"Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, MSICU (40 hours)"

Position Summary/ Department Summary

The Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children's Hospital seeks qualified Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners to join our multidisciplinary team.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing care to infants, children, and adults with critical illness.
• Collaborating with supervising physicians to conduct patient assessments and medical history, physical exams, and diagnose health and developmental problems.
• Caring for patients with both acute and chronic disease by managing therapeutic regimens according to approved guidelines.
• Participating in intensive care unit medical rounds, including the presentation of clinical information and the progress and management of patients.
• Assisting with establishing a treatment plan and being included in all teaching activities conducted by the MSICU attending staff.
• Participating in ongoing research in the MSICU and offering expertise as a consultant and educator to other staff.
• Ability to work full time, 40 hours/week, day/night rotation with every 3rd weekend, 12-hour shifts. Opportunities also available for permanent nights with every 4th weekend rotation.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• Master of Science in Nursing or Master's in Physician Assistant Studies

Experience:

• 1 year of critical care experience preferred.
• Will consider new graduates with previous ICU experience.
• Solid medical knowledge base for critical care medicine.
• Critical thinking skills and adaptability.
• Excellent communication skills and work collaboratively with medical and surgical colleagues, staff and trainees.

Licensure/ Certifications:

• A current Massachusetts NP or PA license required

*Sign-on bonus of $5,000 for new hires (who have not worked at BCH in the past 2 years).*

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting. Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.