Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner- ICU (Variable Shifts)- Experience Preferred

Clinical Responsibilities 

• Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.

• Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to

• Performs daily patient rounds.

• Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.

• Interprets laboratory and test results.

• Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other care

• Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on

• Informs patients of the necessary post-discharge care instructions.

• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are

Job Qualification  

Bachelor’s Degree, required. Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review

Committee for Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program, required.

Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) by the New York State

Department of Education, required.

Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of

Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required.

Current BLS certification, required.  

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Master’s Degree in a Nurse Practitioner Program and National Board Certification

in specialty area required.

Current license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in New York State, and

current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York

State, required.

• Has a collaborative practice agreement with designated protocols filed with NYS
• Department of Education OR collaborative relationship attestation as per the
• Nurse Practitioner Modernization Act 2015.

Current BLS certification, required. 

• Previous experience relevant to the area of clinical practice strongly preferred
• (minimum of 1 year Critical Care APP experience or completion of APP Critical
• Care fellowship), documentation of procedural experience/competence and critical

care ultrasound experience desired.