Job ID: 3244

Type: PA

State: TX

Area: Dallas area

Specialty: PA

Description: Children's Medical Center seeking a Locum Physician Assistant to work in the The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) --13 hour shifts: --PM shifts only 7p-8a --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. --The CICU is a nationally recognized center for advanced cardiac care, including pediatric heart failure and transplantation. --Patient population: 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 --The CICU is staffed by Critical Care and Cardiology Fellows and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), with no resident coverage. All front-line providers report directly to the attending physician. --Three Rounding Teams: A, B and C --Weekdays: 6 providers (Fellow/APPs) plus 1 APP resource; 1:6 provider-to-patient ratio. APPs write daily progress notes. --Weekends: 3 providers (Fellow/APPs) cover both units; 1:10 (main) and 1:12 (IMU) provider-to-patient ratios. Notes required for admissions, discharges, and procedures only. --Nights: 3 providers (Fellow/APPs) with similar ratios; documentation limited to admissions, procedures, and significant events. --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: Critical Care Certification is required, TX license or able to obtain

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