Physician Assistant - STATE_MI State of Michigan Upon Hire required

CRT-Physician Asst Certified (PA-C) - NCCPA National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants Upon Hire required

CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - AHA American Heart Association 90 Days required Or

CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - ARC American Red Cross 90 Days required

CRT-Pediatric Adv Life Support (PALS) - AHA American Heart Association 120 Days required

CRT-Adv Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - AHA American Heart Association 120 Days required

Nurse Practitioner

Required Master's Degree Nurse Practitioners who obtained their education and certification after 2000 must show evidence of completion of a master’s, post-master’s or doctorate from a Nurse Practitioner program that is accredited by the Commission on the Collegiate of Nursing Education or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission

3 years of relevant experience current, relevant clinical experience Required

Previous experience functioning in a collaborative role Required

Experience as a Nurse Practictioner Preferred

LIC-Registered Nurse (RN) - STATE_MI State of Michigan Upon Hire required

LIC-Nurse Practitioner (NP) - STATE_MI State of Michigan Upon Hire required

CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - AHA American Heart Association 90 Days required Or

CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - ARC American Red Cross 90 Days required

CRT-Adv Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - AHA American Heart Association 120 Days required

CRT-Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - AHA American Heart Association Upon Hire required

Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital

Right in the heart of Grand Rapids, you’ll find a nationally recognized hospital for patient quality and safety and the regional leader in full-service hospitals. Since 1873, Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital (part of Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals) has been growing and building a reputation of excellence in care, diagnostics, treatment, prevention and education. It is the flagship hospital for Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals, which includes Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital and Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion.

Butterworth Hospital offers a wide range of advanced medical, surgical and specialty care services that allow the urban campus in downtown Grand Rapids to serve as a major tertiary and quaternary referral center for West Michigan and beyond. These services include the only Regional Burn Center and Level I Trauma Center in West Michigan. Butterworth Hospital is a clinical leader in cardiovascular, cancer, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, neurosciences, trauma and emergency care services, among many others.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan, boasting a vibrant downtown scene with hundreds of local restaurants and craft breweries. It is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan, the fastest growing major city in Michigan, and one of the fastest growing cities in the Midwest. A global canvas of creativity and community, Grand Rapids is home to ArtPrize, concert and theater venues, museums, Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, city owned parks, and is located just 30 minutes away from the beautiful west Michigan lakeshore. With a growing metro area population of over 1 million people, Grand Rapids has been recently identified by Forbes as the #1 best city to raise a family based on cost of living, housing affordability, commute, and education. In 2022, US News ranked Grand Rapids 16th best place to live in the United States out of 150 metro areas.

Corewell Health

People are at the heart of everything we do, and the inspiration for our legacy of outstanding outcomes, innovation, strong community partnerships, philanthropy and transparency. Corewell Health is a not-for-profit health system that provides health care and coverage with an exceptional team of 60,000+ dedicated people—including more than 11,500 physicians and advanced practice providers and more than 16,000 nurses providing care and services in 21 hospitals, 300+ outpatient locations and several post-acute facilities—and Priority Health, a provider-sponsored health plan serving more than 1.3 million members. Through experience and collaboration, we are reimagining a better, more equitable model of health and wellness. For more information, visit corewellhealth.org.

How Corewell Health cares for you

• •Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals. Learn more here .
• •On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv
• •Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you, like restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more!
• •Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance
• •Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings
• •Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

Primary Location

SITE - Meijer Heart Center - 150 Michigan St NE - Grand Rapids

Department Name

Cardiothoracic Critical Care - Medical Group West

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Rotating (United States of America)

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

Hours of Work

Variable

Days Worked

Variable

Weekend Frequency

Variable weekends

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