Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, MSICU (40 hours)

83666BR

Critical Care

Position Summary/ Department Summary: The Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children’s Hospital seeks qualified Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners to join our multidisciplinary team. Key Responsibilities:

• Providing care to infants, children, and adults with critical illness.
• Collaborating with supervising physicians to conduct patient assessments and medical history, physical exams, and diagnose health and developmental problems.
• Caring for patients with both acute and chronic disease by managing therapeutic regimens according to approved guidelines.
• Participating in intensive care unit medical rounds, including the presentation of clinical information and the progress and management of patients.
• Assisting with establishing a treatment plan and being included in all teaching activities conducted by the MSICU attending staff.
• Participating in ongoing research in the MSICU and offering expertise as a consultant and educator to other staff.
• Ability to work full time, 40 hours/week, day/night rotation with every 3rd weekend, 12-hour shifts. Opportunities also available for permanent nights with every 4th weekend rotation.

Minimum Qualifications Education:

• Master of Science in Nursing or Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies

Experience:

• 1 year of critical care experience preferred.
• Will consider new graduates with previous ICU experience.
• Solid medical knowledge base for critical care medicine.
• Critical thinking skills and adaptability.
• Excellent communication skills and work collaboratively with medical and surgical colleagues, staff and trainees.

Licensure/ Certifications:

• A current Massachusetts NP or PA license required

*Sign-on bonus of $5,000 for new hires (who have not worked at BCH in the past 2 years).* BCHAPP

Full-Time

Regular

40

$124800.00-$200262.40 Annual

Boston

Advanced Practice Provider

Onsite Only