We are seeking a Part Time Advanced Practice Provider to join the Surgical, Medical, and Cardiac ICU Team at Lake West Medical Center. This position will work 10 12 hr. Day/Night shifts over a 6 week schedule with rotating weekends and holidays. Nurse practitioners must be ACNP and new grads are welcome to apply.

Position Summary/Essential Duties: (Critical-Care)

• Partners with Attending to provide 24/7/365 medical and surgical management for critical-care service.
• Critical-care duties include managing the comprehensive care of acutely and chronically critically ill or injured adult patients in collaboration with the intensivist physician on duty (or on-call).
• Advanced skills of comprehensive airway management including endotracheal intubations using direct laryngoscopy and video assisted laryngoscopy, surgical airway management including open surgical cricothyrotomy.
• Partners with Attending and Respiratory Therapist to manage ventilator, non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, and high-flow modalities.
• Invasive procedures to include central lines, peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC lines), mid-lines, arterial lines, tube thoracostomy, dialysis catheters, cooling catheters, and various urinary catheters as indicated.
• Selection, implementation, management, and titration of vasoactive drugs, insulin infusions, sedation, and analgesia.
• Responds to all full trauma activations in ED, intracranial hemorrhages and aortic syndromes that are being transferred to a higher level of care in the ED.
• The above listed critical-care duties require that Nurse Practitioners must be certified as an acute care nurse practitioner (ACNP)
• Other duties as assigned.