Healthcare Talent Support
Location
Hampton, VA | United States
Job description
Healthcare Talent Support is a nationwide healthcare recruitment company. Our client is actively seeking a Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) to provide direct patient care within a busy Emergency Department.
Status: W2, full time or part time employee
Schedule:
Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm or 10am - 10pm
About the facility:
Level II ED, though about half the patients are ESI level 4 and 5
30,000 annual ED visits
16 beds, can surge to 24 if needed
Very few community ambulance patients.
Facility has an attached CLC (nursing home) and Spinal cord injury - sickest patients come from there.
The hospital has 8 ICU & SDU and 21 med surg beds. We also have 35 acute mental health beds - when they develop issues after hours those patients come to the ED.
Academic team in house 24/7 who cover codes.
Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system name – VISTA, a “homegrown” EMR that was developed and utilized for Veteran patients nationwide.
Admit rate – about 5%
Average length of stay – 2 to 3 hours
% patients reported without being seen – about 1%
Responsibilities:
Wound closure and suturing, suture removal
Incision and drainage of abscess
Aspiration of cavities – thoracentesis, paracentesis
Insertion of peripheral and central venous lines
Insertion of chest tubes, Cooke catheters, Nasogastric tubes, nasogastric feeding tubes, Foley
Draw venous blood and perform arterial punctures for blood gas
Change gastrostomy tube and suprapubic tubes
Familiar with the working of vascular access apparatus such as those used for chemotherapy and be able to flush them when clogged.
Emergency wound care, e.g. unna boot placement, wound vac. care, wound assessment
Emergency airway management including cricothyroidotomy, endotracheal intubation (including at least two live demonstrated endotracheal intubations during the past 12 months).
Management of epistaxis with anterior and posterior nasal packing
Hemodynamic stabilization of patients prior to transfer or to admission.
Joint needle aspirations
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Salary
$65 - $70 per hour
