Critical care nurse Jobs in New bedford ma

Boston metro

10 miles to Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)

Board Certified Pulmonary Critical Care Specialist to join the team

his position will split time between perioperative intensive care, inpatient pulmonary consults and outpatient pulmonary practice. You will have the opportunity to step into an existing general pulmonary practice, consisting of patients with asthma, pulmonary hypertension, emphysema, obstructive sleep apnea and more.

Work collaboratively with physicians from a variety of specialties and have an interest in growing their career as an active contributor to our Department of Medicine. Resources and opportunities for clinical research are in place within the hospital, and teaching opportunities.

Description :

• Practice responsibilities include management of both, ICU and Pulmonary patients : ICU responsibilities consist of perioperative management of complex orthopedic patients in collaboration with multidisciplinary team Pulmonary responsibilities consist of establishing an outpatient pulmonary practice, and providing inpatient and outpatient perioperative consultations ICU and Pulmonary responsibilities rotate every other week with another full time Pulmonologist / Intensivist 8 bed ICU consisting of mostly post-operative orthopedic and spine patients Closed ICU system. Intensivist manages all patients, while patients remain under the name of the surgeon of record. In-house Hospitalist coverage at night
• ICU clinical responsibilities Coordinating medical management with surgical attending and subspecialists Coordinating discharge and / or transferring process for patients within the hospital or to / from outside institutions Out of hospital coverage requires call back within 5 to 10 minutes, and in-house availability within 30 minutes for emergencies (rare) Assisting the on-call hospitalists with ICU / pulmonary support during off-hours. Hospitalist covers the ICU, including post-operative admissions, when intensivist out of the hospital Call : one weekend on-call required per month (Friday 7pm to Monday 7am) with typical in-house coverage from 8am to 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Weekend call shared with per diem intensivists.
• Pulmonary clinical responsibilities include : Attend five half-day pulmonary outpatient clinics every other week, for general pulmonary referral patients and for pre-operative pulmonary consultations.
• Competitive compensation and benefits, predictable schedule with no in-house night shift coverage.

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