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Advanced Practitioner Provider
Neurocritical Care
Exceed Medical/DPACC

Exceed Medical, also known as DPACC was established in 2012. Our founders aspired to change healthcare by providing quality comprehensive and cost effective critical care to their community.

Our Model:

We put our patients first. We are proud to offer a long list of pulmonary and critical care services to our patients via our integrated team of specialists, innovative technology, and extensive commitment and dedication to each and every one of our patients.

Job Summary:

The Neuro Intensivist Advanced Practitioner Provider (APP) is a certified, licensed nurse practitioner or physician assistant who independently and collaboratively works with the multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive care to acutely ill and/or medically complex patients in the neuro-intensive care unit. Our multidisciplinary team includes dedicated EEG services, inpatient neurology consultants, dedicated fellowship trained neuro-intensivist physicians who work closely with neurosurgery and neuro-interventional teams.

Essential Job Functions:

• Demonstrates knowledge of etiologies, risk factors, pathophysiology, and presentation of acute neurological medical emergencies, e.g., acute stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, status epilepticus, intracranial hemorrhage.
• Demonstrates and uses critical thinking skills to synthesize and analyze patient data.
• Performs a comprehensive or problem-focused history and physical assessment for critically ill adult patients that is accurate and complete.
• Orders, collects, and correctly interprets and evaluates laboratory, imaging and other diagnostic tests to assess patient problems and health care needs.
• Prescribes and manages pharmacologic agents and/or other treatment modalities with attention to efficacy and safety.
• Demonstrates proficiency in procedural skills, e.g., intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, lumbar puncture, intraventricular medication administration, extraventricular drain manipulation.
• Strong working knowledge of neurocritical care medicine, e.g., fluid resuscitation, vasopressors, hemodynamic monitoring, and mechanical ventilation.
• Formulates and implements comprehensive outcomes-based treatment plans using the patient assessment, evidence-based medicine, standards of care, professional practice guidelines, and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, when appropriate.
• Evaluates patient responsiveness to treatment therapies and adjusts the treatment plan, as indicated.
• Initiates timely consultation and referral, including with the collaborating physician, based on the needs of the patient.
• Facilitates and maintains ongoing communication with the patient, family, and/or health care team members.
• Counsels and educates patients and families regarding medical processes and treatment.
• Maintains accurate, complete, and timely documentation in the electronic medical record.

Job Details:

• Night shift
• Some weekend nights required
• some on call shifts required
• Full time
• Procedure proctoring available if needed

Job Requirements:

• Must be a board certified and licensed Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, or Physician Assistant/Associate.
• Must have National Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain NPI, prior to employment start date and meet current Medicare requirements for billing.
• Must hold current DEA Registration with schedules 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, and 5 and State issued prescribing authority.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Emergency
  Neurological Life Support (ENLS).
• Preferred experience of working at least one (1) year in the neuro-critical care setting as a NP or PA or neuro ICU experience as a RN.

We Offer:

• Favorable work-life balance

• Benefits for full time employees

• CM Allowance

• Competitive private practice pay

• Opportunities for further education engagement and leadership

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.