Critical Care Response Advanced Practitioner

Tampa General Hospital Job Posting

Tampa General Hospital is seeking a Critical Care Response Advanced Practitioner (APP) to join their team. This role involves collaborating with critical care-intensivist physicians to manage complex critical care cases and actively manage deteriorating and critically ill patients outside the ICU. The APP will ensure prompt resuscitation, seamless coordination with subspecialty ICUs, and timely patient transfers to improve outcomes, all while aligning with the hospital's mission, vision, and values.

Practice Info

• Collaborates with critical care-intensivist physicians to manage complex critical care cases.
• Actively manages deteriorating and critically ill patients outside the ICU.
• Works closely with Care-Comm, the Rapid Response Team, Hospital Medicine, and the quality office.
• Assists in navigating complexities related to capacity limitations and ICU acceptance.
• Works closely with the transfer center to ensure appropriate and safe transfers of critically ill patients.
• Assists in management of critically ill patients awaiting ICU transfer.

Responsibilities

• Possess in-depth understanding of the causes, risk factors, pathophysiology, and clinical signs of acute emergencies.
• Provide rapid assessment, stabilization, and management of acutely decompensating patients.
• Facilitate timely ICU transfers and consults while ensuring continuity of care.
• Liaise with Physician in collaboration of AOD to help facilitate getting critically ill patients to the right bed at the right time.
• Utilize evidence-based critical care protocols to enhance patient outcomes.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives to advance patient safety and operational efficiency.
• Conduct thorough and accurate history and physical assessments for critically ill adult patients.
• Provide education regarding medical procedures and treatment plans and promote ongoing communication with patients, families, and healthcare team members.

Compensation

Minimum Salary: $110,000

Shift & Schedule

• Various shifts, 3 x 13-hour shifts.
• Weekend & holiday rotations.
• No on call requirements.
• Shift Hours: 7pm - 7am variable shifts.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant (PA) program or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) program.
• Active PA or APRN license in the state of Florida.
• National certification as a PA-C or Acute Care NP (AG ACNP or ACNP).
• BLS and ACLS certification required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and electronic medical records (EMR) systems, preferably Epic.
• Experience of working at least two (2) years in the critical care setting as an NP or PA (Preferred).
• Strong clinical skills in patient assessment (experience in placing central and arterial lines) (Preferred).