Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant, PD, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Atlantic Health Morristown[...]

Atlantic Health System; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 103,320 - 137,760; Part time

Job summary

Atlantic Health System is looking for a Per Diem Advanced Practice Professional (NP/PA) for its Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute in Morristown, New Jersey. This role involves working in a Critical Care unit, providing pre and post-operative care to cardiac surgery patients, collaborating with a skilled surgical team, and performing procedures like central line placements. The ideal candidate should have critical care and procedural-based experiences and must hold NP/PA certification.

Qualifications

• The candidate must have NP or PA certification.
• Experience in critical care and surgical procedures is preferred.
• Ability to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide pre/post operative care in the Critical Care unit.
• Collaborate with Surgeons, Intensivists, and other practitioners.
• Initiate interventions and diagnostic tests as needed.

Skills

Critical Care experience

Procedural based experience

Team collaboration

Education

NP/PA certification

Job description

Atlantic Health System is Seeking a Per Diem Advanced Practice Professional (NP/PA)

Atlantic Health System, one of New Jersey’s largest non‑profit healthcare networks, is seeking an Advanced Practice Professional (NP/PA) to join the Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute, Cardiac Surgery Program at Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center. This role is ideal for self‑starters and will give an NP or PA the opportunity to be part of a growing and well‑established group with a robust staff.

Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center is the hub for the Atlantic Health System Heart Care program and offers a superior cardiac surgery program. The highest volume cardiac surgery program in New Jersey for over 15 years – our surgeons perform more than 1200 open heart procedures annually. U.S. News & World Report ranked Morristown Medical Center as a top hospital nationwide for cardiology & heart surgery.

Advanced Practice Professional (NP/PA) will be working in our 24 beds Critical Care unit and will be integral in the pre/post operative care of cardiac surgery patients in collaboration interdisciplinary team that includes Surgeons, Intensivists, NPs & PAs. The ideal candidate will have procedural based experience including but not limited to central line placements, a‑line insertions, and will initiate appropriate interventions and orders appropriate diagnostic tests. Critical Care experience is preferred.