Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship- Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant- Henry Hospital

APP Fellowship – Pulmonary Critical Care – WEO/Night – Piedmont Henry Hospital

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JOB PURPOSE: The APP Fellow will work within a Critical Care team under the direction of an APP and a Physician to provide comprehensive and consistent care for critically ill patients in a hospital setting. The Fellow will gain experience in assessing, diagnosing, and managing care, selecting interventions, performing required procedures, and consistently evaluating patients’ progress toward medical goals.

Minimum

Education Required:

Graduate of an approved Physician Assistant Program or graduate of an approved Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program.

Minimum Experience

Required:

None.

Minimum Licensure/Certification Required By Law: Current or eligible for Georgia state licensure. Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification required.

Additional Qualifications: Highly motivated new graduates are welcome. During the fellowship, one must be able to rotate between night and day shifts as required.

• Provides direct clinical services for critically ill adult patients with cardiac or multi‑system failure, within institutional guidelines and utilizing evidence‑based clinical practice standards under the supervision of a physician.
• Obtains patient health histories and completes physical examinations, and documents findings in accordance with hospital requirements.
• Orders and interprets appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests, explaining the necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of procedures to patients, families, staff, and learners.
• Performs approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based on the patient’s clinical status and documents procedures per hospital requirements; assists physicians with procedures.
• Performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation and external cardiac massage; manages airway including bag‑mask ventilation, endotracheal intubation and extubation; orders life‑supporting drugs and defibrillation per Advanced Cardiac Life Support protocols.
• May perform thoracentesis, thoracostomy tube, and bronchoscopy, as well as other indicated procedures under direct supervision until independent competency is confirmed.
• Under physician direction and credentialing standards, inserts and manages arterial catheters, central venous catheters, pulmonary artery catheters, chest tubes, thoracenteses, endotracheal tubes, and extra‑glottic devices; inspects and educates others on equipment use.
• Formulates and implements a treatment plan for acute illness management in collaboration with attending physicians and documents in medical records and narrative summaries.
• Assesses patients for changes in status and initiates appropriate interventions, including emergency stabilization measures.
• Incorporates clinical research findings to develop and implement standards of care.
• Supports IRB‑approved clinical research/trials through consent, diagnostics, therapeutic interventions, and reporting of outcomes, including adverse events.
• Participates in quality and performance improvement activities and clinical research.
• Serves as a clinical expert and education consultant to nursing, other team members, and the larger community.
• Identifies educational needs of family members and provides teaching opportunities.
• Assesses educational needs, plans, provides, and evaluates educational programs for nursing staff, interdisciplinary health teams, and the community.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Team‑based working skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Epic, and other required clinical applications.

Disclaimer: The above information is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.