Nurse Practitioner (APRN) or Physician Assistant (PA) - Medical Intensive Care

Location Detail :

Backus Hospital (10309)

Shift Detail :

Rotating schedule including days nights weekends holidays

Advanced Practitioner Role Scope

We are seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to care for patients in the Medical ICU (MICU) and Progressive Care Unit (PCU).

Position Details :

Join the expanding Medical Critical Care team at Backus Hospital!

The Advanced Practice Practitioner (APP) will be an integral member of the care delivery team, including Hospitalists, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) Physicians, Nursing, and Respiratory Therapy

that delivers care for complex medical patients in the critical care and stepdown units at Backus Hospital, including rounding, responding to codes an all inpatients and performing procedures.

Schedule :  Full-time, Rotating days / nights, weekends / holidays

Advanced Practitioners Enjoy

At Hartford HealthCare, newly graduated and experienced providers are provided with the support and mentorship they need to succeed through the job, classroom, and procedural training. Our benefits include :

Competitive Compensation

Matching 401k, tiered medical, dental, and vision plans

Generous Paid-Time Off

Reimbursement for CME, professional society membership, licensure, and malpractice

Proven and effective onboarding with supportive ongoing mentorship

Leadership development opportunities through Hartford HealthCare's Professional Leadership Development Institute

Credentialing privileges for Backus Hospital

We take great care of careers

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work / life balance.

Interested candidates please contact Victor Rodriguez, Advanced Practice Recruiter, at Victor.Rodriguez2@hhchealth.org

For more information about Hartford HealthCare and our region, please visit  www.hhccareers.org

Qualifications

Advanced Practitioner Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner Master's program

Licensed, or eligible to be licensed, as a Physician Assistant / Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in the state of Connecticut

Certification or eligible to be certified as a Physician Assistant or Acute Care Board Certification APRN

Preferably one year of experience of Inpatient or ICU medicine, however new graduates may be considered with pertinent previous clinical (non-provider level) experience

Strong clinical acumen and communication skills with other providers, ancillary staff, patients and families. The ability to adapt quickly, embrace a culture of change and evolution to help develop best practices in this evolving position.

Intellectual maturity and team focus working with a number of different team members.