Job ID: 2827
Type: PA
State: NC
Area: Eastern North Carolina
Specialty: PA
Description: Medical Center seeking Locum Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner to provide locums coverage for their Neuroscience ICU service.
--Dates Coverage Is Needed:
- 7am-7pm 12/26-1/1
- 7pm-7am starting January 2027
--Inpatient responsibilities only
--Candidates will need to come in the day before for orientation.
--Applicants should have at least 1 year of experience.
--Neuroscience program uses a multidisciplinary approach to provide a range of services to include diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with neurological disorders. The hospital has excellent staff in nursing, radiology, general neurosurgery, endovascular neurosurgery and intervention, neuro-spine surgery, and neurology. The Neuroscience team takes great pride in their patient- and family-centered approach to care, which promotes optimization of patient outcomes.
--Required: Acute Care Certified
--Provider must have the ability to perform ICU level care
--Locums’ provider will respond to codes
--No ER backup
--No Call
--Required Certifications: ACLS, BLS from AHA
--Integrated EMR: EPIC
--Avg total inpatient Census: 20
--Avg # of patients/day/provider: 4
--Avg # of admissions/day: 2
--# of beds: 20
--List of Procedures:
- Arterial Lines
- Central Lines
- Lumbar Punctures
- Vent Management
--Established clinical neuroscience team of 10 neurosurgeons, including dual-trained cerebrovascular specialists and 20 + neurologists including an interventional neurologist, 4 vascular neurologists, 4 Neurointensivist, and 13 subspecialty neurologists.
--Large dedicated NSICU team inclusive of 4 physicians and 11 advanced practice providers who providing 24/7 coverage
Community/Facility info: Natalie Bierman - 252-847-3319
Contact: For more information please contact Ben Ferro at [email protected] or call 716-689-6000.