Job ID: 3244

Type: PA

State: TX

Area: Dallas area

Specialty: PA

Description: Medical Center is seeking Locum Pediatric Cardiology Physician Assistant to provide coverage --Start Date: 7/14/25 --Contract Length: 3 months ongoing --5x8s - No call --Support Staff: The CICU is staffed by Critical Care/Cardiology Fellows and Advanced Practice Providers 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 --Main CICU: 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: 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. --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 --Required: Active TX license, BC/BE -- must have Acute Care certification (no primary care)

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Contact: For more information please contact Ben Ferro at [email protected] or call 716-689-6000.