Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant

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Job description

Surgical Critical Care APP opening - Burlington, MA Located 16m to Boston Surgical Critical Care: - Full-time, permanent position- The position includes rotation to nights and weekends. - Join a team in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, a nationally recognized 345-bed tertiary care hospital located in the northern suburbs of Boston, MA. The SICU team consists of 12 Advanced Practitioners, 14 Attending Intensivists and rotating surgical and anesthesia residents. Responsibilities: - Caring for critically ill surgical patients in a 24-bed surgical ICU at a Level 1 Trauma Center. The patient population includes adult patients admitted with trauma, postoperative organ transplantation, neurosurgical procedures, vascular surgical procedures, cardiac and thoracic surgical procedures.- Providing direct care of patients assigned to them, either in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit or the Cardiothoracic Surgical ICU, with a high level of autonomy.- Managing complex surgical patients, ventilator management, resuscitation, hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical circulatory support and the use of vasopressors or inotropes.- Placing and managing invasive monitoring lines, including arterial and central lines. Qualifications: - Candidates should have at least 2 years of prior experience in Critical Care, Emergency Medicine or Cardiothoracic Surgery. - APPs who have completed a postgraduate Critical Care fellowship will also be considered. - This position is not open to new graduate APPs.

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