Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - CVICU - Louisville, Kentucky
full-time•Louisville
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Summary
.9 FTE APRN-CVICU dept. Inpatient onlyWeekends only: Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12 hour shifts to include evenings
Job Description:
Position Details
Baptist Health Medical Group is expanding the Critical Care Cardiovascular Intensivist program!
The Cardiac and Aortic Surgery Program at Baptist Health Louisville is a regionally recognized and thriving surgical service. The dedicated CVICU team is made up of Critical Care Physicians and Nurse Practitioners who work closely together to provide comprehensive care for the CVICU, performing annually over 650 cardiac and thoracic aortic cases, serving the Louisville metropolitan area and Kentuckiana region. Baptist Health Louisville is a tertiary 613 bed hospital that has 3 other ICUs, 2 large surgical recovery rooms and 25 operating rooms. The new state of the art ICU is designed to support the growing demand of cardiac surgical, structural and temporary circulatory support cases. The unit will have 13 beds (including 5 flexible open heart recovery beds) in proximity with the 3 CV operating rooms, the 5 cath labs and the 2 CV transitional units.
The job delineation for a night shift NP includes the management of cardiac surgical cases from early care till transition to step down CV units, structural heart patients requiring short term care, complex surgical patients requiring longer stays and few ECMO, Impella or complex structural cases. On night shift, you will manage the CVICU patients as well as Step-down patients for the CV Surgery Service. Procedures you may be required to perform include arterial lines, central lines, dialysis catheter placement and intubations. The schedule will be variable and depend on candidate preference as well as total number of APCs in the role.
About Baptist Cardiac surgery:
Baptist cardiac surgery is the largest cardiac surgery group in Kentucky and southern Indiana region. The group performs over 1000 cases in 2 Baptist hospitals and is the only group in the area ranked with 3-star STS surgical recognition in more than 2 categories. It includes 3 cardiac and thoracic aorta surgeons performing all aspects of cardiac surgery except VADS and transplants. They are known for performing the full array of cardiac surgery including all aspects of coronary revascularization, mitral valve repair, complex valve surgery and reoperation, aortic reconstructions and homografts, Ross procedures, pulmonary thromboendarterectomies, aortic thoracic open and endovascular procedures and arrythmia surgery
Address: 4000 Kresge Way Louisville KY 40207
- Inpatient
- Weekend Nights only - Friday, Saturday, Sunday
- 7p-7a
- ICU Experience preferred
- Acute Care Certification required
The Baptist Health Medical Group (BHMG) APC reflects the mission, vision, and values of BHMG adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.
The APC functions autonomously and collaborates with other health professionals to provide high quality, cost effective care to patients, manages health care systems and influence health care decision-making through expert clinical reasoning, research, theory-based practice. The APC is responsible for providing direct patient care as part of the physician led team in accordance with State Law and approved Medical Staff privileges.
Minimum Education, Training and Experience Required
- Bachelor’s degree and successful completion of accredited APC program. Terminal degree in APC field preferred.
- National certification from the appropriate national certifying agency for the particular APC.
- Must maintain national certification.
- Eligible at all times to be insured for professional liability.
- Current valid and unrestricted license to practice as an APC in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
- BCLS required through the American Heart Association.
- ACLS as required for position
Work Experience
Education
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Other facts
Tech stack
Cardiac Surgery,Critical Care,Nurse Practitioner,Physician Assistant,ECMO Management,Intubation,Central Line Placement,Dialysis Catheter Placement,Team Collaboration,Patient Care,Acute Care Certification,Clinical Reasoning,Research,Theory-Based Practice,Health Care Systems Management,Regulatory Compliance
About BHS
Baptist Health System is a recognized leader in healthcare in San Antonio and South Texas.
Since 1903, Baptist Health System has been caring for the health and spiritual needs of people in San Antonio, south Texas and beyond. Baptist Health System is the first to bring robotically-assisted surgery to San Antonio, and the first to achieve Chest Pain Center Certification at all of our hospitals.
Team size: 5,001-10,000 employees
Website: http://baptisthealthsystem.com
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Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
Founding Year: 1903
What you'll do
- The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant will manage cardiac surgical cases and CVICU patients, providing comprehensive care during night shifts. Responsibilities include performing procedures such as arterial lines and intubations, and managing step-down patients for the CV Surgery Service.
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As a Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - CVICU - Louisville, Kentucky at BHS, you will: the Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant will manage cardiac surgical cases and CVICU patients, providing comprehensive care during night shifts. Responsibilities include performing procedures such as arterial lines and intubations, and managing step-down patients for the CV Surgery Service..
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