Nurse Practitioner ( Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine)
Core
Provide comprehensive critical care to infants, children, and adolescents with congenital and acquired heart disease in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU), managing patients independently and collaborating with cardiac intensivists.
Role type
Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (PCICU)
Builds
State-of-the-art cardiac critical care including post-surgical recovery, heart transplant support, and extracorporeal life support (ECMO, mechanical circulatory devices).
Domain
Pediatric Cardiology / Critical Care Medicine
Deliverable
Physical/clinical work
Required skills
Comprehensive health assessments, differential diagnosis, lab/radiographic study interpretation, medication prescription and regulation, procedure performance, care plan development, patient triage, quality and safety initiatives
Preferred skills
Experience in pediatric cardiology, cardiac surgery, or cardiac ICU
Technologies
ECMO, Berlin Heart, PediMag/CentriMag, ventricular assist devices
Responsibilities
Conduct health assessments for critically ill children; Order and interpret diagnostic studies; Establish and implement plans of care; Supervise team members and support orientation of new NPs; Participate in quality improvement and research initiatives
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC