Pediatric Cardiovascular Critical Care Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner Opening in California

Job description

Start date: Pending 60-90 day credentialing
• Support staff: 2 teams, each with: 1 attending, 3 NP, 1 fellow
• Overnight there’s 1 attending, 2 NPs
• Amount of coverage needed per month: Minimum 4 12-hour shifts per month up to full time, 3x12s per week
• Patients per day: 17-18
• Patient population/age: Majority peds, neonatal(8 beds), 8% of total population is adult congenital
• Department description:
• 350 surgical cases/year
• Majority of patients are surgical
• Patients include: a significant heart failure population, patients on vents, patients who are pre & post op, patients with cardiac catherization

• EMR: epic
• Hospital bed size: 18
• Special procedures:
• APPs may do IVs & arterial lines
• Most procedures done by fellow or attending
• Must be comfortable in PCICU inpatient setting, working with neonatal patients. Must have knowledge of general cardiovascular critical care.
• Team player, flexible, willing to work nights and weekends, good communication
• Inpatient Hospital
Requirements:
• Board Certification: CPNP-AC
• License required: CA
• NP MUST have CA license
• PA- can submit without a CA license
• DEA: Yes, CA with schedule 2
• Certifications required: PALS, BLS
• Minimum experience required:
• 2 years of PCICU(no surgery, no stepdown, must be experienced with pediatric cardiovascular critical care)
• Exp with heart failure would be a plus, although not required

• Ongoing for 6 months with option to extend
• Located in San Francisco
• Specialized Need- Pediatric Cardiovascular Critical Care