Nurse Practitioner (Acute Care), Physician Assistant or Clinical Nurse Specialist-Critical Care House Officer Mercy Hospital

                    

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Job Title

Nurse Practitioner (Acute Care), Physician Assistant or Clinical Nurse Specialist-Critical Care House Officer Mercy Hospital

                        

Location

Canton

                    

Facility

Mercy Hospital

                     

Department

Critical Care Medicine-Integrated Hospital Care Institute

                      

Job Code

T97893

                     

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

                       

Schedule

7:00am-7:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Cleveland Clinic is currently seeking Acute Care Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants to join the Critical Care Advanced Practice Team at Mercy Hospital. This provider will care for patients with life-threatening illnesses and will be an integral part of the Critical Care team headed by an attending intensivist, who is available on site or by phone 24/7. 

This position provides 24/7 coverage, including both day and night shifts. The schedule follows a seven-on, seven-off rotation, with 14 twelve-hour shifts per month.

The coverage will be for all services.  Duties will include (but are not limited to):

• Patient evaluations
• Rapid Responses/Codes
• Urgent patient management procedures (airway, central lines, A-lines, chest tubes and other procedures)
• Critical Assessment of patients as required 
• Continual communication with other providers involved with the admitted patients care
• Other responsibilities as needed

The appropriate candidate will have a quest for autonomous practice, working at top of licensure, and a desire to be an integral part of a community hospital system. 

As a critical care team member, caregivers will look to you as the responder to their needs for whole hospital patient care.  Care delivered from the Critical Care Team is rapid, short term and concise to alleviate an immediate issued with the hospitalized patient.  Hand offs will occur continually to the staff and service of which the patient is admitted.  To that end, excellent communication skills will be paramount. 

APRN: Nationally certified licensed healthcare provider who provides primary and/or specialty nursing and/or medical care in a variety of healthcare settings. Functions in collaboration with a physician according to a standard care arrangement and specialty certification. Provides advanced nursing care to patients with complex acute, critical, and chronic health conditions, including the delivery of acute care services. Practices in any setting in which patients require complex monitoring and therapies, high intensity nursing intervention, or continuous nursing vigilance within the range of high-acuity care.

PA: Nationally certified licensed healthcare provider who provides primary and or specialty medical care in a variety of healthcare settings. Functions with the collaboration agreement of a Physician, (as per O.R.C. 4730). Develops a working diagnosis and treatment plan based on histories and physical exam, providing continuing medical care, including daily examinations, writing orders, chart notes.  PA's are privileged by the Board of Governors. PA's in this role provide advanced care to patients within  any setting in which patients have complex, acute, critical and chronic health conditions. Practices in any setting in which patients require complex monitoring and therapies and high intensity medical interventions and/or continuous vigilance within the range of high-acuity care.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical examinations (where indicated), initiates appropriate lab, radiology tests or other special tests required for evaluation of illness, and scrutinizes lab data on new and former clinic patients and hospital admissions to establish a record of the patient's current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan.
• Must be able to work with collaborating physician.
• Performs and interprets, at least to the point of recognizing deviations from normal, common laboratory, radiologic, cardiographic and other r