Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Neurocritical Care

Hartford HealthCare Medical Group; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic Neurocritical Care team at a leading healthcare provider in Hartford! This role offers a unique opportunity to work with complex neuroscience patients, including those with strokes and spinal injuries. As an Advanced Practitioner, you'll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care in a supportive environment that values your expertise. The position provides competitive compensation, generous paid time off, and a range of benefits to support your professional growth, including tuition assistance and CME opportunities. If you're passionate about making a difference in critical care, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

Market-leading compensation

Generous paid time off

Paid CME time off

Tuition Assistance

Employee discount programs

Family care benefits

Professional license reimbursement

Qualifications

• Seeking Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner for Neurocritical Care team.
• Experience in critical care and neuroscience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine physical exams and develop treatment plans.
• Collaborate with physicians and care teams for patient evaluation.

Skills

Patient Care

Critical Thinking

Collaboration

Physical Examinations

Education

Master's Degree in Nursing or Physician Assistant Program

Tools

EPIC

Job description

Description

Job Schedule: Full Time
Standard Hours: 40
Job Shift: Shift 1
Shift Details:

Advanced Practitioner Benefits:

1. Market-leading compensation and benefits and generous paid time off
2. Paid CME time off plus CME budget, reimbursed professional licenses and dues
3. Enhanced Tuition Assistance and Higher Education Partnerships
4. Voluntary benefits include student loan programs, home, auto, renters insurance, identity theft protection, legal services, pet insurance and more!
5. Employee discount programs and colleague assistance programs offering resources and information for personal and work-life issues
6. Family care benefits through Care.com including emergency back-up care benefit for children, adults and even pets!

Position Details:

Hartford Hospital is seeking a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join their Neurocritical Care team! The Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are part of a multidisciplinary team that plans and delivers care for critical neuroscience patients with a focus on those with neurological and neurosurgical diseases and related disorders. Our neurocritical patient population includes complex strokes, skull base surgery, status epilepticus, tumor resections, spinal cord injury, DBS, and other complex diseases. The APPs rotate in the intensive care unit and stepdown units.

Role: Open to Physician Assistants or Acute Care Nurse Practitioners

Location: 79 Jefferson Street, Hartford, 06102

Setting: Inpatient, Critical Care, Neurocritical Care

Schedule: Full-time, day/night rotating. Premium differentials offered.

Call schedule: No call

Ayer Neuroscience Institute

The Ayer Neuroscience Institute is a rapidly expanding Institute with a focus on comprehensive patient care, academics, and research. The Institute enjoys the resources of a system committed to excellence in patient quality and experience and boasts an impressive staff of world-class Neuroscience leaders which includes over 200 Neuroscience physicians and advanced practitioners.

Hartford HealthCare supports Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in practice:

1. Dedicated support and voice for our Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants through the Office of Advanced Practice directed by Sarah Clark, MBA, MHS, PA-C, BSN, RN, System Director of Advanced Practice
2. Hartford HealthCare is one of the largest, non-profit, fully-integrated healthcare systems providing patient care in the state, allowing our providers to care for their patients no matter where they reside in Connecticut
3. With tools like EPIC, Hartford HealthCare’s state of the art clinical and informatics technology promotes improved patient outcomes, streamlined continuity of care and superior provider satisfaction

Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistants Role Scope:

Under established guidelines and in collaboration and/or supervision with the practice physician(s), Advanced Practitioners perform routine physical examinations, and formulate medical, educational, and psychosocial plans to treat patients. In consultation with the physician(s) and care team members, Advanced Practitioners develop plans for further evaluation of health needs, e.g., referral to other health team members or specialists. Advanced Practitioners provide appropriate treatment for problems within the scope of the provider’s practice as designated by protocols and identifies problems outside of their scope of practice and refers appropriately to physician.

About Hartford Hospital:

Hartford Hospital is one of the largest and most respected teaching hospitals in New England. The Hospital is a Level 1 Trauma Center which provides cutting-edge treatment to its patients. This is made possible by being home to the largest robotic surgery center in the Northeast and the Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), one of the most-advanced medical simulation training centers in the world. When hospitals cannot provide the advanced care, expertise, and new treatment options their patients