PA Neurocritical Care Greenville, NC

Overview

ECU Health Medical Center is a Joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center.

Highlights include:

ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of 13,000 team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 185 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 110 locations. The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and ECU Health Maynard Children’s Hospital serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.

ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care, education and research. ECU Health Physicians includes an academic practice model (ECU employment) and a community practice model (health system employment). There is shared leadership and shared services to support the overall group and to ensure alignment for clinical care, research, education and strategy.

This innovative structure creates opportunities within ECU Health Physicians ranging from acute to ambulatory, academic practice to community practice, regional to rural, and everything in between.

ECU Health Medical Center

ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center is a 974-bed tertiary referral center providing acute, intermediate, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 million people.

In recognition of its nursing excellence and high-quality patient care, ECU Health Medical Center has been designated a Magnet facility by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Greenville, NC

Greenville is the regional hub of eastern North Carolina with cultural, educational, economic and medical resources. It is home to East Carolina University, the Brody School of Medicine, and Pitt Community College, and offers a vibrant community with amenities for living and working in the area.

General Information

It is the goal of ECU Health and its entities to employ the most qualified individual who best matches the requirements for the vacant position. Offers of employment are subject to successful completion of all pre-employment screenings. We value diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Decisions of employment are made based on business needs, job requirements and applicant’s qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other status protected by law.

ECU Health Physicians and ECU Health Medical Center are seeking a Physician Assistant to join their Neurocritical Care team
. The successful candidate will perform admissions and discharges, histories, physical exams, ongoing patient assessments and management, daily rounding, and ICU procedures (arterial lines, central lines, lumbar punctures, and intubation).

Requirements

• One year of critical care experience is required.

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I trauma center
• 24 bed NSICU
• Supervising physician is an experienced neurointensivist
• Ability to perform ICU procedures
• Inpatient responsibilities only
• 7 on / 7 off, 12 hour shift schedule
• Integrated EMR is EPIC
• Large referral network including over 100 ECU Health Physician practices and 8 ECU Health owned hospitals

• Established clinical neuroscience team of 10 neurosurgeons, including dual-trained cerebrovascular specialists and 20+ neurologists including an interventional neurologist, 4 vascular neurologists, 4 neurointensivists, and 13 subspecialty neurologists
• Team of 10 dedicated NSICU NP/PA’s providing 24/7 coverage
• ECU Health s Neuroscience program uses a multidisciplinary approach to provide a range of services to include diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with neurological disorders
• The Neuroscience team emphasizes patient- and family-centered care to optimize outcomes

Located inland off of the North Carolina coast, Greenville is 45 miles east of Interstate 95, just over an hour to Raleigh, and about an hour to the Crystal Coast of NC. Home to East Carolina University (ECU) and the Brody School of Medicine, Greenville offers access to outdoor activities and regional amenities.