Critical Care Physician Assistant- MedStar Washington Hospital Center at MedStar Health - Washington, District of Columbia | Job Transparency - Job Transparency | Find Your Dream Job with Full Salary Transparency

MedStar Health is seeking an experienced full-time Critical Care Physician Assistant at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. $20,000 Sign-On Bonus Available!

MedStar Washington Hospital Center, located in the heart of our nation’s capital, is seeking an experienced PA to work in one of our six ICU's. We are a teaching hospital with over 900 beds that is a major referral center in the area for medically complex cases. We are a Level I trauma center, a Comprehensive Stroke Center, in the top 5% of cardiac surgery programs in the country as well an ECMO referral center.

In this role, critical care PA's work autonomously but collaboratively with intensive care physicians and a large multidisciplinary care team to provide high quality and cost-effective care to patients in critical condition. We have positions available in both the heart and vascular units as well as general SICU/MICU units. The heart and vascular units include, but are not limited to, patients in cardiac surgery, advanced heart failure including mechanical circulatory devices, vascular surgery and medical cardiac patients. The SICU/MICU patients include, but are not limited to, patients in general surgery, and surgical subspecialties such as neurosurgery, trauma, thoracic, plastics, and orthopedics, as well as medical patients.

Essential Job Duties include:

Perform history and physical examination of patients.
Establish appropriate medical diagnoses based on patient history, chart review, physical exam, lab testing, and radiographic imaging
Initiate and manage appropriate therapeutic interventions for various pathologies including respiratory failure, heart failure, shock, and acid-base disturbances and renal failure
Present patients on daily rounds with the ICU attending and multidisciplinary team
Collaborate with all involved care teams including other consultants
Perform bedside procedures including insertion of central venous, non-tunneled dialysis, and arterial catheters, chest tubes, and thoracentesis.
Communicate between healthcare professionals to promote safe patient transition between shifts, services, and/or levels of care.
Educate and supervise new graduate APPs and students where appropriate

Departmental opportunities include participation in the following:

Weekly didactics
Monthly journal club
APP practice committee
Critical care morbidity & mortality
Various process improvement projects
Protocol writing and revisions

Requirements:

Graduation from an accredited physician assistant program
NCCPA (physician assistant) certified
BLS and ACLS certifications
Required: 1 or more years as an advanced practice provider in intensive care, cardiac surgery, or cardiology.

Benefits:

Competitive salary, retirement contribution matching, generous paid time off allotment, CME/licensing/credentialing reimbursement

For immediate consideration, please send CV to Show Contact Details
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**$20,000 Sin-On Bonus Available!
This position has a hiring range of $117,000 - $180,000.

Critical Care Physician Assistant- MedStar Washington Hospital Center

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