PICU/PCCU APP Needed in Dallas (will license)

Job description

Location: Dallas, TX

Start: July

13-week assignment

Shift Details: 5x8s - No call

Work Details:
• Support Staff: The CICU is staffed by Critical Care/Cardiology Fellows and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), with no resident coverage. All front-line providers report directly to the attending physician.
· Weekdays: 6 front-line providers (FLPs) plus 1 APP resource; 1:6 provider-to-patient ratio. APPs write daily progress notes.
· Weekends: 3 FLPs cover both units; 1:10 (main) and 1:12 (IMU) provider-to-patient ratios. Notes required for admissions, discharges, and procedures only.
· Nights: 3 FLPs with similar ratios; documentation limited to admissions, procedures, and significant events.

• Patients per day: 20-bed main CICU and a 12-bed Intermediate Care Unit (IMU)
• Patient Population/clinical scope: Patient population includes a wide range of congenital and acquired cardiac conditions specializing in:
· Pre- and post-operative surgical care
· Pediatric heart failure and transplant management
· Advanced mechanical circulatory support (PediMag, CentriMag, HeartMate 3, Impella)
· ECMO and renal replacement therapies (including Aquadex)
· Pulmonary hypertension management
· Electrophysiology: temporary and permanent pacemaker management
• Department Description: Main CICU (20 beds): Reserved for the highest acuity patients requiring intensive monitoring, complex post-operative care, and advanced support therapies such as ECMO, CRRT, and ventricular assist devices.
· IMU (12 beds): Traditionally for lower acuity patients, the IMU is evolving into a higher-acuity step-down setting. Patients may be intubated (on a limited basis), or managed with tracheostomy and ventilator support, ventricular assist devices, and continuous infusions (milrinone, PGE, low dose epi, etc.). The unit is staffed by the same critical care-trained nurses and held to the same clinical care standards as the main CICU.
• EMR: TBD
• Procedural competencies: APPs are required to independently perform essential bedside procedures including:
· Removal of chest tubes, cardiac lines, pacing wires, and surgical drains
Additional procedural capabilities are requested but not required:
· Insertion of chest tubes, arterial and central lines, and endotracheal intubation

Practice Setting:
• Hospital

Travel Logistics:
• Specific travel client will pay for: Travel and lodging

Requirements:
• Board Certification: BC, BE
• License Required: Active Tx License

FYI- If you know of any friends or colleagues interested in this opportunity, I can pay a referral bonus.

I look forward to speaking with you!


Keeya Milner
Recruiting Consultant
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• 3 months going
• Call required
• Travel and malpractice included