Department
04411 GCMG Myers Park General Surgery Trauma: 1350 Kings - Surgery: Trauma
Status
Full time
Benefits Eligible
Yes
Hou rs Per Week
40
Schedule Details/Additional Information
13 hour shifts, every 3rd weekend, alternate surgical critical care and trauma
Pay Range
$54.90 - $82.35
Location
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center | Charlotte, NC
If it's possible, you will find it at Atrium Health, a leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina and South Carolina. We invite experienced Advanced Practice Providers to discover all that we can accomplish when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds, and progressive visionaries together.
The Division of Acute Care Surgery at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join its Trauma and Surgical Critical Care team in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Position Highlights
- 13-hour shifts with variable days
- Schedule is developed 6 months in advance, providing greater predictability for work-life planning
- Trauma shifts begin at 6:00 AM
- Surgical ICU shifts begin at 6:30 AM
- Every third weekend rotation
- Holiday coverage required
- Primarily day-shift coverage on the Trauma service, with 24/7 APP coverage in the ICU
- Call is generally not associated with the role, although there is a possibility of call coverage in rare circumstances
- Rotational assignments between Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
- Extensive exposure to complex, high-acuity patients in a Level I Trauma Center
- Hands-on procedural opportunities
- Teaching opportunities with military PAs, residents, and APP Fellows
- Collaborative team of 25 surgeons and 20 APPs
What You'll Do
As an Advanced Practice Provider on the Trauma and Surgical Critical Care team, you will care for complex, high-acuity patients while working alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team.
Responsibilities incl ude
- Perform comprehensive histories and physical assessments
- Evaluate patients and develop, implement, and monitor individualized plans of care
- Manage medical conditions and comorbidities associated with critical illness and traumatic injury
- Manage ventilator settings and vasopressor therapy
- Evaluate and manage complex clinical cases
- Collaborate closely with surgeons, physicians, APPs, nurses, and other members of the care team
- Rotate between Trauma and Surgical Critical Care service lines
- Participate in the education of military PAs, residents, and APP Fellows
Following appropriate Medical Staff privileging, procedural responsibilities may include
- Chest tube placement
- Central line placement
- Arterial line placement
- Bronchoscopy
- Intubation
- Assisting with bedside tracheostomy
- Assisting with percutaneous gastrostomy tube placement
About the Division
The Division of Acute Care Surgery is organized into three sections:
- Trauma
- Surgical Critical Care
- Acute/Emergency General Surgery
The Division currently includes 17 surgeons and 18 Advanced Practice Providers. Trauma and Surgical Critical Care services are provided at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, an 874-bed tertiary/quaternary care hospital and ACS-verified Level I Trauma Center.
The Trauma service manages approximately 7,000 Trauma Code activations annually, resulting in approximately 4,500 trauma admissions.
The Surgical Critical Care service provides care for approximately 1,500 patient consults annually across a diverse range of specialties, including:
- Transplant
- HEENT
- Surgical Oncology
- Emergency General Surgery
- Orthopedics
- Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Trauma
- Vascular Surgery
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced APP who thrives in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment and wants to continue developing expertise in trauma, critical care, procedures, and academic medicine.
Schedule
- This position utilizes 13-hour shifts with variable scheduled days.
- Trauma: Day shifts begin at 6:00 AM
- Surgical Critical Care/ICU: Day shifts begin at 6:30 AM
- Schedule is created 6 months in advance
- Weekend rotation is approximately every third weekend
- Holiday coverage is required
- Trauma utilizes a primarily day-shift APP coverage model
- The ICU maintains 24/7 coverage
- Call is generally not part of the position but could occur in rare circumstances
Education, Experience & Certification Requirements
Nurse Practitioner
- Master's Degree or Doctorate of Nursing Practice required
- Acute Care board certification required based on the population and acuity served
- Minimum 1 year of ACNP or AGACNP experience required
Physician Assistant
- Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program required
- Master's degree preferred
- NCCPA certification preferred
- Minimum 1 year of Physician Assistant experience required
Additional Requirements
- Must have or be eligible for a DEA license
- Must be approved to practice as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in North Carolina
- Must be eligible to apply for prescriptive authority through the appropriate North Carolina licensing board
- BLS for H