Carle Health is seeking an experienced Physician Assistant to join our growing Critical Care team at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois.
The Critical Care APP works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary healthcare team. The APP provides healthcare in critical care settings, including critical care (trauma, neuro, med/surg) and cardiovascular ICUs. The Carle Health Critical Care APP has didactic education, clinical competency, and national certification in identified areas of clinical practice. The Critical Care APP demonstrates medical knowledge, clinical judgment, technical competence, professionalism, interpersonal communication skills, and timely and compliant documentation, and is responsible for professional development and competency validation.
Opportunity Details
- Nocturnist position
- Collaboration with dedicated Critical Care physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, Clinical Pharmacists, and resident physicians
- Critical Care Service covers 48 ICU beds including cardiac, trauma, medical, surgical and neuro
- Assist with hospital codes along with Critical Care physician and code team
- Opportunity to obtain independent credentialing in ICU procedures such as PICC placement, arterial line, and central lines as well as opportunities for Intubation, paracentesis, chest-tube placement
- State-of-the-art ICU in Carle's 390,000-square-foot patient tower
- Mix of week day/night/evening and weekend shifts and holiday rotation; $10 shift differential for working nights
- Collaboration with Critical Care physicians in the management of complex critically ill patients with multi-organ dysfunction/failure, poly trauma, TBI, complex stroke and SAH
- Assist with management of patients receiving CRRT/CVVH, Targeted Temperature Management
- Participation in monthly CCT M&M, CVICU, and CCU RN education/training
Educational/Experience Requirements:
- Master's degree with Acute Care specialty preferred.
- Physician Assistant with prior ICU experience
- 1-2 years of APP experience preferred
- Consideration for nursing ICU/ED experience
Professional Opportunities:
- Growing organizational research opportunities
- Quality and Practice Committee membership within Critical Care Service and organizationally
- Access to state-of-the-art sim-lab for procedural training
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
- Current Illinois physician assistant licensure
- BLS and ACLS certification
- Must satisfactorily complete all continuing education including NIH Stroke Scale Certification and stroke education required for providers at Comprehensive Stroke Center
About Our Community
Champaign-Urbana has been defined as a micro-urban community, meaning we have many of the amenities of a much bigger city, with the feel of a smaller town. Almost equidistant to Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis for fun weekends away, the area offers excellent schools, a great downtown scene, the University of Illinois, Big 10 sports and an exciting college town atmosphere, including Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
Compensation and Benefits
The compensation range for this position is $59.38 - $77.20/hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model.
Compensation Information:
$59.38 / Hourly - $77.20 / Hourly