Neuro Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider New
Dallas, TX
Details
Hiring Company
Exceed Healthcare LLC
Positions Available
Full Time, Part Time
Position Description
Advanced Practitioner Provider
Neuro/Critical Care
Exceed Medical/DPACC
Job Summary:
The Neuro Intensivist Advanced Practitioner Provider (APP) is a certified, licensed nurse practitioner or physician assistant who independently and collaboratively works with the multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive care to acutely ill and/or medically complex patients in the neuro-intensive care unit. Our multidisciplinary team includes dedicated EEG services, inpatient neurology consultants, dedicated fellowship trained neuro-intensivist physicians who work closely with neurosurgery and neuro-interventional teams.
Essential Job Functions:
- Demonstrates knowledge of etiologies, risk factors, pathophysiology, and presentation of acute neurological medical emergencies, e.g., acute stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, status epilepticus, intracranial hemorrhage.
- Demonstrates and uses critical thinking skills to synthesize and analyze patient data.
- Performs a comprehensive or problem-focused history and physical assessment for critically ill adult patients that is accurate and complete.
- Orders, collects, and correctly interprets and evaluates laboratory, imaging and other diagnostic tests to assess patient problems and health care needs.
- Prescribes and manages pharmacologic agents and/or other treatment modalities with attention to efficacy and safety.
- Demonstrates proficiency in procedural skills, e.g., intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, lumbar puncture, intraventricular medication administration, extraventricular drain manipulation.
- Strong working knowledge of neurocritical care medicine, e.g., fluid resuscitation, vasopressors, hemodynamic monitoring, and mechanical ventilation.
- Formulates and implements comprehensive outcomes-based treatment plans using the patient assessment, evidence-based medicine, standards of care, professional practice guidelines, and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, when appropriate.
- Evaluates patient responsiveness to treatment therapies and adjusts the treatment plan, as indicated.
- Initiates timely consultation and referral, including with the collaborating physician, based on the needs of the patient.
- Facilitates and maintains ongoing communication with the patient, family, and/or health care team members.
- Counsels and educates patients and families regarding medical processes and treatment.
- Maintains accurate, complete, and timely documentation in the electronic medical record.
Job Details:
- Day Shift
- Some weekend coverage required
- some on call shifts required
- Full time
Job Requirements:
- Must be a board certified and licensed Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, or Physician Assistant/Associate.
- Must have National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain NPI, prior to employment start date and meet current Medicare requirements for billing.
- Must hold current DEA Registration with schedules 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, and 5 and State issued prescribing authority.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Emergency
Neurological Life Support (ENLS). - Preferred experience of working at least one (1) year in the neuro-critical care setting as a NP or PA or neuro ICU experience as a RN.
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