Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant | Trauma Surgery | Days

Henry Ford Health; Michigan; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Henry Ford Health System is seeking a Full-Time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join the Trauma Surgery team at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital. The role focuses on inpatient care for trauma and surgical patients, including assessments, diagnoses, treatment planning, consultations, daily rounds, and care coordination.

It requires collaboration with a multidisciplinary team and offers a fast-paced trauma environment with some weekend coverage.

Qualifications

• 1 year of Trauma experience as an APP required.
• NP or PA graduate from an accredited program.
• Current (or in-process) Michigan licensure.
• National certification (ANCC, AANP, or NCCPA).
• BLS required; ACLS required (or obtained after hire).

Responsibilities

• Provide inpatient trauma and surgical patient care, including assessment and treatment planning.
• Daily rounding and care coordination with trauma surgeons and multidisciplinary team.
• Collaborate with nurses and staff to ensure safe, high-quality patient care.

Skills

Trauma experience

APP/PA graduate

Michigan license

National certification

BLS

ACLS

Education

PA program ARC-PA

NP program CCNE/NLNAC

Job description

Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant | Trauma Surgery | Days

Location: Henry Ford Macomb Hospital

Status: Full-Time | Days | 36hrs

Setting: 100% Inpatient | 100% Adult Patients

Call/Weekends:No call requirements, every third weekend

Position Overview:

Henry Ford Health System is seeking a Full-Time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Trauma Surgery team at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital. This role provides inpatient care for trauma and surgical patients, including patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, consultations, daily rounding, and care coordination. The APP will work collaboratively with trauma surgeons, physicians, nurses, and multidisciplinary team members to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality patient care. This day shift position requires some weekend coverage, has no call responsibilities, and offers the opportunity to practice in a fast-paced trauma surgery environment while caring for a diverse and complex patient population.

Why Henry Ford Health

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits
• Opportunities for professional development and continuing education.
• Supportive, collaborative systemwide team
• Meaningful impact on employee health and safety

Employment contingent upon credentialing and completion of Employee Health screening per HFHS policy.

Company Description

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.

Qualifications

• 1 year of Trauma experience as an APP required
• NP or PA graduate from an accredited program
• Current (or in-process) Michigan licensure
• National certification (ANCC, AANP, or NCCPA)
• BLS required; ACLS required (or obtained after hire)

Credentials:

Education & Training

• Physician Assistant (PA): Completion of a Physician Assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
• Nurse Practitioner (NP): Completion of a Nurse Practitioner program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC)

Licensure

• Current licensure as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner in the State of Michigan, or in the process of applying (proof of application required).

Certification

• PA: Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• NP: National certification by a certification body recognized by the State of Michigan

(e.g., ANCC, AANP)

Required Certifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) – required
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) – required (may be obtained after hire)

DEA / Controlled Substance Licensure

• PA: DEA and Michigan Controlled Substance License (CSL) required through credentialing
• NP: DEA registration required through credentialing; NPs do not hold a Michigan CSL and will use their Michigan license number during the application process