Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Masters Physician Assistant- MICU -HUP

About the Role

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. The Pulmonary and Medical Critical Care service at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is seeking an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) or Physician Assistant (PA-C) to join our expanding team of Advanced Practice Providers (APP).

Our role as medical critical care Advanced Practice Providers is unique, diverse, challenging, and always evolving. We deliver care to critically ill patients in one of the highest acuity medical ICUs in the nation. You will care for a diverse patient population including Oncology, Hepatology, Pulmonary, transplant, and medicine patients. We were the first MICU in Penn Medicine to use an Advanced Practice Provider model and plan to implement this model as our service expands into a new, state-of-the-art, 12-bed Oncology MICU.

In addition to critical care, MICU Advanced Practice Providers manage a unique Procedure Consult service that provides bedside procedures to patients in all areas of the hospital, including:

• Central lines
• Paracentesis
• Thoracentesis
• Lumbar puncture

On the Procedure Consult Service, you will have the opportunity to lead procedural teaching of Residents, Fellows, and Advanced Practice Providers, in addition to autonomous practice. The APP team also operates a medical floor-based Resuscitation and Critical Care Overflow service that provides consult services to patients outside of the ICU who have evolving critical illness.

These roles will work with board-certified intensivists and interdisciplinary ICU teams, providing front-line management of critically ill patients. Advanced Practice Providers in the Medical Intensive Care Unit will function autonomously in collaboration with intensivists, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals to diagnose, treat, and manage complex critical illness.

Requirements

• Master’s-prepared Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• Pennsylvania state licensure and certification as an ACNP or PA-C
• BLS and ACLS certification
• Critical Care Nursing or Fellowship experience preferred
• Advanced Practice Provider experience preferred

Schedule

The AP model of care operates 24/7/365. You would work 6-7 shifts over two weeks, with 12.5-hour shifts, and every third weekend. This position requires day/night rotation. Interest in all-nights or weekends-only positions can be considered.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program, including one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy.