Advanced Practice Provider, Flex ICU, Department of Emergency Medicine

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Founded in 1819, the University of Cincinnati ranks among the nation’s best urban public research universities. Home to over 50,000 students, 11,000 faculty and staff and 332,000 alumni, UC combines a Top 35 public research university with a physical setting The New York Times calls “the most ambitious campus design program in the country.”

 

With the launch of Next Lives Here, the Cincinnati Innovation District, a $100 million JobsOhio investment, nine straight years of record enrollment, global leadership in cooperative education, a dynamic academic health center and entry into the Big 12 Conference, UC’s momentum has never been stronger. UC’s annual budget tops $1.65 billion and its endowment totals $1.8 billion.

About the Department

As one of the oldest medical schools in the country, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (COM) has a reputation for training best-in-class health care professionals and developing cutting-edge procedures and research that improves the health and clinical care of patients. In partnership with the UC Health academic healthcare system and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, College of Medicine’s faculty are transforming the world of medicine every day. 

The UC Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati has been an independent academic unit within the College of Medicine since 1984. It is responsible for the medical direction of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Center for Emergency Care (CEC) and the Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program.

Job Overview

The College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, is seeking to fill a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant position in the Flex Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This position will provide emergent care in the emergency setting as well as manage protocolized patients in the clinical decision making unit. The work schedule will include weekend day and night 12 hour shifts with the potential for 8 hour shifts as the schedule develops

Essential Functions

• Provide state of the art care to critically ill and injured patients, as well as complex step-down patients, in the new FLEX-ICU at University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC).
• Perform critical care duties necessary to stabilize and care for a mixed critical care population per the Standard Care Agreement with a collaborating physician.
• Develop treatment plans in collaboration with the attending physician and members of the multidisciplinary critical care team.
• Prescribe and monitor medications in accordance with the state and University of Cincinnati Medical Center prescriptive authority. 
• Procedures necessary for the provision of critical care including arterial catheter placement, central line placement, and diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy will be performed commensurate with existing skill and privileging. Independent capability with these procedures is ideal but not required at job start.  
• Be actively involved with Quality Management, data collection and performance improvement initiatives.  
• Other activities and/or duties assigned to achieve the overall mission of the position within the department.

Minimum Requirements, Nurse Practitioner:

Required Education

• Master’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing program

Required Trainings/Certifications

• Active Ohio APRN license with prescriptive authority
• Active Board Certification in appropriate nursing specialty

Required Experience

• Three (3) years nursing experience.
• Additional related work experience may be required depending on specialty/sub-specialty.

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Minimum Requirements, Physician Assistant:

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Required Education

• Master's Degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program

Required Trainings/Certifications

• Active Ohio Physician Assistant license with prescriptive authority
• Certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants

Required Experience

• Minimum of one (1) year experience is required.
• Additional related work experience may be required depending on specialty/sub-specialty.

 

Additional Qualifications Considered

• Critical care experience as an APP is ideal.
• New graduates will be considered.
• Flexibility, teamwork, and enthusiasm are ideal characteristics of applicants.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

• Sitting - Often
• Repetitive hand