Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Neuro ICU

Albany Medical Center • Albany, NY

5d • Onsite

About The Position

APPs in the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit work daily alongside specialty neurointensivists and bedside critical care nurses to deliver high quality care to the sickest neurological patients in the region. Our team treats patients with severe neurological disease, ranging from large strokes and brain hemorrhages, inflammatory and infectious conditions, and refractory seizures to severe manifestations of neuromuscular diseases and its complications. Our multidisciplinary team approach to complex critical care neurology involves coordination of care with board certified neurointensivists, neurosurgeons, dedicated case management and social work, physical, occupational, and speech language therapists as well as consultative services throughout Albany Medical Center. The APPs in the Neurosciences ICU perform daily patient assessments and physical examinations, reviews and interprets data pertinent to the care of their patient, liaises with consultative services as needed, participates in daily teaching rounds and executes the care plan each day. The Neurosciences ICU APP is trained in advanced cardiac life support as well as emergency neurological life support including management of brain codes and refractory seizures, ventilator management and critical care medicine principles, performance of transcranial doppler and bedside ultrasound, as well as placement of central venous catheters and arterial lines. There is an orientation period as well as regular educational opportunities for the APP within the Department of Neurology and the Division of Neurocritical Care.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner Master’s degree program
• Current NYS licensure, Board Certified, and DEA registration
• Possess or obtain a National Provider Identifier (NPI) issued by the US Center for Medicaid and Medicare services
• Excellent verbal, writing, and interpersonal skills
• Professional demeanor and integrity

Responsibilities

• Perform daily patient assessments and physical examinations
• Reviews and interprets data pertinent to the care of their patient
• Liaises with consultative services as needed
• Participates in daily teaching rounds
• Executes the care plan each day
• Management of brain codes and refractory seizures
• Ventilator management and critical care medicine principles
• Performance of transcranial doppler and bedside ultrasound
• Placement of central venous catheters and arterial lines

Benefits

• Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers
• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time