PICU Nurse Practitioner

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Job description Med Ninjas is seeking a Nurse Practitioner for 6 9 months of locum coverage at an inpatient pediatric cardiac critical care facility located at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York.
The Nurse Practitioner must be available for rotating day and night shifts based on unit needs, including on-call/callback coverage, weekends, and holidays.
This assignment includes pediatric cardiac ICU coverage, management of critically ill pediatric patients with congenital heart disease, pre- and post-operative cardiac surgical care, complex cardiac physiology, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
Locum Nurse Practitioner Pediatric Cardiac ICU Rochester, NY

Shift: 39 hours/week; 6:00 AM 7:00 PM and 6:00 PM 7:00 AM; rotating 13-hour day/night shifts. Schedule aims to avoid mixing days and nights in the same week, with approximately 50% days and 50% nights. On-call/callback, weekends, and holidays per unit needs.
Position Details: Advanced Practice Provider coverage in a 16-bed acuity-adaptable Pediatric Cardiac Care Center
Patient Population: Critically ill pediatric patients with congenital heart disease; occasional adults with congenital heart disease and PICU boarder patients
Setting: Inpatient pediatric cardiac critical care
Responsibilities: Primary covering provider for high-acuity cardiac patients, including pre- and post-operative cardiac surgical patients, high-risk single ventricle physiology, open chest management, arrhythmia management, vasopressor support, pacemakers, VA/VV ECMO, and CRRT. Collaborate with physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and the multidisciplinary team.
Required Procedures: Knowledge of ICU procedural skills is essential; the role is not primarily procedural.
EMR System: Not specified
Support Staff: Multidisciplinary team including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and pharmacists
Days Per Month: Not specified; 39 hours/week
On-Call/Weekends: On-call/callback, weekends, and holidays per unit needs

Required Procedures and Skills

• Pediatric cardiac ICU management as an Advanced Practice Provider
• Management of complex congenital heart disease anatomy and physiology
• Care of pre- and post-operative pediatric cardiac surgical patients
• Management of high-risk single ventricle physiology and open chest patients
• Arrhythmia management and vasopressor support
• Familiarity with external and internal pacemakers
• Management of patients receiving VA/VV ECMO and CRRT
• Ability to collaborate in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary critical care environment

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of experience as an APP in a Pediatric Cardiac ICU.
• Knowledge of complex cardiac anatomy and physiology.
• Master's degree as a Nurse Practitioner required.
• Active New York State Registered Nurse license in good standing.
• Active New York State Nurse Practitioner licensure in good standing.
• Current national Nurse Practitioner certification.
• BLS PALS
• Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certification preferred.

Interested Nurse Practitioners can reply with a recent CV, availability, preferred shift type, active license status, and expected hourly and call rates.

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