Critical Care/ICU Nurse Practitioner

Critical Care APP Opportunity MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital
MedStar Health offers a rewarding career in a collaborative and supportive critical care environment in Baltimore, Maryland.

We are seeking an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - Nocturnist to join our Critical Care Team at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital - a respected community teaching hospital serving northern Baltimore and the surrounding region. Our 17-bed mixed medical and surgical ICU provides APPs the opportunity to practice autonomously while collaborating closely with intensivists and a multidisciplinary care team to provide emergent care to critically ill patients, including leading Rapid Response and Code Blue teams. We foster a supportive and collaborative team environment and are seeking an APP who will actively participate in daily rounds, develop evidence-based plans of care, and provide critical care consultation for unstable patients throughout the hospital, including those requiring ICU transfer or escalation of care.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing emergent and urgent care to patients in critical condition.
• Performing histories and physical examinations of patients.
• Establishing appropriate medical diagnoses based on patient history, chart review, physical exam, lab testing, and radiographic imaging.
• Recommending, initiating, and managing appropriate therapeutic interventions for various pathologies, including respiratory failure, heart failure, shock, and acid-base disturbances.
• Presenting patients on daily rounds with the ICU attending and multidisciplinary team.
• Collaborating with all involved care teams, including other consultants.
• Performing bedside procedures, including insertion of central venous, non-tunneled dialysis, and arterial catheters, as well as chest tubes and thoracentesis.
• Communicating between healthcare professionals to promote safe patient transition between shifts, services, and/or levels of care.
• Educating and supervising new graduate APPs and students where appropriate.

Schedule: Full time (147 shifts/year) with rotating shifts. Night coverage, weekends, and rotating holidays are required.

Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited physician assistant or acute care nurse practitioner program.
• AGACNP (nurse practitioner) certification
• BLS and ACLS certifications.
• One year of critical care experience or in-patient hospital medicine is preferred.
• The ideal candidate will have experience in advanced procedures. New graduates will be considered.
  

As a MedStar Health clinician, you can expect:

As the largest healthcare provider in the Baltimore-Washington region, MedStar Health offers a comprehensive benefits package designed for clinician well-being:

• A competitive salary
• Generous paid time off
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Paid malpractice insurance
• CME leave and CME allowance
• Retirement saving plan 403(b) with % employer match

This position has a hiring range of:

$125,000 - $180,000

In addition to your salary, MedStar Health offers a comprehensive healthcare package (including medical, dental and vision subject to eligibility requirements) and other benefits. The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by MedStar Health. MedStar Health is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.

The hiring range is the range MedStar Health, in good faith, believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on work experience, education and/or skill level, etc. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in MedStar Health's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at MedStar Health's sole discretion, consistent with the law.