Full-Time Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant – Cardiovascular ICU - (JACKSON, MI)

This is an Advanced Practice Professional (APP) job opening.  ICU management/experience preferred (as an RN or APP), new graduates will be reviewed.

Advanced Practice Professional will provide health care and specialized health services to patients and families enrolled in Cardiovascular ICU Medicine.  The APP will provide care of this patient population in collaboration with all members of the health care team.  This position will be 100% inpatient with 100% Adult Case Load.

Clinic Information

Henry Ford Health Jackson

205 N East Ave Jackson, MI 49201

-          Independently evaluates patients in the hospital

-          Works closely with CVICU physicians, Surgeons, and Interventional Cardiology

-          Ordering/interpreting testing and lab results, modifying plan of care to address results

-          Provide clinical expertise and direction to support patient management

-          Maintain accurate documentation regarding patient status, evaluations, and treatments to physicians, streamline the patient transfer process between levels of care, including communicating specific patient needs to internal and external team members and other healthcare providers

-          Perform other related duties as required to assure patient safety and satisfaction

-          Participate in the development and presentation of educational experiences for patients, families, and health care professionals

Procedures – procedural lines, chest tubes, a-lines, etc.

Schedule – variable hours

Weekend requirement – yes, rotating coverage

Call requirement - No

OR Time - No