Description

Locums Critical Care Medicine NP nights in Michigan with a 7 on, 7 off block schedule and an open ICU model where you will directly manage ICU patients. Inpatient setting with supervising physician backup available within 20 minutes.

Highlights

• 7 on, 7 off nights, predictable block scheduling
• Open ICU model, APP manages ICU patients with supervising physician on call
• Average daily census around 10, typically 2 to 4 admits per day
• Fast credentialing noted by the site

Practice Setting

• Inpatient coverage at a 49 bed hospital with 6 ICU beds
• Open ICU model, you will manage ICU patients, general critical care and hospital medicine for ICU patients
• Adult patient population
• Support includes a supervising physician on call, available within 20 minutes

Schedule

• 7 on, 7 off nights
• Night shift schedule is 8:00 PM to 8:00 AM
• One day of orientation and Epic training is provided
• Coverage is for vacation coverage

Cases and Procedures

• Airway and ventilator management, including endotracheal intubation and extubation, ventilator weaning readiness, tracheostomy care and tube changes
• Vascular access, including CVC placement and management, arterial line insertion and removal, central and arterial catheters placed percutaneously or by cut down
• Chest procedures and emergent management, including chest tube insertion and tension pneumothorax management
• Additional procedures include lumbar puncture, moderate sedation, indirect laryngoscopy intubation, external pacing with temporary epicardial, transvenous, or transcutaneous pacemakers

Requirements

• Must be a Nurse Practitioner
• Michigan license required, site will not wait for license
• Board certified in Critical Care Medicine
• ACLS and BLS required
• Case logs required, 50 cases in the last 12 months

If 7 on, 7 off ICU nights with supervising physician backup fits your availability, reach out and we can talk through the remaining coverage needs.