Pediatric CVICU- Full Time NP/PA

Atrium Health; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Atrium Health Levine Children’s Congenital Heart Center in Charlotte, NC seeks a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to function independently in the CVICU, collaborating with a supervising physician and a multidisciplinary team for cardiac surgical and non-surgical patients, including complex neonatal repairs, VAD, ECMO and transplant cases.

The APP rounds with the interdisciplinary team, manages care plans, orders tests, prescribes treatments, and documents in the EMR.

Qualifications

• Must be approved to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in NC/SC.
• Eligible for prescriptive authority through NC/SC boards.
• BLS for Healthcare Provider required with expiration >90 days from start date.

Responsibilities

• Functions independently to manage age-appropriate history and physical examinations for complex acute conditions.
• Rounds daily with interdisciplinary team in CVICU.
• Manages care and treatment plan as front-line provider.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic tests and laboratory results.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments.
• Monitors intervention effectiveness and documents in EMR.
• Collaborates with physicians, nurses, MAs, social workers, pharmacists, and dieticians.
• Performs pediatric ICU procedures including chest tube and line access.

Skills

Critical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Prioritization

Education

NP or PA licensure

Job description

The APP will function independently in the inpatient hospital in collaboration with a supervising physician and other members of a multidisciplinary team for cardiac surgical and non-surgical patients in the CVICU. These patients include but are not limited to complex neonatal repairs, VAD, ECMO and transplant patients.

Essential Functions

• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate, disease-specific history and physical examination of complex acute, critical, and chronic advanced heart failure patients.
• Rounds daily with interdisciplinary team
• Manages care and treatment plan as the front-line provider for patients
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests, including laboratory and radiologic
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions
• Documents all patient encounters, records observations, interventions, and actions in a medically appropriate manner in the patient’s electronic medical record
• Collaborates with members of the multidisciplinary team including, but not limited to: physicians, nurses, medical assistants, social workers, pharmacists, dieticians
• Performs chest tube removals, pacer wire removals and pediatric ICU procedures including chest tube insertion, central and arterial line access and intubations
• Attends, participates, and contributes to group/practice meetings, quality improvement, and policy and procedure development efforts when requested.
• Min Work standards- 1880 hours per year- shifts are varied with days, nights and weekends split amongst group excluding nocturnist APPs.

Must be approved to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the state of North and South Carolina. Eligible for prescriptive authority application through the Board of Nursing or Medical Board in North and South Carolina. Must have or be eligible for a DEA license. BLS for Healthcare Provider from AHA required with expiration date greater than 90 days from date of beginning practice. Demonstrates appropriate critical thinking, interpersonal skills, and the ability to prioritize and concentrate.

2+ years of experience as an APP in a relevant field preferred.

Atrium Health Levine Children’s Congenital Heart Center,

Established in 2010, is currently ranked #7 in the country for Best Children’s Hospital for Cardiology & Heart Surgery by U.S. News and World Report. Our comprehensive services include cardiac imaging, diagnostic and interventional catheterization, invasive electrophysiology, dedicated cardiovascular intensive care staff, and regional referral programs in heart failure/transplantation, adult congenital heart disease, and fetal echocardiography. Our state-of-the-art two lab cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology suite and new outpatient office complex is filled with dedicated staffing and is designed to treat all patients from fetal cardiology to ACHD. Our comprehensive Cardiac Neurodevelopment program provides a multitude of specialty services to our congenital heart patients in the same office suite. Participation in investigator initiated and multi-center industry sponsored studies is ongoing within the Heart Center, with the support of an active clinical research department.

Levine Children’s Hospital (LCH)

Is a state-of-the-art facility in beautiful Charlotte, North Carolina. LCH has 11 floors and 258 inpatient beds, including on-site PICU and CVICU covered 24/7 by in-house intensivists, Progressive Care Unit, Inpatient Observation Unit, Pediatric Rehab Unit, and Pediatric Emergency Department. We are committed to being the region’s leading provider of pediatric health care services.

Our Impact

Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health have come together to do more, be better and go faster to help more people live well. Together, we will deliver the best health outcomes and make care more accessible and affordable for all. Headquartered in Charlotte and powered by 150,000 talented teammates – including the best and brightest physicians, nurses, researchers and faculty – we are poised to improve safety and health outcomes, advance health equity and accelerate medical breakthroughs, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine as our academic core.