Advanced Practice Professional - PICU

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The Advanced Practice Professional (APP) possesses coordination and clinical skills required for comprehensive management of critical care medicine patients, including biological, social, and psychological assessments. The APP coordinates medical/surgical specialty teams, reviews the care plan, participates in directing that care, adheres to protocol requirements and regulatory guidelines, performs diagnostic/therapeutic procedures, peri‑procedural services, and coordinates discharge planning to the next level of care.

The APP will participate in the education of residents and medical/nursing students and will respond to rapid response alerts, assessing and initiating care for the critically ill patient in the activation.

• Manages comprehensive and individualized care for patients and families in inpatient/critical care settings, including immediate post‑transfer to step‑down, ward, or discharge.
• Completes daily rounds; consults and/or pre‑procedure/evaluations and integrated assessments.
• Orders additional tests or consults as deemed appropriate, follows established clinical guidelines and protocols.
• Performs and communicates results of diagnostic tests following established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
• Facilitates patient discharge or transfer by coordinating appropriate services and follow‑up tests.
• Develops comprehensive individualized plans of care, including teaching, discharge or transfer planning, and necessary referrals.
• Identifies unstable or complex critical‑care patient situations and facilitates appropriate intervention.
• Recognizes emergency situations and initiates effective emergency care.
• Demonstrates critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision making.
• Provides educational programs to nursing staff, hospital staff, students, patients, families and the community.
• Participates in community programs, literature distribution, and professional committees.
• Documents plan of care, interventions, and evaluations in a clear and concise manner for every patient visit, following approved hospital and compliance standards for documentation.
• Collaborates with staff to achieve patient outcome‑based improvements and lead changes in critical‑care practice.
• Works collaboratively with medical and nursing staff to facilitate creative problem solving and provide professional support.
• Assists in collection of outcome measures and participates in clinical trials and research studies with the Principal Investigator.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications for Nurse Practitioner (NP)

• Graduate from a CCNE accredited nursing program with a Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• National Certification by one of the recognized APRN Certification Centers.
• Current Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which services will be provided or a multi‑state RN license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) and an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse license issued by the West Virginia Board of Nursing.
• American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department.
• Eligible new graduates will be considered.

Minimum Qualifications for Physician Assistant (PA)

• Bachelor’s Degree as a Medical/Surgical Physician Assistant required.
• Graduate of an ARC‑PA approved Physician Assistant training program required.
• Certification by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants required.
• Must be licensed or eligible for licensure by the WV Board of Medicine or WV Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
• American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department.
• Master’s Degree as Physician Assistant preferred.
• Critical care or critical care experience preferred.
• Eligible new graduates will be considered.

• Acute care or critical care experience preferred.
• ACNPs preferred but FNPs will also be…