Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.
Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
The MICU APP Service Team has an exciting PART TIME (20+ hours / week) opportunity for a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join the Advanced Practice team in their very busy practice at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Penn Medicine. The team consists of 11 NPs/PAs who provide the highest quality care and work with 5 MD Hospitalists to cover 16 MICU beds.
The APP/MD Hospitalist team is the first of its kind at Penn Medicine. The APPS are responsible for caring for 5-8 patients, procedures such as central lines, arterial lines, paracenteses, lumbar punctures, and thoracenteses. The APPS and MD work collaboratively and are resources for one another. The APPs and MD hospitalists present daily to Critical Care Attending during rounds and manage patients in collaboration with Critical Care Attending. The APPs participate in unit-based research, QI initiatives and present nationally at conferences. They collaborate with ED and Medicine services to care for high acuity chronically/critically ill medicine patients.
Clinical work hours include 60% days, 40% nights, every 3rd weekend and 1 winter/1 summer holiday.
Minimum Requirements:
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Master’s Prepared Physician Assistant
- Pennsylvania licensure and certification as an ACNP or PA-C
- Prescriptive authority required
- Critical care and/or internal medicine experience preferred
- BLS, ACLS through American Heart Association required
Additional Information:
All Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants function under the guidelines designed by the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center medical staff guidelines and are credentialed through that body. The CRNP or PA hired will be held accountable through a formal job description, the delineation of privileges, and their agreement with their collaborating/supervising physician who has initiated a Collaborative Practice Agreement.
We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.
Live Your Life's Work
We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.
