Pediatric Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - PCICU
Core
Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) delivering acute and complex care for critically ill children with congenital and acquired heart conditions in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU).
Role type
Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant
Builds
Comprehensive cardiac critical care for infants, children, and adolescents with complex heart disease
Domain
Pediatric Cardiology / Critical Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Pediatric cardiac critical care, ECMO management, ventricular assist device (VAD) support, heart transplantation care, complex congenital heart disease management, acute care assessment, differential diagnosis, therapeutic intervention prescription, evidence-based practice protocols, patient transition management
Preferred skills
Prior APP experience, pediatric cardiac critical care expertise
Technologies
Electronic health record
Responsibilities
Obtain and document health history and physical examinations, manage overall care for primary, acute, and complex cardiac conditions, order and interpret diagnostic procedures, prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, facilitate patient transitions between healthcare settings, provide specialty-specific consultation services
Seniority
Mid-level to Senior, hands-on IC
