Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant, Neurocritical Care - Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center

Atlantic Health is Seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant for the Neurocritical Care Service Team

Atlantic Health, one of New Jersey's largest non-profit healthcare networks, is seeking an Advanced Practice Professional (NP/PA) to join our team of physicians, APPs, and fellows at Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center. This is an outstanding position for career growth as the ideal candidate will be given plenty of hands-on opportunities to further develop current skills in a highly collegial and multidisciplinary team environment.

The primary role of the Advanced Practice Professional is to provide clinical management for critically ill complex neuro patients utilizing evidence-based clinical practice standards in collaboration with the Neuro  Critical Care attending physician. The APP will also be expected to assist with emergency management of neuro critical care patients outside of the ICU as needed. A 24-hour coverage model will be divided amongst multiple APP’s. 

Job Responsibilities 

• Job schedule is Full Time Hybrid of days and nights, twelve-hour shifts 

• Perform comprehensive neurologic and critical care assessments 

• Manage patients in the Neuro ICU, including: Acute Ischemic Stroke, Hemorrhagic Stroke (ICH,SAH), Large Vessel occlusion and post-thrombectomy patients, status epilepticus, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebral Venous Thrombosis, Cerebral edema/elevated ICP, CNS infections, Neuromuscular respiratory failure 

• NIH stroke scale (NIHSS) assessment 

• Coordinate care with stroke neurology, neurosurgery, IR and rehab teams 

• Provide /coordinate clinical care for Neurocritical care medical surgical ICU and Stepdown Patients 

• In collaboration with attending physician and interprofessional team, round daily on patients to assess, diagnose, plan treatment, set priorities and outcomes, and evaluate the effectiveness and cost efficiency of patient care 

• Assess patients for change in status and institute appropriate interventions.  Initiates emergency interventions to stabilize the patient when appropriate 

• Analyze clinical practice patterns to provide the best medical care and to increase effectiveness and efficiency. 

• Communicate verbally and in writing all pertinent patient