Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant

Surgical Critical Care APP opening - Burlington, MALocated 16m to BostonSurgical Critical Care:

• Full-time, permanent position


• The position includes rotation to nights and weekends.


• Join a team in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, a nationally recognized 345-bed tertiary care hospital located in the northern suburbs of Boston, MA. The SICU team consists of 12 Advanced Practitioners, 14 Attending Intensivists and rotating surgical and anesthesia residents.

Responsibilities:

• Caring for critically ill surgical patients in a 24-bed surgical ICU at a Level 1 Trauma Center. The patient population includes adult patients admitted with trauma, postoperative organ transplantation, neurosurgical procedures, vascular surgical procedures, cardiac and thoracic surgical procedures.


• Providing direct care of patients assigned to them, either in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit or the Cardiothoracic Surgical ICU, with a high level of autonomy.


• Managing complex surgical patients, ventilator management, resuscitation, hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical circulatory support and the use of vasopressors or inotropes.


• Placing and managing invasive monitoring lines, including arterial and central lines.

Qualifications:

• Candidates should have at least 2 years of prior experience in Critical Care, Emergency Medicine or Cardiothoracic Surgery.


• APPs who have completed a postgraduate Critical Care fellowship will also be considered.


• This position is not open to new graduate APPs.