APP Clinical Lead – Surgical Critical Care

Location Detail: Backus Hospital (10309)

Backus Hospital

The Hospital is a Level 3 Trauma Center. For more than 118 years, Backus Hospital has been the primary source of healthcare services for much of Eastern Connecticut. Backus is home to the only trauma center in New London and Windham counties and is the only area hospital with LIFE STAR helicopter services. The Hospital delivers and coordinates a continuum of high-quality healthcare with the goal of improving the health of its communities.

Surgical Critical Care Lead Advanced Practitioner Role Scope

• Backus Hospital's Surgical Critical Care Team is committed to creating an innovative patient centered delivery system that continuously improves quality of care.

• The Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner (APRN) providers are part of a multidisciplinary team that plans and delivers care for complex surgical patients including general surgery, trauma, vascular, thoracic, neurosurgery and other critical care patients as the service needs dictate. 
• The Advanced Practice Provider works in collaboration with the attending surgical intensivist, the primary surgical admitting team and consultants.
• Responsibilities include managing multiple patients with varied critical illness, comprehensive physical assessments, interpretation of diagnostic results, hemodynamic/ventilator management, daily progress notes, patient/family education and meetings.
• Ability to independently perform bedside procedures such as arterial lines, central lines chest tubes, feeding tubes, percutaneous tracheostomy and PEG tubes placement.
• Develop practice guidelines and clinical pathways with the support of the attending critical care surgeons to ensure high-level, evidence-based care in the SICU.
• Develop and implement Surgical Critical Care educational curriculum for the surgical APP staff.
• Participate in the development and/or maintenance of standardized orientation, service – based competencies, and educational schedule for new hires.
• Serve on department/hospital – wide committees to help promote patient safety, enhanced patient care, and other balanced scorecard initiatives as delegated by the APP Director.
• Identifies, plans, and coordinates the staffing needs of the team in conjunction with the APP Director.
• Assist Surgical APP director with timekeeping for SICU APP staff.

Advanced Practitioners Enjoy:

Exceptional benefits from a system known for exceptional care. Hartford HealthCare doesn’t just take great care of its patients. It takes great care of its employees too. 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
• LEAN process improvement to drive quality outcomes and positively enhance both the patient and the provider experience
• EPIC EMR
• No surgical residents/fellows to dilute your clinical experience or growth.

Qualifications

Advanced Practitioner Requirements

• Nurse Practitioners (APRN) positions require National certification in Advanced Practice, MSN, and current CT Nurse Practitioner (APRN) License or eligible required.
• Adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner (AGACNP) board certification required for nurse practitioners.
• Physician Assistants (PA) positions require current CT Physician Assistants (PA) License and Board certification or eligible.
• All disciplines require Federal DEA, and CT Controlled Substance Registration
• ACLS/BLS
• ATLS to be supported by Backus.
• 7+ years of Surgical Critical Care experience required; 10+ years of experience preferred.

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.  Every moment matters.  And this is your moment.